Opinion
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Children’s Scholarship Fund Announces 38 Partner Cities
Opinion -In just 100 days since entrepreneur Ted Forstmann and retailing heir John Walton committed $100 million to launch the program in June, the Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF) has raised over $70 million in matching funds from contributors in 38 partner -
‘Talkin’ Trash
Opinion -Two new reports charge that American school children are being manipulated and frightened by a steady stream of politically motivated educational materials that distort the facts about environmental issues. -
Phony Death-of-Species Arguments Won’t Die
Opinion -The argument that plant and animal species are disappearing at a rapid rate from the earth has gained a new, eloquent voice through a lengthy article in the influential Harper’s magazine. However, he fails to persuade the careful reader. -
State Geography Standards
Opinion -Of 38 states with geography standards in place (the other 12 either have no standards or are comprehensively revising existing ones), only six earned “honor” grades from the team of distinguished geographers pulled together by Susan Munroe and Terry -
To Avoid Abuse, Accountability Should Come with Autonomy
Opinion -The freedom that lawmakers give to charter schools could lead to abuse if accountability is not also part of the equation, according to Stacey Boyd, president of the ACHIEVE Pilot Project and founding director of the Academy of the Pacific Rim, an -
Ten Ingredients of High Performance Schools
Opinion -High-performance schools, according to Northwestern University management professor Michael Bakalis, are characterized by: 1. Clear vision of where to go and how to get there; 2. An administration that supports faculty and students; 3. -
Annenberg’s $500 Million: No Competition, No Gain
Opinion -As philanthropist Walter H. -
Frank Brown: School Choice Pioneer
Opinion -On July 25, the school choice movement lost one of its longest-serving heroes when Frank Brown passed away at his home in Chicago. He was 88. -
Cardinal’s Voucher Proposal Gets Cool Reception
Opinion -Philadelphia Public Schools Superintendent David W. -
EDventures ’98: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Business
Opinion -From charter schools to vouchers, from distance learning to contracting out, America is in the midst of an education revolution that is moving forward on many fronts, according to Wayne B. -
Local Voucher Program on Hold
Opinion -The voucher program offered as a model by Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua is the local voucher measure adopted in April by the school board in Pennsylvania's Southeast Delco School District, which gives parents vouchers of different dollar -
Angels Program Distributes First Miami Vouchers
Opinion -Just five weeks after the program was announced, Miami Inner City Angels (MICA) awarded $1,000 tuition vouchers to 100 Overtown children who were selected by lottery from the 600 scholarship applications. -
Study: KC Dollar Deluge Fails to Raise Test Scores
Opinion -After doing everything educators claim is needed to increase student achievement--reducing class sizes, lowering teacher workloads, hiking teacher pay, and dramatically increasing per-pupil spending--Kansas City has learned the hard way that none of it -
Charter School Offers ‘Learning Guarantee’
Opinion -Parents who send their children to Boston's Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School get more than promises about student learning: they get a "Learning Guarantee. -
The Education Industry Report
Opinion -News and emerging trends in the $650 billion education industry are reported monthly in The Education Industry Report, from the St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Education Industry Publishing Group. -
Latinos Do Better in LA’s Catholic Schools
Opinion -Nationwide, nearly one in ten Latinos fail to finish high school. That isn't the case with Latinos in Catholic schools, even those schools in the heart of inner-city Los Angeles. For example, some 97. -
How Legislators Can Spur Innovation in Education
Opinion -Ohio industrialist David Brennan has a message for all those who think that charter schools, pilot voucher programs, and private scholarships already have brought significant changes to public education: "We haven't scratched the surface of what can be -
After 15 Years, Nation Is Still at Risk
Opinion -Fifteen years after the publication of A Nation At Risk, the United States remains engulfed in "a sea of educational mediocrity," according to an education reform group of prominent business executives, academics, lawmakers, and educators. -
Milwaukee Voucher Decision Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -The American Civil Liberties Union, People for the American Way Foundation, and National Education Association have asked the United States Supreme Court to review a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision upholding the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. -
U.S. Workers Paid Billions to Read
Opinion -Good reading skills are important not only to school-age children, but also to adults in the daily performance of their jobs. Reading proficiency has huge economic and social significance in the US, notes Herbert J. -
U.S. Schools: Low Achievement at High Cost
Opinion -Compared to schools in more than twenty other economically advanced countries, schools in the United States are the least productive, according to a report from the Washington, DC-based Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. -
American Education Imperils American Dream
Opinion -If we knew how to cure cancer and didn't do anything about it, people would be outraged. Why is education so different? -
Does Head Start Make a Difference?
Opinion -In operation for 33 years at a cost of over $30 billion, the federal government's touted Head Start early childhood development program has never been subjected to a valid, useful study of how well it works. -
… Norquist Calls for Further Expansion
Opinion -On August 4, Milwaukee Mayor John O.