Opinion
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The Friedman Foundation
Opinion -One of the key aims of the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996, is to amplify the national call for education reform through parental choice. -
… But Hails Vouchers for Job Training
Opinion -President Bill Clinton has heartily endorsed a new system of funding for federal job-training programs, whereby workers eligible for the funds are given vouchers and permitted to choose their own training programs. -
09/1998 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -School choice news from the states. -
Poll: Chicago Supports Vouchers
Opinion -Although charter schools are a relatively recent innovation in Illinois, and although their numbers are severely limited under legislation approved in 1996, they are viewed positively by almost four out of five Chicago residents (78 percent) and three -
Partners for Educational Choice
Opinion -The Children's Scholarship Fund on June 9 announced the following partners for Phase I of the $200 million nationwide expansion of its K-12 scholarship program for low-income families. -
Four Strikes Against Arizona Funding Plans
Opinion -School Reform News staff On June 16, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature's Students FIRST plan for school construction and repair was unconstitutional, marking the fourth time in as many years that the Court has ruled school -
Gore: When Will These People in Congress Learn?
Opinion -Vice President Al Gore is starting to lose his cool over Congress’ obstinacy on the global warming issue. -
Illiterate Would-Be Teachers
Opinion -"This method of observation should not be aloud under any cercumstances," wrote one candidate, according to Massachusetts Board of Education chairman John Silber, writing about the new state teacher tests in a New York Times op-ed piece. -
How the Milwaukee Vouchers Work
Opinion -How the Milwaukee Vouchers Work Eligibility Limited to Milwaukee families with incomes at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty level whose children in the previous year either attended city schools, no school, or grades K-3 in a private -
How EPA Has Taken the Environment Out of Environmental Enforcement: an exclusive interview with Roger Marzulla
Opinion -Roger Marzulla is a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Marzulla & Marzulla, specializing in environmental law and property rights. -
EPA Uses United Nations to Overcome U.S. Scientists
Opinion -Rejected by its own scientific advisors on the question of dioxin’s threat to human health, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has gone international, seeking support from the United Nations and World Health Organization. -
Children First Offers Stories of Changed Lives
Opinion -CEO America has launched Children First, a magazine that puts the spotlight on children whose lives have been transformed by scholarships awarded through private voucher programs. -
Milwaukee Voucher Chronology
Opinion -1989 Wisconsin State Representative Annette "Polly" Williams, State Senator Gary George, and Governor Tommy Thompson sponsor legislation leading to the 1990 enactment of the original Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. -
PIC Director’s Corner
Opinion -Parents in Control marks its first birthday this month with a firmly grounded organization, a distinguished board of directors, and a mailing list of almost 10,000. PIC chapters are forming in Topeka and Gardner, Kansas and in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. -
Storm Erupts Over Mass. Teacher Tests
Opinion -Massachusetts lawmakers have united behind demands for increased scrutiny of teacher skills after nearly 60 percent of 1,800 prospective schoolteachers flunked a new certification test conducted earlier this year. -
Court won’t enforce Wash. paycheck protection law
Opinion -Although state law in Washington specifically prohibits the spending of mandatory union dues for political purposes, a recent Superior Court ruling in that state has given the go-ahead for the Washington Education Association and other public-sector -
House Cuts Administration’s Global Warming Funding Request
Opinion -In the first Congressional showdown over funding for the Clinton administration’s global warming initiatives, House opponents of the Kyoto Protocol slashed $106 million from the President’s $205 million request for EPA climate change programs. -
$200 Million Boost for Private Vouchers
Opinion -In an unprecedented move that has catapulted the private voucher movement into national prominence, entrepreneur-philanthropist Ted Forstmann has unveiled the Children's Scholarship Fund, a private foundation that will award $200 million in scholarships -
Milwaukee Voucher Victory
Opinion -In the most resounding victory for parental choice in education in decades, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), rejecting voucher opponents who challenged the program’s inclusion of sectarian schools. -
EPA Challenged for Funding Anti-Highway Groups
Opinion -While Congress and the President spent months negotiating, and finally passed, a $215 billion "highway bill," the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be traveling an entirely different road, directing its money to environmental and transit -
President Clinton: School Choice Supporter?
Opinion -In a letter read at the June 9 Children’s Scholarship Fund announcement, President Bill Clinton praised the Fund for "helping to widen the circle of educational opportunity. -
Five Steps Up to Full School Choice: Table
Opinion -Outlines choice options, from no choice (the status quo for most students) to choice including religious schools. Five Steps Up to Full School Choice Choice Policy Level of Choice Result Examples Choice should include religious schools. -
Clinton Kills K-12 Education Savings Accounts . . .
Opinion -After addressing an adoring audience of public school teachers at the annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers, President Bill Clinton returned to the White House and wasted no time in giving the labor union just what it wanted: a veto of -
Lessons Learned on the Voucher Front
Opinion -Using a military analogy to derive winning strategy and tactics in the struggle for parental choice in education, Daniel McGroarty reviews a number of recent school choice campaigns in a new booklet published by the Milton and Rose D.