Opinion: In today’s pages: No school reform left behind, and the new old New Deal.
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In today’s Times editorial and opinion pages, editorial writer Karin Klein drops in on the op side with a reflection on mothering in the era of Online LunchBox, Aeries and other tools for Big Mother.
Who needs the maternal instinct? Today, the school’s online data systems tell me everything I need to know about my children’s classroom performance. From my desk at home, or work via Wi-Fi, I can find out whether they turned in their homework, whether they cut class, what grades they got on the tests they said they didn’t need to study for -- and, in a twist, how many cookies they had for lunch.
Columnist Gregory Rodriguez examines the millennial generation and wonders about their reaction to recession. Pepperdine faculty member Mark Nelson compares the Republicans of the New Deal era, like Federal Reserve chief Marriner Eccles -- who warned FDR he wasn’t pumping enough money into the economy -- with the Bobby Jindals of today.
On the editorial page, the Times urges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to focus on the bad guys.
We’re not suggesting that ICE should look the other way when it finds illegal immigrants. Rather, we’re arguing for a renewed emphasis on the most dangerous criminals.
The page also notes that the Obama administration has sent confusing signals on No Child Left Behind: Will it emphasize funding or accountability? Schools, and perhaps even the economy, could use federal funding, but ‘nothing will improve if the new money is spent in the same old ways.’
We also recap our endorsements for Tuesday’s Los Angeles city election.