Published: April 1, 1995

Connections: Schools That Compel

With discipline at the top of Americans' concerns about education, it is not surprising that many teachers and taxpayers applaud Perez. Perhaps, instead, they should ask why so many young people despise school so much that they play hooky, misbehave, and drop out as soon as they can. Why is it that children who are so eager to learn in the first three grades are, by the time they reach high school, either discipline problems or reluctantly doing...