Opinion
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Hmong Families Spur Student Success
Opinion -Hmong students concentrated in six Wisconsin cities perform well in school despite demographic conditions that are frequently blamed for poor academic performance in public schools: family poverty, unemployment, gang activities, early marriage and teen -
Texas Teachers Bring in NEA to Fight Vouchers
Opinion -Responding to a distress signal from its affiliate in the Lone Star State, the National Education Association is helping officials from the Edgewood School District organize a fight against school vouchers. -
Giving Choice a Chance in Cleveland
Opinion -Given the virulent opposition of the teacher unions to any and all forms of school choice, how is it that a pilot school voucher program was enacted in Cleveland, Ohio? -
Teaching About America
Opinion -With many parents not knowing much about America, it is essential for schools to teach their children what it means to be an American. -
Prep School for Native-Americans
Opinion -With 74 students from 32 American Indian tribes in 11 states, the Native American Preparatory School in Rowe, New Mexico, is "almost like a Native American United Nations," according to principal Sven Husaby. -
Grading North Carolina Schools
Opinion -Most North Carolina public schools score a "D" or an "F" when ranked on a traditional 10-point grading scale, according to a study released last year by the John Locke Foundation. -
02/1999 Parental Freedom in the States and Nation
Opinion -Distinguished political science scholar Quentin L. Quade, director of Marquette’s Blum Center for Parental Freedom Education, died on January 19 at the age of 65. -
Becoming an American
Opinion -Learn about America Parents of all demographic groups embrace the teaching of traditional American ideals: Schools should teach kids to be proud of being part of America. Schools should teach the responsibilities of citizenship. -
Chicago School Reforms Bring Improvement
Opinion -During a 1987 visit to Chicago, then U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett described the city's school district as the worst in the nation. He was not invited back for eleven years. -
Michigan School Boards Fall Down on Contract Bargaining
Opinion -In negotiating collective bargaining agreements, far too many Michigan school districts have abandoned their obligations to protect employees' constitutional rights, according to a recent Mackinac Center study. -
Property Rights Advocates Lament Recent American Heritage Rivers Announcement
Opinion -While environmentalists are rejoicing over the recent court victory that cleared the way for implementing President Clinton’s American Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI), opponents are chalking it up as another federal land grab that violates the -
Virginia’s Natural Bridge: Testimony to Private Conservation
Opinion -It boggles the mind, notes one observer, that one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World remains virtually pristine even though it has become a major commercial success. -
Vice President Calls for Scientific Literacy, Informed Debate
Opinion -Editor’s note: Vice President Al Gore’s extreme views on global warming and other environment issues have often been reported and rebutted on this page. -
On-site in Buenos Aires
Opinion -BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--When Peter Burleigh, the acting U.S. -
Report Urges State Control of Environment Policy Making
Opinion -In a recent analysis of national environmental policy, an industry group has called for the decentralization of legislative and regulatory authority from the federal government to the states as the best way to provide for future improvements to the -
Study: Rising CO2 a Net Plus for Earth, Humans
Opinion -Increasing levels of carbon dioxide, believed by many to be a major factor in global warming, might be one of the best things that could happen to Earth and its inhabitants. -
Radicals Suffer Election Losses in Congress
Opinion -Environmental groups that have been crowing over Republican losses in the recent national elections may end up eating crow once the 106th Congress begins voting on environmental legislation. The reason: Despite the loss of five Republicans in the U. -
‘Enviro-capitalists,’ Public Profit from Wilderness Conservation
Opinion -The idea of having to pay to use wilderness areas for recreational purposes smacks of heresy in certain circles, but it is a growing trend, debunking the long-held belief that profits are inconsistent with a healthy environment. -
Global Warming Treaty Called ‘Major Threat’ to Small Family Farms U.S.
Opinion -The global warming treaty negotiated by the Clinton-Gore administration in Kyoto, Japan, would decrease farm income by 24 to 48 percent and cause the demise of hundreds of thousands of family farms, according to a new study from The Heartland Institute. -
Kyoto Protocol: Hazardous to Your Health?
Opinion -The Kyoto Protocol--designed to protect humans and the environment from the effects of global warming--could cause as many as 183,000 deaths in the United States alone because of increased highway fatalities, worsened indoor air pollution, and -
Montreal Ozone Depletion Protocol No Model for Global Warming
Opinion -The national hysteria being whipped up by the media and special interest groups in response to global warming is beginning to look very much like the emotional crusade launched a decade ago to halt depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer. -
Study: U.S. Has Enough Wilderness
Opinion -Though roughly one-third of the land area of the United States could be defined as “wilderness,” ardent environmentalists clamor for additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS), the federal government’s wilderness set-aside program. -
Politics Slows Development of Climate-friendly Technologies
Opinion -For many U.S. industries, uncertainty over how to address the global climate change issue is one of the largest business risks they face. -
Kyoto Protocol Would Bring U.S. Economic Growth to a Standstill
Opinion -Given the uncertainties surrounding the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on global warming, the Kyoto Protocol is seen by many as an excessive insurance policy whose premium will be paid for in large part by developed nations like the United States.