Opinion
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04/1999 Parental Freedom in the States and Nation
Opinion -California Part of the effort to organize school choice activities in California is now under the care of venture capitalist Timothy Draper. Last year Draper created a Web site designed to mobilize grassroots support for school choice (http://www. -
NM Governor Vetoes Schools Budget Over Vouchers
Opinion -With the state legislature scheduled to adjourn on March 20, New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson on March 11 vetoed the $1. -
Kay Will Light Up Your Switchboard
Opinion -Few topics hit home more than education--ask any parent. -
Spelling Problems
Opinion -How much of a problem can a minor spelling error be? -
Study: EPA Focus on Chemicals Misses Children’s Health Target
Opinion -While contaminants in the environment may pose some danger to the nation’s children, there are far more serious--and measurable--threats more deserving of our attention and limited resources, according to a recent report from the Center for the Study -
IPCC to Raise Warming Forecast, Exclude U.S. Model?
Opinion -A scientific firestorm is brewing among distinguished dissenters and disenfranchised climate modelers amid rumors of major revisions to the United Nations' position on climate change. With its next report due in 2001, the U.N. -
New Hampshire Court Bars Voter Input on Income Tax
Opinion -The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled on March 11 that legislators, not voters, must decide on a new tax system to resolve the state's public school funding crisis . . . -
Ventura to Feds: Butt Out of Education
Opinion -"My view is, if Washington didn't overtax us so much on their end, we would have much more money to spend as individual states, and allow us to take care of our own education system. -
No Global Environmental Disasters: an Exclusive Interview with Environmental Optimist Jay Lehr
Opinion -Dr. Jay Lehr received the nation's first PhD in ground water hydrology from the University of Arizona in 1962, following a degree in geological engineering from Princeton University and a few years' stint in the U.S. -
How to Pass Your Emissions Test
Opinion -Sinclair Community College professor James Halderman offers Environment News readers the following tips for passing a vehicle emissions test. 1. Test your vehicle on a nice day only--avoid very cold or windy days. -
Analysis: UN Continues to March Left on Environment Issues
Opinion -Klaus Topfer was named Director General of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) approximately a year ago. -
UNEP Leader Warns of ‘Cold War’ Between Rich and Poor Countries
Opinion -On Resource Depletion “I’m completely convinced that in the future, there will be a very concentrated conflict over the use of limited natural resources. -
Waukegan Wants out
Opinion -On February 16, the city council of the Chicago suburb of Waukegan, Illinois, passed the following resolution formally asking to be exempted from the new IM 240 test in favor of the older idle test, until the value of IM 240 testing is scientifically -
Testimony on Special Education before District of Columbia Council
Opinion -"I am the product of a failing special education system." "My name is Saundra Lemons. I am a senior at Coolidge High School with enough credits to graduate in June. . . . -
A Multicultural Sampler
Opinion -In her book, Losing Our Language, Sandra Stotsky notes that new elementary school readers require children to spend their time unproductively, learning non-English words and symbols unique to the story at hand and unlikely ever to be encountered again. -
04/1999 News Briefs
Opinion -Nuclear Waste Policy Act Introduced Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and committee members Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and Rod Grams (R-Minnesota) introduced the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of -
04/1999 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Florida * Illinois * Maryland * Montana Nevada * Pennsylvania * South Carolina * Texas FLORIDA Teacher Body Language Affects Student Learning Children don't take compliments from their teachers at face value, but weigh the content of -
Are Some Classes Too Small?
Opinion -During World War II, the U.S. Army taught typing in rooms so large that the instructor--a non-certified soldier-teacher--used a microphone, and students listened on headphones. A public school not only could do this, at least one has. -
Are We Running out of Resources?
Opinion -At current rates of production, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, known reserve bases of gold will last 31 years; mercury, 80 years; tin, 60 years; zinc, 55 years; petroleum, 44 years; copper, 56 years; lead, 41 years; and natural gas, 65 years. -
Business Coalition Sees Profit Opportunities in Global Climate Challenge
Opinion -Three major corporations, each with a different perspective on the Kyoto global warming protocol, have teamed up with an environmental group to formulate a proactive strategy to encourage economic growth while reducing the risk of climate change. -
Environmentalists Launch ‘Resourceful Earth Day’ Campaign
Opinion -Independent nonprofit organizations nationwide plan to use Earth Day 1999 to launch a multi-year campaign to change the way science and economics are used by the environmental movement in the U.S. and around the world. -
EPA must Change Before States Accept Responsibility for Environment Policy
Opinion -Despite public statements professing eagerness to cooperate more with the states, the U.S. -
ESEA: Congress Must Answer the Hard Questions
Opinion -A leading education expert says Congress must answer some tough questions about the purpose of federal aid to education when it reauthorizes the $13 billion Elementary and Secondary Education Act later this year. -
New Auto Emissions Test Goes up in Smoke
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency’s new auto emissions test literally went up in smoke at its formal Chicago media introduction February 1.