THE DEATH OF GIRLHOOD

April 29, 1996 · Wendy Shalit, Magazine

It has been more than a week since the death of seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who was trying to become what her daddy and mommy wanted her to become: the youngest pilot ever to complete a cross-country flight. We have since learned several things about the crash itself. First, though fractures to…

BABAR, BENNETT, AND THE BOOK VALUES

February 12, 1996 · Wendy Shalit, Blog

HOW is it that kids in Communist China don't seem to have time for much of anything but reading, writing, and arithmetic, while we Americans are the ones with the luxury of exploring the communal classroom, the intricacies of self-esteem training, and the blessings of outcomes-based education?