Opinion
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Where New Yorkers Would Use Vouchers
Opinion -When the 1997 Empire State Survey asked New York City residents where they would use a Milwaukee-style voucher worth $3,500, 36 percent said they would enroll their child in a private school, 18 percent in a church-related school, 6 percent in another -
Texas Voucher Effort Gains Democratic Support
Opinion -Just as the November issue of NEA Today was rejoicing that “intense lobbying” by Texas teacher union members had killed all voucher legislation last year in Austin, Lt. -
School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * California * Florida * Hawaii Illinois * Missouri * New York ARIZONA Retirees Balk at Higher School Taxes Having retired there to enjoy the sunny climate and low taxes, senior citizens in Arizona have consistently rejected property -
Biodiversity Prospecting No Savior for Species
Opinion -Biodiversity prospecting is the search for new chemicals produced by wild organisms. -
Florida Superintendent Faces Class Action Suit
Opinion -Calling for an immediate investigation into the forced retirement of Dr. -
Thousands Join Blacks in Denver Suit
Opinion -A class action lawsuit brought by a few hundred black parents against the Denver Public Schools has been joined by nearly 3,500 new plaintiffs, including about one-third that are Hispanic and some that are white. -
California Teachers Can Resign from Union
Opinion -Teachers in California who want to resign from their union will now be able to do so without being forced to pay full union dues until the end of their current multi-year bargaining contract, according to the settlement terms of a major class-action -
Pennsylvania Charter Plan Treated Badly
Opinion -After a group in the Souderton School District near Philadelphia spent thousands of hours crafting a charter school proposal, which attracted the interest of 100 potential students, they were denied the opportunity to review the school district’s -
Teachers on Tape Expand Their Classrooms
Opinion -While good teachers are difficult to find, it’s even more difficult to find an empty seat in a good teacher’s classroom. -
Agenda for New Mexico School Reform
Opinion -New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson’s school reform plan includes the following elements: A five year phase-in of school choice for every child, starting with the poorest families, with scholarships valid at public, private or religious schools. -
California Arbitrator Keeps Books Closed
Opinion -An arbitrator paid by the California Teacher Association put an end to 10 months of hearings and deliberation in late November by ruling against 1,250 teachers who challenged the union’s claim about how it spends compulsory union dues collected from -
Charter Plan Denied Airing at Ill. Public Hearing
Opinion -When the petitioners for the Liberty Hall Charter School went into a November 24 public hearing on their proposal for a charter school in Libertyville, Illinois, they expected to explain their plan to the public and then respond to questions. -
Charter Schools in Action
Opinion -Last July, the Hudson Institute completed the publication of a six-part final report on its Charter Schools in Action project, a two-year study of the start-up problems and impact of charter schools. -
Climate Science Uncertainties Still Cloud Kyoto
Opinion -Throughout the seemingly endless series of speeches and closed-door negotiating sessions at the recently concluded Kyoto conference on global warming, there was one word delegates wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole: science. -
Cut Tenure, Pay for Performance
Opinion -Tenure would go if New York City’s public schools were run by hard-nosed Big Apple residents. -
Endocrine Disruption Theory Takes Serious Hit
Opinion -In 1997, endocrine disruptors joined radon, Alar, dioxin, asbestos in schools, and electromagnetic fields in the rogues’ gallery of environmental hoaxes. In a letter published in the July 25 issue of Science, John A. -
‘How-To’ Training Manual Available
Opinion -Those interested in starting a private voucher program from scratch will find many of their questions answered in a new “how-to” training manual from CEO America. -
Interactive Distance Learning
Opinion -High school students in four Missouri communities--Clinton, Appleton City, Calhoun, and Windsor--are sharing classes through Sprint’s interactive distance learning technology. -
Junk Science: An Epidemic that Hurts Us All: an exclusive interview with Steven J. Milloy
Opinion -Public health expert Steven J. Milloy is executive director of The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) and publisher of the Junk Science Home Page (http://www.junkscience.com). -
New Mexico Governor Calls for School Choice
Opinion -In the November 5 unveiling of his sweeping education reform agenda--calling for more charter schools, greater accountability for results, and school choice for every child--New Mexico Governor Gary E. -
Pennsylvania Union Settles to Avoid Opening Books
Opinion -Thousands of Pennsylvania teachers were immediately made eligible for a reduction of their forced union dues when officials from the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the National Education Association settled out of court a potentially -
Superfund Reform Still Out of Sight
Opinion -With the 105th Congress no more able to clean up the Superfund mess than any of its predecessors have been, the nation finds itself saddled with a law that continues to misdirect public and private resources while providing few, if any, environmental -
Analysts Recommend New WI Teacher Training Program
Opinion -A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute calls for a dramatic shift away from the state’s present system of teacher licensure and university-based training, calling it “a costly, outmoded, and unreliable” way to secure high-quality -
Bentonville National Training Workshop a Success
Opinion -A successful National Training Workshop was held in Bentonville, Arkansas, on October 28-30.