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  • School Reform Vetoed in New Hampshire

    Published October 1, 1997
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    A far-reaching school reform bill, which passed both chambers of the New Hampshire legislature after what Republican State Senator James M.
  • Why Teachers Leave Teaching

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Two key reasons for leaving the teaching profession were cited by public school teachers in the 1994-95 school year: retirement (27.4 percent) and pregnancy/child rearing (14.3 percent).
  • Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award Winners

    Published October 1, 1997
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    OSM Director’s Award Coteau Properties, Freedom Mine, Beulah, North Dakota Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award Buffalo Coal Company, Buffalo Mine, Davis, West Virginia Bellaire Corporation, Indian Head Mine, Beulah, North Dakota
  • UN Climate Change Report Deeply Flawed, Scientist Says Bias, imprecision faulted

    Published October 1, 1997
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    As the Clinton administration moves forward with a massive public relations campaign to win support for a global warming treaty, a prominent scientist has thrown cold water on the UN-sponsored report that serves as the foundation for the White House's
  • Saving the Planet Without Scaring Kids to Death

    Published October 1, 1997
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    A six-year-old girl gets a new bed, but she’s sad because “They killed trees to make my bed.” A five-year-old boy sees clouds obscure the moon and exclaims, “Look at the pollution!
  • House Democrats Set to Move Forward on Bill Blocking New Ozone, PM Rules

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Two key House Democrats, eager to overturn EPA's new standards for particulate matter (PM) and ground-level ozone, told their Congressional colleagues last week they are prepared to move forward with legislation that would keep the agency's
  • Agencies Overreach When Asked to Define Their Own Mission

    Published October 1, 1997
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    In September 1993, lawmakers at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue approved the Government Performance and Results Act.
  • 10/1997 Parents’ Choice: Information for advocates of educational freedom

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Clinton Kills K-12 Education IRA In a surprising last-minute move, President Bill Clinton, who campaigned last year as the “education president,” killed an amendment to Congress’ bipartisan budget agreement that would have allowed parents to save up
  • 10/1997 School Choice Roundup

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Alaska * California * Illinois New York * Ohio * Pennsylvania * Texas ALASKA Governor Signs Home Schooling Law Home schooling parents in the Last Frontier State now have unprecedented freedom to teach any subject they consider appropriate
  • 10/1997: The Voucher Voice

    Published October 1, 1997
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    National Training Workshop Scheduled On October 28-30 in Bentonville, Arkansas, CEO America will present an information-packed workshop for persons interested in starting a privately funded voucher program.
  • Administration Set to Crack Down on ‘Attempted Environmental Crimes’

    Published October 1, 1997
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    In a bid to broaden the scope of the Federal government's approach to environmental enforcement, President Clinton and some Members of Congress want to outlaw "attempted environmental crimes.
  • CAFE Standards, Consumers Set for Head-On Collision

    Published October 1, 1997
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    As the Clinton administration's global warming team considers ways to reduce emissions of man-made greenhouse gases, federal regulators and environmental groups appear more than willing to lend a helping hand: They want to drive minivans and sport
  • Energy Tax Resurfaces in Global Warming Debate

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Only weeks before a global warming treaty protocol is scheduled to be signed in Kyoto, Japan, it appears that the Clinton administration favors imposing new energy taxes on American consumers as a way to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases.
  • EPA’s ‘Dirty Little Secrets’ on Clean Air Revealed

    Published October 1, 1997
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    With EPA's new standards for particulate matter (PM) and ground-level ozone still facing Congressional and legal challenges, the debate over how the agency developed and justified its latest regulatory initiative continues.
  • Maine Families Challenge Exclusion of Religious Schools

    Published October 1, 1997
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    In a case that could set an important precedent for state education programs that discriminate against religious schools, the Washington, DC-based Institute for Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging the exclusion of religious schools from Maine’s
  • New Poll Shows Increased Support for Vouchers

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Showing a sharp increase over last year, the idea of using tax money to send students to private and parochial schools is now favored by a majority of parents with children in public schools.
  • Oregon Eliminates Tenure

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Lawmakers in the Beaver State toppled a pillar of union protectionism when they eliminated teacher tenure in a bill signed by Democratic Governor John A. Kitzhaber on August 15.
  • Redbook Blasts Unions for Bad Teachers

    Published October 1, 1997
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    “Bad or incompetent teachers may be verbally or even physically abusive. They may not know the subject matter, or be unable to communicate it. They may be incapable of running an orderly class or may be lazy or burned out.
  • Senate: Insist that the Science “Be There” on Global Warming

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Dr. S. Fred Singer is president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project in Fairfax, Virginia.
  • Stop Funding Bureaucracy, Congress Told

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Members of Congress were recently reminded that U.S. taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on Title I, special education, and bilingual programs that do not help and even harm some children.
  • ‘Super Rice’ set to Feed Millions of Hungry Asians

    Published October 1, 1997
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    For the second time in three decades, science is on the verge of providing a way to feed rapidly rising populations in the world's poorer countries.
  • Taking on the Teachers’ Unions

    Published October 1, 1997
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    Last year, an arbitrator found that the California Teachers Association had overcharged agency fee payers over $7 million and ordered proportional rebates to more than 700 teachers who had objected to the union’s calculation of compelled agency fees as
  • Teachers File Suit against Washington Union

    Published October 1, 1997
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    On June 24, a group of ten teachers filed suit against the Washington Education Association for taking money from their paychecks without permission and using the funds to pay for the union’s political lobbying activities.
  • The Education Industry

    Published October 1, 1997
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    The Education Industry Report, from the St.

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