Opinion
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Vouchers Dramatically Improve Milwaukee Public Schools
Opinion -As Milwaukee families were given new access to vouchers and other education options in the late 1990s, students in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) were not "left behind," as voucher opponents predicted. -
English Health Care: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 2 in a series
Opinion -An Englishman I met while in Sheffield was most colorful when I asked him to describe the National Health Service (NHS). In a printable response he said, simply, "Hobson's Choice. -
Canadian Health Care Fails Five Ways
Opinion -Canadians demand certain basic characteristics in a health care system. They speak of the “five principles” of the Canada Health Act: public administration, accessibility, portability, comprehensiveness, and universality. -
Judge blocks logging of burned trees
Opinion -Market-friendly environmentalists suffered a second defeat as a federal district judge on January 8 blocked a Bush administration decision to allow logging on more than 40,000 acres of burned trees in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest. -
Bush announces hydrogen-cell automobile initiative
Opinion -The Bush administration will provide massive new funding to encourage American automobile manufacturers to research and develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced January 9 at the Detroit auto show. -
Bush brothers sign landmark Everglades agreement
Opinion -President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush on January 10 signed an agreement ensuring that water captured under a $7.8 million Everglades restoration program will be allocated primarily for ecosystem purposes. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures, Inc., which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
HHS Releases $200 Million Bioterrorism Funds
Opinion -Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first $200 million of a $1. -
High-Risk Pools Insure the Uninsurable
Opinion -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.—about 1 percent of the population—suffer from pre-existing medical conditions that make it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
HIPAA Ushers in New Era in Health Data Security
Opinion -According to health industry analysts, compliance with new privacy and security rules passed as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will cost the nation’s health-related businesses some $43 billion. -
Japan withdraws from Kyoto treaty
Opinion -The Japanese government began the new year by shocking observers with the news it will not abide by the Kyoto protocol. -
Local community split on Yucca Mountain site
Opinion -Congressional Democrats and Nevada politicians of both parties have generally opposed the selection of Yucca Mountain for the permanent storage of America's spent nuclear fuel. -
Supreme Court Narrows Reach of ADA
Opinion -On January 8, 2002, the United States Supreme Court reached a landmark decision in the ongoing “debate over definitions” that is the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., v. -
The Blueberry Story: A New Urban Legend
Opinion -Education Week prides itself on being the newspaper of record for the nation's public school establishment. -
U.S. Scores Still Mediocre on New International Test
Opinion -A new international test designed to gauge 15-year-olds' ability to apply what they've learned in reading, mathematics, and science shows U.S. performance to be distinctly mediocre. -
White House revising Clean Air rules
Opinion -White House officials spent the first month of the year putting together proposed changes in rules enforcing the Clean Air Act. -
Administration’s Global Warming Plan Flawed
Opinion -"The President's plan to combat so-called "global warming" is as fatally flawed as the Kyoto Protocol," said Mike Carey, President of the Ohio Coal Association and the American Coal Coalition. -
Bush Stand on Global Warming Gives Enron the Last Laugh
Opinion -The irony is thick. Just months after the firm imploded and during a week that saw its senior executives slapped around by Congress, Enron's fondest dreams have been made reality by President George W. Bush. For years, Enron lobbied hard for U.S. -
Defined Contribution Gains Momentum
Opinion -According to a recent study by Conning & Company, an investment management and research firm headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, the U.S. is at the beginning stages of a significant change in how health insurance is delivered to most Americans. -
02/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -Ontario’s The National Post recently conducted a new survey of Canadian public opinion on a host of health care issues. -
Is Legal Marijuana on the Horizon?
Opinion -1 Europe Goes to Pot: Great Britain, EU Abandon Marijuana Prohibition UK officials branded marijuana prohibition an endangered species in 2001, announcing in October that police would no longer arrest individuals for marijuana possession, and that -
02/2002: State Legislative Update
Opinion -California In a letter to state legislative leaders, Gov. Gray Davis (D) renewed his push for legislation to ensure continuity of care for patients when their doctors and managed care organizations have contract disputes. -
A Costly Step Towards Reform
Opinion -For Americans who favor limited government, and who acknowledge that regulation does not necessarily result in school improvement, Congress's final reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in December perpetuates some undesirable -
‘Research’ Support for Teacher Certification Crumbles
Opinion -Despite the assertion by teacher certification advocates that scores of research studies exist to prove certified teachers produce higher student achievement gains, a meticulously researched study from The Abell Foundation concludes that, in fact, there
