Opinion
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Corporate America responds to biotech
Opinion -McDonald’s Corporation recently notified its largest potato processor, Idaho’s J.R. Simplot Co., that the fast-food company would no longer accept genetically modified potatoes for its french fries. -
School Choice Nuggets
Opinion -Starting with this issue, School Reform News will be working with the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation to include news from the Foundation's new monthly Friedman Report, which provides a state-by-state roundup of school choice developments. -
Florida Expands Vouchers to Disabled
Opinion -In May, Florida legislators approved a bill that would dramatically expand the nation's first statewide voucher program to include some 350,000 students who have learning disabilities, mental or physical handicaps, or other exceptional needs. -
Will Federal ‘Help’ Stifle Charters?
Opinion -WASHINGTON -- The federal government may be able to encourage further explosive growth of charter schools in subtle ways, but it must avoid "loving charters to death" by swaddling them in re-regulation. -
Charter School Growth Slows
Opinion -While charter schools remain the nation's fastest-growing school reform model of the past decade, the rate of formation of new schools slowed significantly in the first year of the new century, dashing President Clinton's hopes of seeing 3,000 charter -
Polls Show Majority Support for Vouchers
Opinion -Recent polls in two states show a significant level of support for school vouchers--publicly funded scholarships that families may use to help pay for their children's education at the school of their choice, whether that school is public, private, -
Court Power Grab in Ohio
Opinion -According to a slim state supreme court majority, Ohio's system of funding its public schools depends too much on local property taxes. On May 11, in a 4-3 decision, the court found the state’s education funding formula unconstitutional. -
For Lawyers, Politics Is Really, Really Hard
Opinion -Laws, made through the difficult, deliberative process of political compromise, inspired Otto von Bismarck's now-famous remark: "Laws are like sausages: It is better not to see them being made. -
A Sampling of Homeschooling Resources
Opinion -ORGANIZATIONS Home School Legal Defense Association 17333 Pickwick Drive Purcellville, VA 20132 540/338-5600 http://www.hslda.org HSLDA is an advocacy group offering legal advice and representation in homeschool court cases. -
Voucher Schools Keep Costs Low
Opinion -While the annual cost per student in the Milwaukee Public Schools is about $9,500, many of the private schools that participate in the city's voucher program had trouble spending even half that amount, according to audits filed with the Wisconsin state -
Details, details: Who gets to do what in a wilderness area?
Opinion -Should BLM lands be inventoried? -
Choice Leaders Celebrate Triumphs
Opinion -"When Americans are exposed to the idea of school choice, they react positively," said Robert Enlow, vice president of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation, which has conducted extensive research on public attitudes toward choice. -
With ACLU, All Things May Be Prohibited
Opinion -A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled on April 25 that Ohio's motto, "With God, all things are possible," violates the United States Constitution as a government establishment of religion. -
Congress approves billions to buy land
Opinion -As thousands of acres of federally owned land in New Mexico burned out of control, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and 314 of his colleagues in Congress passed legislation aimed at putting even more private land in the hands of the federal government. -
ALEC offers model TMDL legislation for states
Opinion -The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program has been part of the Clean Water Act since 1972. It directs states to take measures to improve the quality of water bodies that do not meet water quality standards. -
Donny, we hardly knew ye
Opinion -As a child growing up in a big Irish family, I attended many a wake. Without fail, someone would comment of the dearly departed--call him Danny--“Danny, we hardly knew ye. -
No easy alternatives to internal combustion engine
Opinion -As Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore was reiterating his controversial call for “phasing out” the internal combustion engine in less than 25 years, the Energy Information Administration, a department of the -
Just breathe
Opinion -In the global warming research arena, even those things we are certain we know are things that cannot be confirmed with any certainty. -
Dear Carl
Opinion -To: Carl Pope Executive Director Sierra Club Dear Carl: Sorry to bother you. -
Droughting the forecast
Opinion -As we headed through spring, concern was growing that the Midwest was sitting on the brink of a major drought. -
Toxic Release Inventory Data Issued
Opinion -EPA released its 1998 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data May 11, 2000. -
School Choice Surges in the States
Opinion -"What is the problem [in American education]? We have not devised a method to make learning occur at a universally high level. And that's what the voucher people argue. They argue that is because public schools have a monopoly on revenues and customers. -
Governors, Congress Support Biotech Industry
Opinion -In June, Environment & Climate News reported a new $50 million effort launched by the biotechnology industry to educate the public about the advantages and safety of bioengineered products. -
Jimmying the Truth about Climate Change
Opinion -On April 18, 2000, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator James Baker and Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) Director James Lee Witt held a press conference where they released data showing that the period
