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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. -
‘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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
On-site in Buenos Aires
Opinion -BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--When Peter Burleigh, the acting U.S. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
Enough! We Have All the Wilderness We Need
Opinion -As the twentieth century draws to a close, many Americans would be pleasantly surprised to know that about two-thirds as much forest (731 million acres) exists now as in the year 1600. Some 13. -
Issues in the Choice Debate
Opinion -Policymakers are often placed in the position of having to choose between two opposing assertions with scant factual support for either. -
Is Choice the Answer?
Opinion -Until the University of Chicago's James Coleman published his study on the superior performance of Catholic schools, the general impression was that Catholic schools were not as good academically as public schools, according to Harvard University -
How Teachers Would Reform Public Schools
Opinion -The following reforms are endorsed by teachers who signed the 15-point "Letter to the American People" developed at the National Summit of Teachers for Education Reform: Restore proven traditional curricula and shared civic values; End -
Aligning K-12 Standards with College Placement
Opinion -"We must adjust, and even overhaul, the current mélange of K-16 education policies that sends confusing signals to students and schools about what knowledge is worth knowing," says Stanford University education professor Michael W. -
12/1998 Parental Freedom in the States and Nation
Opinion -Illinois . . . Only days after he was endorsed by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) for this year's gubernatorial race, Secretary of State George Ryan (R) announced his support for tuition tax credits. -
Overcoming Opposition to School Choice
Opinion -"I'll start representing kids when kids start paying union dues." Al Shanker, former AFT President California Gov. -
Classroom Teachers Call for School Choice
Opinion -Dismayed by how little improvement in the quality of public education has taken place in the 15 years since publication of A Nation at Risk, a group of nationally acclaimed teachers has declared that the time has come for fundamental reform of the -
CUNY Phases Out Remedial Education
Opinion -"Twelfth grade is a cotillion or debutante ball, a coming-out party for an inferior product, the result of 12 years of ruinous instruction, flawed governance, disengaged parents and communities, lack of competition and stagnant ideas. -
Tuition Tax Credit Initiative Fails
Opinion -Voters in Colorado rejected by a 59 percent to 41 percent margin the Amendment 17 ballot initiative that would have provided tax credits to parents who send their children to private schools. -
Colorado’s Parent Information Center
Opinion -Colorado parents seeking information on specific schools for their children can call the Parent Information Center in Golden for a report card on the school's academic record, which is graded "A" through "F" depending on the percentage of students -
New Black Leaders See Civil Rights Victory
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Why Not Have Democracy in Education?
Opinion -Pennsylvania's Southeast Delco School District adopted in early 1998 a local student grant program. -
Blacks Go to War for School Choice
Opinion -Attacking the Enemy Charging the teacher labor unions with blocking every meaningful attempt to reform failing public schools and with being "perpetrators of educational genocide," the national president of the Samaritan Project, Bishop Earl W. -
How the Milwaukee Voucher Program Works
Opinion -A November 10 Wall Street Journal description of the workings of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program makes clear the direct parallel between that voucher program and other taxpayer-funded programs that enhance choice for college students and
