Opinion
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Opponents of Outsourcing Seek to Discredit Private Sector
Opinion -As the private sector offers services in more segments of the $500 billion K-12 education sector, special interest groups are working to discredit not only private-sector involvement in public education, but also the private sector as a whole. -
Illinois School Analysis Made Easy with NIU’s Interactive Report Card
Opinion -For nearly 30 years, U.S. consumer goods corporations have had online access to interactive sales and marketing databases for ad hoc data analysis and decision support. -
School Crisis Management: What to Say When the Media Shows Up
Opinion -"What do you do when someone like me [the media] shows up at your door?" asked Chicago's NBC-5 News co-anchor Anna Davlantes at a recent sports education symposium in Chicago designed for school administrators and athletic directors. -
Maine’s Religious Schools Still Excluded from Choice Program
Opinion -Despite the 2002 U.S. Supreme Court's Zelman decision, which approved the inclusion of religious schools in school choice programs, Maine Superior Court Justice Robert E. -
Sports Is Education, Too
Opinion -Is sports education? The newly formed Sports Is Education Foundation answered that question with a ringing "Yes!" at a recent one-day symposium, "Sports Is Education, Too," held at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus in Chicago. -
A Heritage of Education
Opinion -Lisbett Contreras and her sister Grisett have lived together since they emigrated from Venezuela more than 10 years ago. Today, Lisbett is married and has two boys, seven-year-old Jonathan and his six-year-old brother Samuel. -
Scholarship Reward Proposed for Early High School Graduates
Opinion -Free ice cream, movie tickets, T-shirts, and even a chance to win a new car have been used by some school districts as incentives to encourage students to come to school. -
‘Never Give Up!’ – An Exclusive Interview With Mae and Martin Duggan
Opinion -Little did Mae Duggan realize that a letter she wrote to the St. Louis Review in April 1959 would be the opening shot in a battle for school choice that she and her husband Martin would still be fighting some four-and-a-half decades later. -
What Does it Take to Create a Marketplace in Education?
Opinion -Giving parents the freedom to choose their child's school is the most important element in ensuring that an education environment operates as a competitive marketplace, according to a panel of policy experts who spoke recently at a Cato Institute Policy -
Education Emerging as Civil Rights Issue of the 21st Century
Opinion -Education is the number one civil rights issue for blacks in the twenty-first century because, 50 years after the Brown decision declared "separate but equal" public education to be unconstitutional, both blacks and Hispanics suffer disproportionately -
As New Bush Term Begins, Call for Changes to NCLB
Opinion -In a timely essay in the fall edition of The Public Interest, education researchers Chester E. Finn, Jr. of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Frederick M. -
Bush Second Term Will Build on NCLB Base
Opinion -During the 2004 presidential campaign, education ranked far behind terrorism, war, and the economy among voter concerns. Nevertheless, President George W. -
Chicago’s ACE Plan
Opinion -Four years ago, concerned that many graduates of the city's public schools could not read well, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley suggested extending high school instruction over five years for certain students. -
December 2004 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -A Word on Competition and Testing "You hear all of the arguments about how demeaning [quantified testing] is to schools, teachers and takes away from classroom learning. I'm an engineer. -
Educationally, Other Nations Are Gaining on U.S.
Opinion -Almost two years ago, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao warned, "standing still means falling behind" in today's global economy. The way for countries to avoid that fate, she argued, was by "building a knowledgeable and skilled workforce. -
Elections Bring Good News for Choice Supporters
Opinion -Editor's note: After launching the Hill Beat column two years ago and developing it into a regular monthly feature of this newspaper, Don Soifer is stepping down as Hill Beat columnist to devote more time to his Lexington Institute responsibilities. -
No Exit for English-Language Learners in New York City
Opinion -In New York, immigrant students who learn English as a Second Language (ESL) must pass a new ESL exit exam before they can join mainstream classes in English. -
Poor Instruction Puts Special Ed Students in Low Achievement Trap
Opinion -The reporting requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have revealed that disabled students lag far behind their peers in academic achievement, despite being promised an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and provided with additional educational -
‘Robin Hood’ Destroyed $81 Billion of Property Wealth in Texas
Opinion -A 10-year attempt by education finance lawyers to reduce per-pupil spending disparities in Texas schools by means of a so-called "Robin Hood" scheme has produced a smaller spending gap but also resulted in the destruction of an estimated $81 billion -
Textbook Adoption: A ‘Mad, Mad World’ that Hurts Schools and Students
Opinion -A major school reform organization has condemned government-run textbook adoption for generating dumbed-down texts that harm students and schools across the nation, even though the process is used in only 21 of the 50 states. -
Too Many Graduates Not Ready for Work or College
Opinion -Elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. are failing to equip many high school graduates with the skills necessary to succeed in college-level coursework or workforce training, concludes a new report from ACT. -
Tuition Tax Credits Could Save Utah $Millions, Even $Billions
Opinion -A tuition tax credit (TTC) proposed earlier this year by Utah State Rep. Jim Ferrin (R-Orem) could save the state between $343 million and $1. -
Up-to-Date School Choice News
Opinion -In October, The Heritage Foundation launched its new school choice Web site, available at http://www.heritage.org/schoolchoice. -
Why Aspiring Sports Stars Should Know Math
Opinion -Of the 920,000 high school football players, only 50,000, or 5.5 percent, will play at an NCAA school. Only 215, or 0.02 percent, will play in the NFL. Of more than 515,000 high school basketball players, only 13,000, or 2.
