Opinion
-
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. -
ALEC Celebrates 25 Years at Annual Meeting in Chicago
Opinion -The American Legislative Exchange Council's 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois, on August 18-22, 1998. -
While Opponents Call for More Regulation …
Opinion -Having lost the court battle on vouchers, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction proposed--but was quickly forced to withdraw--a new strategy to limit participation in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. -
Profiting from Education
Opinion -Many public school teachers and administrators are disdainful of the notion that private companies should be permitted to profit by providing educational services to children. -
Solving the Great Education Mystery
Opinion -"The public education system will not reform itself." That was Chester E. Finn Jr. -
It’s Hard to Go Back to Building Widgets
Opinion -"Just a kid from the streets of Philadelphia" who put himself through eight years of night school, A.J. "Jack" Clegg truly understands the value of education in changing the lives of city children. -
Floridians Say Competition Will Improve Public Schools
Opinion -A new survey shows Florida voters have a definite interest in the idea of public schools operating in a competitive environment, with 60 percent of respondents saying that competition will improve public schools. -
Low Scores Bedevil Other High-Spending Efforts
Opinion -Much like Kansas City, Missouri, St. George's County, Maryland, underwent a 12-year effort to raise academic achievement levels in a group of nearly all-black schools. -
Bad Teachers across the Nation
Opinion -Ineffective teachers are preventing students from learning in schools in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a recent report from a team of education consultants. -
Education Being Emasculated, Says Prof
Opinion -As a direct consequence of reforms prompted by the 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, "big government is moving in on education" in the United States, according to Aldo S. -
Make Public Schools Better with Competition
Opinion -John Gardner is a strong advocate of public education, he calls public schools "juvenile warehousing run by an incompetent monopoly. -
Private Scholarships Spur Change
Opinion -Impatient with the slow pace of education reform, some school choice advocates have spurred change in the public school system by means of private school choice programs. -
School Choice in the Courts
Opinion -Although state legislators have approved a variety of parental choice programs across the nation, the first stop for all new measures is not a practical test in the classroom, but a legal challenge in the courtroom, where voucher opponents seek to stymie -
Charter Schools Face Constant Challenge
Opinion -Although charter schools are currently the fastest growing component of school choice, opponents in various states across the nation are raising such a variety of challenges to the schools that some may be forced to close, while others may never open -
Five Steps to Full School Choice
Opinion -Bolstered by the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s recent ruling, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program now offers a working model for the broadest form of school choice, one that allows parents to choose among public, private, and religious schools without -
New Measure Calculates Cost Per Prepared Student
Opinion -The annual cost of producing a proficient fourth-grader in Connecticut schools ranges from $8,317 in Simsbury to $67,684 in Hartford, according to the 1998 Connecticut Public Schools Guide published by the Hartford-based CPEC Foundation. -
Test Scores and Home Prices
Opinion -Just as a good report card may net a student a higher allowance, a good report card for a school may lead to higher home values in the school district, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. -
The Friedman Foundation
Opinion -One of the key aims of the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996, is to amplify the national call for education reform through parental choice. -
… But Hails Vouchers for Job Training
Opinion -President Bill Clinton has heartily endorsed a new system of funding for federal job-training programs, whereby workers eligible for the funds are given vouchers and permitted to choose their own training programs. -
09/1998 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -School choice news from the states.