Opinion
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America’s Desperate Need for School Vouchers
Opinion -One of the objections frequently raised by voucher opponents is that there aren’t enough seats available in private schools, and so private schools would choose the students, rather than parents choosing the schools. -
An Uncomfortable Analysis of the Racial Learning Gap
Opinion -In their new book No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning (Simon & Schuster, October 2003; 352 pages, $26. -
Identifying the Real Costs of Public Education
Opinion -Public Education As a Business: Real Costs and Accountability, by Myron Lieberman and Charlene K. Haar (Scarecrow Press, 2003; 232 pages; $32. -
Badly Designed Programs Will Stymie School Choice
Opinion -A new policy study from the Cato Institute provides policymakers with a practical guide for crafting successful school choice programs—ones that are likely to advance the development of a free market in education and avoid the creation of flawed programs -
While DC Choice Simmers, NCLB Slow to Settle
Opinion -The fate of President George W. Bush’s proposal to bring school choice to District of Columbia parents continued to hang in the balance as this issue went to press in early November. -
District Drops Successful Singapore Math Program
Opinion -Students in four Maryland schools who were taught using the Singapore Math program significantly outperformed their peers who were not in the program, according to a school system study released in February. -
Maine Voters Can’t Agree on Economy-Busting School Funding Plans
Opinion -Maine voters went to the polls on November 4 for a Referendum Election that presented six questions addressing everything from horse racing and casinos to bond issues for higher education and highways. -
Amid NCLB Negativism, Bright Spots Appear
Opinion -For the second year in a row, thousands of American schoolchildren are failing to receive the benefits of the limited educational choice to which they are entitled under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. -
12/2003 Friedman Report Profile: Virginia Walden Ford
Opinion -Virginia Walden Ford’s energetic yet assured and level leadership has been central to the progress achieved by voucher advocates in the District of Columbia. -
12/2003 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -California * Colorado * Florida Georgia * Minnesota CALIFORNIA Teacher Union Gives Dean Early Endorsement With eight other Democratic candidates still in the race and the Presidential election still more than a year away, the California -
Black-White Achievement Gap Is Widening
Opinion -Although a new report about the education of blacks in the U.S. shows evidence of some progress, U.S. -
Decentralizing Hawaii’s Public School System
Opinion -Hawaii’s current education system is highly centralized, despite the dispersed geographic nature of a multi-island state and the unique needs of individual communities. -
Do What’s Right: an exclusive interview with Robert E. Gallagher
Opinion -Parochial school administrators may do their best to keep tuition as low as possible, but often it is privately funded scholarships that make education at a private school a reality for many children from low-income families in the inner city. -
Frist and Hastert Urged to Support DC Scholarships
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: On October 21, Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Speaker J. -
Teacher Unions Crush Philanthropy and Volunteerism
Opinion -Public school administrators often urge businesses and philanthropists to support the public school system. -
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Pledge
Opinion -“I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. -
School Choice Gathers Momentum Worldwide
Opinion -The concept of private choice as a public good in primary and secondary education is rapidly gaining favor worldwide, even in nations not exactly famed as champions of individual rights. In September, while a handful of U.S. -
Teacher Union Accused of Tax Evasion
Opinion -Despite budgeting more than $70 million a year in recent years to maintain an ongoing nationwide organization of more than 1,800 paid political organizers and lobbyists, the National Education Association (NEA) since 1994 has reported to the Internal -
Using Statistics to Subvert NCLB
Opinion -The goals of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act are clear enough: Zero children left behind, with 100 percent proficiency in 12 years. -
1 in 3 Students Graduate College-Ready
Opinion -Only 70 percent of U.S. students enrolled in public high schools graduate, and only 32 percent graduate ready for college, according to a new analysis of U.S. Department of Education data by Manhattan Institute researchers Jay P. -
Public School Apologists Slam Voucher Advocates
Opinion -A report from the anti-voucher organization People for the American Way (PFAW) claims supporters of school vouchers have an underlying agenda of privatizing U.S. K-12 education. -
International Scorecard for U.S. Education: Big Spending, So-So Results
Opinion -The latest international scorecard for education looks to be little changed in one respect: The United States continues to be at or very near the top in level of spending on education. At the same time, the U.S. -
Is $7,500 Enough for a Voucher in DC?
Opinion -In explaining why she had just voted against the DC voucher plan in July, U.S. -
11/2003 Friedman Report Profile: Crossing Party Lines for the Children of Washington, DC
Opinion -District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams stunned his fellow Democrats and voucher proponents when he voiced his support for a voucher program in the nation’s capital this past Spring.
