Opinion
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Ron Paul: Ventura Right about Education
Opinion -Instead of fighting over what type of federal intervention is best for the nation's schools, "Congress should recognize that Governor Ventura is right" and get Washington out of education, says Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas). -
State Officials Fined for Tardy Response in Union Case
Opinion -The Washington Education Association is not the only organization in the state of Washington to be fined for responding tardily to court-imposed deadlines for handing over documents to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF). -
Paycheck Protection Upheld in Idaho
Opinion -Although labor unions derailed a paycheck protection initiative in California last year, union officials in Idaho were not so successful. -
KC Plans to Reward, Penalize Schools
Opinion -Although exact details of the plan remain to be worked out, the Kansas City school board in January approved a measure that would demand greater accountability of the city's schools by rewarding or penalizing them based on student performance, -
How Is Reading Measured?
Opinion -The 1998 Reading Report Card for the Nation assesses student performance on three types of reading material that represent reading for different purposes: Reading for literary experience (e.g., What is the plot? Describe the main characters.). -
‘I Wasn’t Taught to Read–I Was Taught to Play Games’
Opinion -Until February 18, when she testified at a District of Columbia Council hearing on special education, few people--apart from her fellow students at Coolidge High School in northwest Washington, DC--had heard of high school senior Saundra Lemons. -
Congress Could Force States to Equalize School Funding
Opinion -While some legislators view the 50 independently governed states as "laboratories of democracy," where innovative experiments in education policy and governance may be carried out, others seem to view the states as unruly puppies that must be -
Edgewood Findings Refute Criticisms of School Choice
Opinion -When the Horizon district-wide school choice program was announced in April 1998, critics wasted little time in condemning the initiative, predicting it would draw the best students from the Edgewood public schools in San Antonio, Texas, and drain -
What Makes Better Readers?
Opinion -As part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, researchers identified school and home factors associated with better reading scores. -
WHO Unconcerned by Global Warming
Opinion -In its recent annual report, the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies three trends that threaten the planet. To the surprise of many and consternation of some, global warming is not among them. -
What’s the Score in Education?
Opinion -"We admire Michael Jordan--not because he got the ball near, over, or in the direction of the basket--but in the basket. If schools lack clear standards, nobody knows the score--not educators, not parents, not kids, not the public." Herbert J. -
What’s ‘Public Money’?
Opinion -To budget analysts, tax deductions and tax credits are "tax expenditures" because they result in the government "spending" tax revenues that otherwise would have been received. In Kotterman v. -
Tribal Casino Funds School Choice Scholarships
Opinion -With a judicious mix of educational incentives and penalties, the tribal council of New Mexico's Sandia Pueblo has succeeded in reducing the dropout rate of its high school students to zero, thereby ensuring that all pueblo children graduate from high -
Tax Credit Triumph in Arizona
Opinion -The school choice movement won another major victory when the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1997 state law that allows taxpayers to claim a state income tax credit of up to $500 a year for contributions to organizations offering scholarships at K-12 -
Senate Bill Would Advance Kyoto Emission Goals
Opinion -While the Clinton Administration has been reluctant to submit the Kyoto global warming protocol to the Senate for ratification, that body will soon take up legislation that effectively implements the treaty’s goals by encouraging business to adopt -
School Choice Movement Mourns Passing of Two Champions
Opinion -William Bentley Ball, Legal Scholar Distinguished constitutional scholar William Bentley Ball, a leading advocate for parental choice in education who served as counsel in 25 constitutional litigations before the U.S. -
School Choice in the Courts
Opinion -Because of its commitment to defend parental choice programs whenever they come under attack, the Washington, DC-based Institute for Justice has picked up the gauntlet for parents in five educational choice cases across the country. -
Report: Urban Sprawl Fears Largely Unfounded
Opinion -Urban "sprawl" has become the latest target for advocates of big government. Indeed, according to Dr. -
Population Bomb?
Opinion -Despite recent opinion polls that show Americans no longer approve the use of their money to support international programs aimed at limiting births, U.S. -
MTBE: Refiners Damned If They Use It, Damned If They Don’t
Opinion -California gasoline refiners, distributors, and retailers have found themselves in an impossible situation as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) failure to do its homework on MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether). -
Keystone State Would Be Hard Hit by Kyoto
Opinion -According to a report issued by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, Pennsylvania would lose approximately $15 billion in Gross State Product--$2,700 per household--if the U.S. -
Jewish Leaders Reconsidering Vouchers
Opinion -Although the American Jewish Congress immediately criticized New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's call for an experimental publicly funded school voucher program as not needed, and a violation of the separation of church and state principle, Jewish -
Is a “Big Hammer” Really Necessary?
Opinion -The televised GOP response to President Clinton's State of the Union speech was thick with philosophy but thin on specific proposals for meeting such priorities as giving “control of our schools to local communities," or giving parents "the opportunity -
How Arizona’s Tax Credit Works
Opinion -Author: Idea conceived by former lawmaker Trent Franks. Eligibility: Any individual who pays taxes to the State of Arizona. Donations made in a specific year are reported on tax returns for that year.
