Opinion
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Minorities In Arizona Schools More Likely To Be Labeled Special Ed
Opinion -Children enrolled in Arizona public schools are more likely to find themselves placed in a special education program if they are members of a racial group that constitutes a minority in their school, according to a new study from the Goldwater Institute. -
One-Stop Shopping For Alternative Certification
Opinion -Who better to teach U.S. government as a second career than Jon, who has worked for 25 years for the Federal Aviation Administration? -
Truth Is On Our Side: An Exclusive Interview With John F. Kirtley
Opinion -Although he lived in Tampa, Florida, venture capital entrepreneur John F. Kirtley got his introduction to education reform in New York City's South Bronx neighborhood. -
Who Will Read Newspapers?
Opinion -As the Education Writers Association's awards demonstrate, newspaper reporters continue to produce thought-provoking and substantive stories. -
Study: Texas Must Focus on Productivity
Opinion -A new study by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) challenges assertions that poor student achievement in Texas is the result of inadequate funding and that higher taxes are the best way to improve achievement. -
The Economics of Teacher Quality
Opinion -"Bad money drives out good." Gresham's Law As a result of unionization, pay differentials between high-aptitude and low-aptitude teachers have disappeared over the past 50 years. -
DC Voucher Program Moving into High Gear
Opinion -Moving quickly so students can take advantage of the program in the school year starting this fall, the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of DC Mayor Anthony A. -
The Scientific Basis of Teaching Reading
Opinion -Because learning in most subjects depends on reading skills, reading proficiency can be considered the most important goal in the early grades. -
05/2004 Friedman Report State Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * California * Florida * Kansas * Louisiana New Hampshire * Pennsylvania * South Carolina * Utah * Wisconsin ARIZONA Tax Credits Benefit Public Schools, Too Many Arizona public schools are experiencing a significant increase in -
Teaching Teachers To Teach Reading
Opinion -"When I was a teacher, I knew I was not as prepared as I should have been to teach certain subjects. Take reading, for example. Even with a degree in education and practice as a student teacher, I didn't know how to teach a child to read. ... -
Denver Teachers Vote for Performance Pay
Opinion -Members of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) on March 19 approved a plan that would replace the traditional salary schedule with one that pays teachers for performance, including the scores of their students on standardized tests. -
Other Charter School News
Opinion -3,000 Charters Proves a Hard Nut to Crack In the fall of 1998, when he signed a bill to encourage states to open more charter schools, then-President Bill Clinton confidently predicted the U.S. would have 3,000 charter schools by the year 2000. -
Thumbnail Sketch of Texas Education
Opinion -Texas spends more than $30 billion a year in taxpayer funds on education; half of that amount is raised locally. -
Just the Facts: Teacher Salaries and Education Spending
Opinion -Total spending on public K-12 education reached $437.0 billion in the 2002-03 school year--more than $9,100 per pupil nationwide. Less than a third of this money ended up in the paychecks of teachers, whose average salary was $45,930 in 2002-03, up 3. -
A School Reformer’s Journey: From Parent to Journalist to Policy Analyst
Opinion -City Journal senior editor Sol Stern just wants New York City's public school system to provide today's children with the same solid foundation of knowledge and skills it gave to him during the 1940s as a non-English-speaking child from Israel. -
An Oasis in Satan’s Backyard
Opinion -When Tim McNeill held a neighborhood meeting in Milwaukee's Metcalf Park to discuss his proposed Hope Christian School, one parent warned him against it. "This is Satan's backyard," she said. "You don't want to do that here. -
Arizona Charter School Students Start Lower but Finish Higher
Opinion -One might describe the national charter school movement as one step forward, two steps back. One step forward: Washington state just became the 41st state to enact charter legislation. (Washington DC has such legislation as well. -
As DC Vouchers Move Ahead, More Rumblings and Grumblings on NCLB
Opinion -At a March 24 event, Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the selection of the Washington Scholarship Fund as the entity that would administer the new voucher program for the District of Columbia. -
Brown Decision Got the Law Right, But Not the Facts
Opinion -This month marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. -
Fuller and Hanushek Win Awards for Educational Excellence
Opinion -On February 10 in Washington DC, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation awarded the second annual Fordham Prizes for Excellence in Education to Howard L. Fuller and Eric A. Hanushek, for valor and for distinguished scholarship respectively. -
How Teachers Are Paid: The Salary Grid
Opinion -Although teacher pay varies by state and by school district, virtually all public schools in the U.S. employ a rigid salary grid to determine the teacher salaries paid in a specific district. -
Inside and Outside: School Choice from Two Perspectives
Opinion -As a former teacher and now resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Frederick Hess has spent time both inside and outside the public education machine--teaching students in the classroom, and developing education policy in a think tank. -
New Study First to Affirm Value of National Teacher Certification
Opinion -For the first time since the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) came into being in 1987, a large-scale study has found teachers who win its certification "appear to be," on average, more effective than their non-certified -
Other Teacher Union News
Opinion -Michigan Education Association Lawsuit Dismissed On March 18, the Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed a Michigan Education Association (MEA) lawsuit against the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
