Opinion
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Charter School Facilities and Finance: Starting a New School
Opinion -New charter school operators are interested in finding a facility that will house their school in its initial years. -
Climate change policy could create the mother of all cartels
Opinion -In the years ahead, President George W. Bush faces an army more menacing than Saddam Hussein's, which threatened to sweep down on all the oil fields in Arabia. -
Colorado Charters Get Construction Funds
Opinion -In April, Colorado Governor Bill Owens signed into law a school funding bill that includes a provision for the creation of a capital construction fund for charter schools. -
Do as DoEd Says, Not as DoEd Does
Opinion -In his ambitious education reform package, President George W. Bush has proposed holding schools more accountable for the way they spend federal tax dollars, including a reduction in funding for those that don't meet performance standards. -
Drug Benefit Debate Will Shed Light on Medicare Mess
Opinion -When Medicare was established in 1965, pharmaceutical drugs represented a small part of medical expenditures. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Classwell Acquires Expeditionary Learning Provider On April 10, Classwell Learning Group, a provider of e-learning solutions for the pre-K-12 market, announced it had acquired GlobaLearn, an online curriculum provider that facilitates expeditionary -
Harry Potter and the Dragon of Health Care
Opinion -A mature Harry Potter has traveled through the Outerland, to the banks of the Hogwash. From here he can see his final destination: the Ministry of the Village. -
If the Children Aren’t Learning, We’re Not Teaching: Siegfried Engelmann
Opinion -One of the most vigorous continuing debates in elementary education is over which teaching method produces the best results. Is it teacher-directed learning, where the teacher conveys knowledge to his or her students? -
Letter to the Editor
Opinion -Dear Editor: Congratulations of the most superlative order on the introduction of Health Care News. I have never before seen 20 pages of exposition with which I could so completely agree. -
Long Choice Struggle Ahead, Catholics Warned
Opinion -Catholic teachers and administrators meeting in Milwaukee in April were warned by parental choice advocate Howard Fuller that the road to school choice was a long one, with the fight to put programs in place being only the first stage of a multi-phase -
NAEP Reading Scores Tell a Grim Tale
Opinion -The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is sometimes called the Nation's Report Card. -
No Boost Yet from Vouchers
Opinion -Parish schools of the Cleveland Archdiocese experienced a decline in enrollment in 2000-2001, which is notable given that the opponents of school vouchers have made much of the supposed "benefits" religious schools reap from publicly funded vouchers in -
NYC Study Hails Catholic Schools
Opinion -Despite attending schools that have significantly lower per-pupil funding levels, relatively fewer administrators, and higher student-teacher ratios, students in Catholic schools in New York City already outperform their public school peers by fourth -
On the frontlines: ELF criminals go unpunished
Opinion -It was said on the Senate floor that some Senators were threatened with bodily harm if they voted for John Ashcroft. Please investigate why Craig Rosebraugh, spokesman for terrorist group ELF in Portland, Oregon was in DC this week. -
PETA president sticks foot in mouth
Opinion -As the Agriculture Department and U.S. -
Reading Problem Becomes Opportunity for Scholastic
Opinion -In a refreshingly quick and direct response to the latest U.S. Department of Education report on the nation's reading problems, Scholastic, Inc. launched on April 30 two new programs to improve the reading skills of America's students. -
Small Business Owners Speak Out
Opinion -A new national survey, sponsored by the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) and co-sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and U.S. -
Soaring Spending Fails to Lift Achievement
Opinion -After unprecedented increases in federal spending on K-12 education during the Clinton administration, does U.S. public education need still more money? Teacher union leaders insist it does. "Conservative" President George W. -
Socialized Medicine in 10 Easy Steps
Opinion -Republicans have never been big fans of reforming the health insurance system, nor have many of them ever taken the time to learn much about it. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -FLORIDA Challenge to Scholarship Program Rejected On April 24, the Florida Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the First District Court of Appeals in the legal challenge to the Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows -
Tax Credits Would Boost Private Schooling in New Jersey
Opinion -Total private school enrollment in New Jersey would increase by 40 percent, and the state treasury would realize net annual savings of almost a half billion dollars, if the Garden State legislature enacted two proposed tuition tax credit plans, according -
Think Tank Offers Plan for Prescription Drug Security
Opinion -Lower-income senior citizens would get help right away with routine and catastrophic prescription drug expenses under a Medicare reform measure outlined in late March by the Alexandria, Virginia-based Galen Institute. -
Types of K-12 Education Tax Credits
Opinion -First, there's little difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction, except that a credit is worth much more than a deduction. -
Urban Legends Haunt Long-Term Care Decisions
Opinion -According to the American Opinions on Reforming Medicaid survey, conducted in August 1995, 72 percent of Americans cannot afford to pay the high cost of long-term health care (LTC) without financial assistance.
