Opinion
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School Choice Initiatives Launched in the Old Dominion
Opinion -Two members of the Virginia House of Delegates are proposing that the 2003 session of the legislature advance both vouchers and tax credits as ways to expand K-12 education choice in the Old Dominion. -
States Act on Climate Change
Opinion -State legislatures are back in session, and many will debate proposals to reduce carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gas emissions at the state level. -
States Tackle Medicaid
Opinion -Michigan’s state budget deficit could approach $2 billion in the next fiscal year. Eleven other states are on pace to see deficits at or over the $2 billion mark. In Illinois and Wisconsin, the budget gaps may be closer to $3 billion. -
Suburban Schools Offer No Sanctuary from Dumbing-Down Regime
Opinion -Class Warfare: Besieged Schools, Bewildered Parents, Betrayed Kids and the Attack on Excellence by J. -
Surgeons Protest Liability Premiums
Opinion -The debate over malpractice insurance reform took a dramatic turn in January, as surgeons at four northern West Virginia hospitals canceled nearly all scheduled surgeries and required at least one patient to be transferred to another hospital. -
Table: Public Schools 2001-02: Average Teacher Salaries and Student-Teacher Ratios
Opinion -Public Schools 2001-02: Average Teacher Salaries and Student-Teacher Ratios As a % of U.S. Total Value Teacher Salary Expenditures (#Teachers x Avg. -
Voucher and Tax Credit Programs
Opinion -As new and returning state legislators reassemble in the nation’s more than four-score “laboratories of democracy,” many will be seeking ways to improve K-12 education and will want to know more about school choice options such as vouchers and tax -
Statement on the President’s State of the Union Address
Opinion -In his State of the Union Address on January 28, President Bush called for a prescription drug benefit for seniors and discussed the need to get affordable drugs to AIDS patients in developing countries. -
No. 95 – Heartland Policy Study Looks at Feasibility of Bush’s Proposed Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles
Opinion -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) This study examines the sustainability of cars and trucks in the first decades of the twenty-first century. -
Walter Olson to Speak on Tort Reform
Opinion -The Heartland Institute and The Chicago Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society present: A January 28 Luncheon Address by Walter Olson Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute Columnist, Reason Magazine Founder and Webmaster, Overlawyered. -
Comments on the Draft Strategic Plan for the Climate Change Science Program
Opinion -January 15, 2003 I. Background Information Joseph L. Bast President The Heartland Institute 19 South LaSalle Street #903 Chicago, Illinois 60603 phone 312/377-4000 fax 312/377-5000 email jbast@heartland. -
Reflections on the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Opinion -Delivered to a luncheon audience organized by Northwestern University and the Chicago Campus Dream Committee Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, Illinois January 15, 2003 click here to download PDF version Good morning. -
Midwesterners Leery of DOE Greenhouse Gas Program
Opinion -In November and December 2002, the U.S. -
GM Announcement Means Cars and Trucks Will Continue to Get Cleaner and More Efficient
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL: General Motors is expected to announced today it will offer hybrid versions of several of its trucks and SUVs in the next five years and hopes to make fuel cell cars in significant volumes by 2010. -
Schoolwide Programs Cheat Disadvantaged Kids
Opinion -Despite research claims of dramatic improvements among disadvantaged children who took part in a schoolwide reform program, independent examination of actual test results shows no such improvement, with disadvantaged children performing poorly and/or -
Excuses, Expectations, and Learning Gaps
Opinion -One of the most significant advances in educational assessment over the past decade has been the development of the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) and its recent application by SAS inSchool as a general diagnostic tool. -
High School Crisis: 3 in 10 Drop Out
Opinion -More than three of every 10 U.S. students drop out of high school, thereby lessening their chances of becoming productive, economically successful citizens. -
Table: Graduation Rates by State and Race
Opinion -Graduation Rates by State and Race State NativeAmerican Asian Hispanic AfricanAmerican White Total Alabama 86% 79% INS 59% 68% 66% Alaska 49% INS 61% 61% 65% 61% Arizona NA NA NA NA NA 59% Arkansas INS 90% INS 68% 77% 75% California 61% 81% -
Small Schools Are Cost-Effective
Opinion -A new review of research on school size concludes investing in smaller rather than larger schools is a wise move when the cost per graduate is taken into account. -
Colorado Parents Want More Choices in Education
Opinion -A group of 18 minority parents and grassroots leaders in the Colorado school choice movement met with Representatives Don Lee (R-Littleton) and Nancy Spence (R-Centennial) over lunch in November to discuss the need for a voucher bill in the Centennial -
Adding Educational Value One Floor at a Time
Opinion -The value-added concept of educating a child is like constructing a 13-story building one floor at a time, starting with the kindergarten entry level on the ground floor. -
01/2003 The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -ELECTION UPDATE California: Democratic Gov. Gray Davis re-elected. Florida: Republican Gov. Jeb Bush re-elected. Georgia: Voters replaced Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes with charter school advocate Sonny Perdue. -
Due Diligence Needed at DoEd
Opinion -The misdirection of reform efforts with schoolwide intervention programs raises some serious concerns: It calls into question the validity of all federally funded and disseminated research about how to help disadvantaged students during the 1990s. -
Chicago Teacher Union Aims for Charter School Restrictions
Opinion -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) lost bargaining powers as part of 1996 legislation giving the mayor of Chicago control of the city's public schools.
