full from the critical guide to
educational terms that appears at the end of his book:

"Teach the child, not the subject." A phrase connoting
the principle behind "child-centered schooling" (which see). The
benign and reasonable interpretation of this famous battle cry of
progressivism is that one should attend to the moral, emotional,
and spiritual well-being of the child at the same time that one is
providing an excellent grounding in reading, writing, and
arithmetic. Only a hard-hearted person would dissent from this
goal. Historically, however, the progressive tradition has
continued to attack the disciplined teaching of reading, writing,
and arithmetic in favor of "holistic" methods, which supposedly
engage and educate the whole child. Progressivists have also
continued to disparage merely academic learning. Not surprisingly,
disparagement of "the subject" has resulted in a diminishment of
student competency in subject matters.

Hirsch's "benign and reasonable"Family Planning: It's Time to Welcome Men Into the Discussion

Yesterday, on World Population Day, the United Nations Population Fund officially launched 7 Billion Actions -- a campaign to raise awareness and action around our planet's growing population, which is set to reach 7 billion later this year.

The campaign is a wake-up call to the health, environmental, and social challenges associated with rapid population growth. It is also a wake-up call to the importance of voluntary family planning.

In 2011, more than 200 million women worldwide are still denied access to desired family planning services due to unavailable resources or lack of support from their husbands and communities. As a woman, I believe it is time to make universal access to family planning a global priority. And as a woman,