Opinion
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‘Come stand where I stand!’
Opinion -Standing atop an Oregon mountain summit, President George W. Bush straddled the divide between the old and the new. On one face of Squires Peak, the ashes of an old and failed forest policy lay literally at the President’s feet. -
NEA September 11 Web Site Draws Criticism
Opinion -An essay recommending parents and educators not “suggest any group is responsible” for last year’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center brought the National Education Association’s new Web site, “Remember September 11th,” under heavy criticism from -
When in California, don’t eat the whole wheat bread
Opinion -Long before New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine sponsored Senate Bill 1602, the California legislature passed its own bill demonizing chemical science. -
Logging: An essential part of sustainable forestry
Opinion -Logging. It was once what Oregon was all about. Now, it’s become almost a curse word in this land of Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines. As I travel the state, I see mill after mill closed. I see businesses in rural communities shuttered. -
Land-use regulation makes housing less affordable
Opinion -On August 12, 2002 the Wall Street Journal described a 350-square-foot former public toilet in south London that developers are turning into a “stylish apartment.” They expect to sell it for around $200,000. -
Paige Backs Parental Choice at Meeting of State Legislators
Opinion -On August 8, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige addressed a large and supportive audience of state elected officials at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 29th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. -
10/2002 The Friedman Report and School Choice Roundup
Opinion -BAEO Leader Wants Parents “Overwhelmed” with Opportunities by Laura J. -
Ready or Not, Education Is Changing
Opinion -More than 360 education entrepreneurs, investors, computer specialists, writers, foundation staff, and policy experts gathered on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on July 25-27 for the EDVentures 2002 Conference, organized by -
America leads at Johannesburg summit
Opinion -One person, two contrasting images. On September 4, the final day of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, a packed hall of professional demonstrators repeatedly booed and heckled U.S. -
Entrepreneurial Leadership Award
Opinion -AEPP’s 2002 James P. Boyle Entrepreneurial Leadership Award was presented to Dr. Ellyn Lerner, president of KIDS 1, Inc., which operates specialized private schools and related services for students facing learning and social challenges. -
Hold Schools Accountable for Cost of Finished Graduate
Opinion -U.S. taxpayers paid on average $108,730 to produce each 1998 high school graduate. -
If the Curriculum Has No Content, What’s Left to Teach?
Opinion -Although U.S. K-12 education has proven remarkably impervious to efforts aimed at structural reform, efforts aimed at curriculum reform have been much more successful. -
Illinois Court Upholds Parental Rights
Opinion -Saying the law violates the due process rights of a surviving parent, the Illinois Supreme Court in April struck down a state statute giving grandparents the right to sue for visitation rights to their grandchildren when one parent is deceased. -
Just the Facts: Student Achievement
Opinion -Just the Facts: Student Achievement ACT Scores SAT Scores National Assessment of Educational Progress Percent scoring at or above proficient ACT Average Composite (2002) % of Grads Tested % of Grads Tested Mean Verbal (2002) Mean Math -
Latest Test Scores Show Value of Tough Curriculum
Opinion -Good news on student performance: This year, 41 percent of high school students who took the SAT test had an A grade point average, compared to only 31 percent 10 years ago. -
Robert Bradley receives Julian Simon Award
Opinion -Robert L. Bradley Jr., president of the Institute for Energy Research, was presented the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) on May 22. -
Together, We Can Do It: an exclusive interview with U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich
Opinion -“Together, we can do it.” That was U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich’s motto when, at the request of local community leaders, he resigned the job of lieutenant governor of Ohio and took over as mayor of the bankrupt City of Cleveland in 1979. -
U.S. Educators Ignoring the Lessons of History
Opinion -The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. -
Voucher Advocate Takes Charge at Children First America
Opinion -In August, Tampa businessman and leading school choice advocate John Kirtley was named president and CEO of Children First America (CFA), a school choice organization formed 10 years ago to extend nationwide the privately funded scholarship model created -
Measure 27: Oregon’s War Against Biotech
Opinion -The voters of Oregon, who long have marched to their own drum beat, are being tempted by radical anti-capitalist groups to adopt a policy that would have terrible consequences for the nation and the world. -
Mining rights under legal attack
Opinion -In 1872, Congress enacted the General Mining Law, allowing miners to enter onto federal land, locate valuable mineral deposits, and develop those minerals. -
Bad Medicine for America
Opinion -Prescription drugs and their costs are high on political agendas this campaign season. Unfortunately, many candidates are seeking to score cheap points by attacking the nation's pharmaceutical industry, the most innovative in the world. -
Testimony on Asbestos Litigation
Opinion -September 22, 2002 Senator Patrick Leahy Chairman Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Leahy: Please accept the following comments to the Senate Committee on -
Testimony on Asbestos Litigation
Opinion -September 23, 2002 Sen.
