Opinion
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Charter Schools: Thirteen Years and Still Growing
Opinion -Charter schools--those public schools that must recruit students and fulfill the terms of a contract or risk losing state funding--continue to grow nationwide, both in number and in enrollment. -
Federal Court Upholds Arizona Tax Credits
Opinion -Ruling in what school choice advocates have called "the most frivolous" challenge ever filed against a school choice program, a federal district court judge on March 24 upheld Arizona's scholarship tax credit program as constitutional, dismissing a -
Friedman Report School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * Maine * Maryland * Missouri New Hampshire * South Carolina * Wisconsin ARIZONA School Choice Advances in Arizona The Arizona Senate passed legislation in March that would give tuition grants of up to $4,500 to private school -
Homeschoolers Protected by New Utah Law
Opinion -A bill shielding homeschooling parents from requirements that they meet state credential standards and give public school officials records of what they teach passed unanimously in both houses of the Utah legislature in February. -
National School Choice Organization Celebrates Its First Anniversary
Opinion -Despite being only a year old, the Arizona-based Alliance for School Choice has emerged as one of the nation's leading school choice organizations, providing proven grassroots strategies and model legislation. -
Utah Enacts Voucher Program for Special-Needs Students
Opinion -Children with autism and other special needs in Utah received help on March 10 when freshman Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) signed a law providing 600 special-education students with private school vouchers. -
Students’ Readiness for College Low but Rising, Study Says
Opinion -Only 71 percent of U.S. students enrolled in public high schools graduate, and only 34 percent graduate ready for a four-year college, according to a new study by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. -
Private Schools Are Closing the Achievement Gap
Opinion -A recent analysis of national test score data suggests private schools do a better job than public schools of closing the achievement gap between black and white students as they progress from fourth to 12th grades. -
High School Students Apathetic, Unknowledgeable About First Amendment
Opinion -Most high school students in the United States do not understand or are apathetic toward the First Amendment, according to a survey released in January by the University of Connecticut. -
Latest California Test Scores Bring Good News for English Learners
Opinion -When California voters passed Proposition 227 in 1998, opponents of the measure predicted it would be a disaster for students whose primary language is not English. -
School Violence Is Under-Reported
Opinion -School violence, although generally decreasing in the United States, is under-reported in many schools, according to a new report from the Reason Foundation. School crime data are largely unavailable and incidences of violence often downplayed. -
April 2005 Friedman Report School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * Florida * Indiana * Minnesota * New Jersey New York * Ohio * Texas ARIZONA Arizona Working Toward Voucher System Arizona Republicans vowed to increase their efforts to implement a voucher system for education, in hopes of giving -
New Computer Technology Increases School Security
Opinion -High-tech security will soon help protect an already secure environment at The Governor French Academy, a small, private college-preparatory school in Belleville, Illinois. -
Eyewitness Account: An Effective ‘Second Chance’ School
Opinion -White Hat Management, an education management organization founded by David Brennan and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, serves nearly 15,000 students in various schools it operates across the country. -
Bringing the Profit Motive and Moral Values to Education – An Exclusive Interview with J.C. Huizenga
Opinion -"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. -
Thousands Rally for Vouchers in Florida, Wisconsin
Opinion -Crowds of concerned parents, students, and educators rallied in Tallahassee, Florida and Madison, Wisconsin in January and February to show support for defending and expanding school voucher programs that school choice opponents are trying to kill or -
Bush Budget for FY06 Includes Choice
Opinion -President George W. Bush's proposed Fiscal 2006 budget for the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) is leaner than in recent years, though not by much. -
College Un-Prep: Are Schools–or Students–to Blame?
Opinion -Achieve, Inc.'s new report, Rising to the Challenge, clearly shows that college instructors, employers, and recent public high school graduates are dissatisfied with graduates' preparation for college or employment. -
Stossel: Politicians’ Kids Go to Private Schools
Opinion -"Politicians who promote public schools don't always send their kids to them," said ABC News journalist John Stossel in a segment of the 20/20 program broadcast on January 28, called "Public Schools for Poor Kids, Not Politicians' Kids. -
Hawaii Withholding Funds from Charters
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education (DoE) has opened an investigation into the withholding of approximately $1.7 million in federal special education funding by local state education officials from Hawaii's charter schools. -
Public High School Grads Unprepared for College, Work
Opinion -Whether they went right to work or into college, large percentages of recent public high school graduates do not believe they were adequately prepared for the challenges they faced after graduation, according to a new report from Achieve, Inc. -
Urban Catholic Schools Excel Academically, Struggle Financially
Opinion -Like urban public schools across America, urban Catholic schools--especially in the Midwest and Northeast--are buckling under financial pressure. -
American Catholic Schools in Historical Context
Opinion -Although they had already existed in America for more than two centuries, Catholic schools came into prominence in the late nineteenth century as Catholic immigrants found it difficult to integrate into America's public schools. -
April 2005 Friedman Report Profile: Marcela Garcini
Opinion -It's difficult to get a complete picture of Marcela Garcini, director of Project CREO (Council for Reform and Educational Options), without looking at her as a mother, a fighter, and a leader in the school choice movement.
