Opinion
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Update: Punishment Adjusted
Opinion -In early September, seven of the 11 teachers implicated in the cheating scandal reached settlements with the Montgomery County School System "adjusting the punishments," according to local press sources. -
Vouchers Proposed to Resolve Crisis in Vermont
Opinion -With Vermont's four-year-old educational funding mechanism fast approaching crisis stage, the Ethan Allen Institute has proposed a statewide voucher system that would restore the authority of parents over their child's school, meet the obligations of the -
WA Teacher Union Found Guilty
Opinion -The Washington Education Association intentionally broke the law in spending non-member dues for political purposes, but the state watchdog agency in charge of enforcing the law didn't act until "spurred to do so by citizen complaints" from the -
Will Bush Education Bill Help Class of 2014?
Opinion -Although many education reformers lost interest in President George W. -
How Promising Is Accountability?
Opinion -As Congressional conference committee negotiations continue for President George W. -
Who Tells Teachers They Can Teach?
Opinion -QUESTION: For which grade level would the following test questions be appropriate? 1. Which of the following is equal to a quarter of a million? (a) 40,000 (b) 250,000 (c) 2,500,000 (d) 1 / 4,000,000 (e) 4 / 1,000,000 2. -
Impact of Low Literacy
Opinion -The lack of basic skills not only means low grades in school, but also lowered expectations for life as an adult. -
Corn scare proves baseless
Opinion -Government researchers have released test results showing that last year's media scare involving genetically modified corn was unwarranted. -
09/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -There is reason for some optimism on the health care front. -
Bush Takes Center Field on Stem Cell Funding Issue
Opinion -Six months ago, it would have been impossible to predict the stem cell research issue might become a defining moment for President George W. Bush and his administration. -
Conservatives Who Trust the Government on Stem Cell Research
Opinion -A number of prominent pro-life conservatives, including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and former Florida Sen. Connie Mack, have recently voiced their support for federal funding of human stem cell research. -
What Is a Stem Cell?
Opinion -Take out your pencils for a pop quiz: What's a stem cell? We bet most Americans—the majority of whom will have an opinion on stem cell research—can't answer that question. -
Precautionary Principle at odds with science
Opinion -Ignoring the achievements of modern science and technology, European bureaucrats and American environmental activists have embraced a doctrine fundamentally at odds with common sense. The doctrine is called the "precautionary principle. -
Follow the Money
Opinion -Just a month before the Landmark Legal Foundation filed its complaint against the National Education Association, Choices for Children, a Michigan-based nonprofit education reform organization, released two studies of the 105th and 106th U.S. -
Private Teacher Training on the Rise
Opinion -Teacher training and certification are becoming a bit less of a state monopoly with the advent of teacher preparation in the private sector. -
A win for private landowners
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court gave a Rhode Island landowner a victory on two important Fifth Amendment Takings Clause issues and remanded a third issue for further review in the Rhode Island state courts. In Palazzolo v. -
The Case for Managed Care: Part 3 of 3
Opinion -In Part Two, questions were raised about the way the U.S. health care system is organized. Fee-for-service and the independence of physicians and hospitals were shown to be linked with the high cost of health care. -
Medicare Drug Plan May Deliver Less than Expected
Opinion -A new Kaiser Family Foundation study has found that senior citizens experience “sticker shock” when drug benefit plans proposed by federal lawmakers are explained accurately to them. -
EPA needs more money, study says
Opinion -After 20 years of often-controversial efforts to clean up environmental hazards, the Environmental Protection Agency requires more money for a host of current and future Superfund activities, concludes a Congressionally commissioned study by Resources -
Just the Facts: Alternative Certification by State
Opinion -Status of Alternative Certification State Contact Phone Agency Implementing Alabama June H. -
Should Classes Be Smaller . . . or Simply More Orderly?
Opinion -While there is much debate over the cost, wisdom, and effectiveness of different strategies for increasing the amount of learning time available in the average school year--such as increasing attendance rates, lengthening the school day, cutting out -
Black Alliance Is on the Move
Opinion -Recognizing that time is of the essence where the education of children is concerned, the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) has moved quickly over the past year to encourage the creation of a national network of state and city chapters. -
Black Leadership Concerns
Opinion -"I think that black leaders are, in fact, very concerned about representing their constituents. They know that their constituents are in the worst schools in our country. They know that those schools aren't getting any better. -
Economics Texts Misleading, Too
Opinion -While inaccurate science textbooks can leave many students in a confusing fog of scientific illiteracy, inaccurate economics textbooks can leave students with the wrong ideas about how the economy works, which could be much more dangerous.
