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School Board Members: The Forgotten Reformers? an exclusive interview with Donald McAdams
Opinion -"And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as the leader in the introduction of changes. -
Rx for Better Education: More Choice
Opinion -Lawmakers could improve education in their states very cost-effectively by changing state laws to expand school choice and strengthen accountability within existing school systems, suggests a new study from the Center for Civic Innovation at the -
Catholic Schools Innovate … and Thrive
Opinion -Changing demographics in cities across the United States have brought major financial challenges to many parish-run Catholic schools, as incomes in the surrounding community have declined and school enrollments have become more dependent upon -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 3
Opinion -Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) was once highly regarded. It was described as “second to none,” even “the envy of mankind. -
Gunning the HMOs: How much of John Q is true?
Opinion -In the new movie John Q, an HMO bureaucrat played by actress Anne Heche refuses to place the main character’s son on a waiting list for a heart transplant because his underinsured family can’t come up with the downpayment on the $250,000 operation. -
04/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -Economists got as exercised as they ever do over whether tax credits or expansion of Medicaid would be the best way to help the uninsured get health coverage. -
A reader reacts … Forest Service: Analysis paralysis or lack of competency?
Opinion -I read Randal O’Toole’s “Analysis Paralysis” article in the February issue of Environment & Climate News. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth and other Forest Service officials certainly have some very real problems. -
U.S. government continues to stiff Montana
Opinion -In the summer of 1996, President Bill Clinton traveled to Yellowstone National Park to announce that his administration, in concert with environmental groups, had killed hundreds of jobs in southern Montana and northern Wyoming. -
NAS debunks Klamath water shutoff
Opinion -The federal shutoff of irrigation water last year to farmers around Upper Klamath Lake on the Oregon-California border not only was unnecessary to preserve allegedly endangered suckerfish and salmon, but likely harmed the fish, according to a report -
Arizona community averts repeat of Klamath disaster
Opinion -In the spring of 2001, after drought conditions reduced the amount of water available in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, a federal judge ruled 1,400 farms would go without irrigation water, saying the Endangered Species Act (ESA) gave threatened and -
America using more energy with less pollution
Opinion -America's energy use is increasing, and many assume that energy-related air pollution must also be going up. -
New York Times promotes Great Salmon Hoax
Opinion -On February 14. the editors of the New York Times threw their full weight against efforts to restore sanity to natural resource management in the West ... and they told a lot of whoppers in the process. -
Trout coalition relies on fishy science
Opinion -The Western Native Trout Campaign, an environmentalist coalition spearheaded by The Center for Biological Diversity, issued a report last November calling for the preservation of all roadless areas in the western states. -
Bush announces Kyoto alternative
Opinion -American businesses would be asked to register with the federal government to create an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and be eligible to trade emission "credits" according to a program announced by President George W. Bush on February 14. -
Unraveling DNA fear-mongering
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: Dr. Jay Lehr, science director for The Heartland Institute, wrote the following letter to the editor of Harper’s magazine on February 15, in response to an article by Barry Commoner. -
Conservation with common sense
Opinion -Several years ago, Citizens for Responsible Zoning and Landowner Rights warned that Wisconsin state agencies were proposing an expensive new sewer code. Thousands called legislators and agencies to protest. The code was dropped, the law changed. -
Parents Rally for Vouchers at U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -Although dismissed by school choice opponents as merely "inconsequential conduits," voucher-empowered parents from Cleveland rallied with supporters outside the U.S. -
Century-Old Voucher Programs Show Benefits of Choice
Opinion -A new report from the Milton & Rose D. -
Bush Proposes Education Tax Credits
Opinion -President George W. -
Federal Law Will Require Research-Based Programs
Opinion -The teaching of reading could become the first area of education to benefit from a requirement, repeated more than 100 times in the new K-12 education law, that "scientifically based research" be the linchpin of all school practices receiving federal -
A Tale of Two Government School Systems
Opinion -Although the government schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) both enjoy per-pupil funding levels higher than average for public schools run by state and local governments, the two sets of schools produce -
Radical Reform of Teacher Certification
Opinion -Do you have what it takes to be a K-12 teacher? a college degree content knowledge in the area to be taught no criminal background. -
Lessons from Houston
Opinion -"Leaving No Child Behind: Lessons from the Houston Independent School District" is a 42-page report on an October 2000 conference in Houston called "Making the Grade," where education leaders and researchers came to analyze the Houston school district's -
Education Freedom Index: 2000 and 2001 (table)
Opinion -EDUCATION FREEDOM INDEX 2000 and 2001 State EFI 2001 Score EFI 2001 Rank EFI 2000 Rank Change in Rank Arizona 2.
