Opinion
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Chicago Teacher Union Aims for Charter School Restrictions
Opinion -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) lost bargaining powers as part of 1996 legislation giving the mayor of Chicago control of the city's public schools. -
Just the Facts: Test Scores by Gender and Other Characteristics
Opinion -Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has periodically conducted assessments to provide a report card on what the nation's students know and can do in various subject areas, and how these achievement levels are changing -
01/2003 The Friedman Report: An Advocate in Action
Opinion -Dan McGroarty always has a catchy title for his incisive works that tear apart voucher opponents' arguments and expose misinformation campaigns directed against parental freedom of choice: "Gameplan: The Teachers' Unions' Strategy for Defeating the -
Homeschooling Update
Opinion -Homeschoolers Harassed in California and Illinois Despite state laws creating exceptions to compulsory school attendance requirements when parents educate their children at home, public education officials in California and Illinois have begun to -
Questions Concerning School Vouchers
Opinion -Question: Would education vouchers solve all of America’s education problems? Answer: No, but we can’t “fix” education until we “fix” who makes the decisions about education. The people who make the decisions are those who control the money. -
01/2003 The Friedman Report: Parents Could Split Voucher Among Vendors
Opinion -School vouchers traditionally have been viewed as education checks that parents would sign over to the school of their choice for a year's worth of educational services for their child. -
More than a Lifeboat: an exclusive interview with John D. Merrifield
Opinion -John D. -
Appeal Nullification Allows School Board to Kill Top Charter
Opinion -After only two years' operation under the direction of Governors State University, Governors State Charter School was considered one of the best in Illinois. -
Charter School Legislation: State Rankings
Opinion -The Center for Education Reform has developed a ranking of state charter laws, from strongest to weakest, based on how each law encourages or inhibits the development of autonomous charter schools. -
New Congress Sets Priorities
Opinion -Special education, Head Start, and higher education programs will be among the top education priorities when the 108th Congress convenes in January. -
Panel Faults Research Critical of NBPTS Certification
Opinion -Do teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) make a difference in raising student achievement? -
Rockford Charter School Paradox
Opinion -When Rockford Public Schools in Illinois denied the YouthBuild Charter School proposal, it argued the district needed no such program of choice, and also that it would be unable to absorb the budgetary impact of the proposed school--estimated to be -
Table: Children’s Mean Reading, Math, and General Knowledge Performance
Opinion -Children's Mean Reading, Mathematics and General Knowledge Performance in Kindergarten and First Grade, by Child and Family Characteristics KindergartenFall1998 Kindergarten Spring1999 First GradeFall1999 First GradeSpring2000 GENERAL -
School Choice Options Debated in Colorado
Opinion -One hundred and fifty activists, legislators, educators, and concerned parents gathered in downtown Denver on September 10 to address the question: “What’s next for Colorado families now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of school choice? -
Charter School Growth Slows As Opposition Intensifies
Opinion -This fall, 2,700 charter schools are in operation across the nation, serving more than a half-million students. That’s the good news. -
12/2002 The Friedman Report: Billions for School Choice
Opinion -States Spend Billions on Private and Out-of-State Schools School Year 1999-2000 State Tuition to Out-of-State and Private Schools ($000) As a % of Total State Instructional Expenses United States $2,231,271 1.1% Alabama $1,547 0. -
Larger Districts Are Less Efficient
Opinion -Rather than benefitting from economies of scale with larger school districts, a 1999 study for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution by Mike Antonucci concludes the American public school system suffers instead from “penalties of scale. -
Table: Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Opinion -Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by Source and State School Year 1999-2000 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM WHERE THE MONEY GOES Share of Total Revenues Share of Total Expenditures Total Revenues ($000) Local -
Accountability and Choice: Each Depends on the Other: an exclusive interview with Chester E. Finn Jr.
Opinion -“I believe that the standards and accountability strategy for education reform coexists and may even be co-dependent with the freedom and competition strategy. -
High-Poverty Students Excel with Direct Instruction
Opinion -In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed by and centered on the teacher. -
History a Mystery to American Youth
Opinion -A Harvard educator who wants to awaken America’s young to the inspiring power of heroism in American history has found that schools and the culture instead give students a “sour and suspicious” view of their national heritage. -
12/2002 The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Illinois * Indiana * Michigan * New York * Ohio * Vermont ILLINOIS Churches Organize Forums on Vouchers The Illinois Conference of Churches has organized a series of public forums throughout the state to discuss the possibility of a publicly -
12/2002 The Friedman Report: C.A.R.E. of Dallas Shows Parents a “New World”
Opinion -Choices and Actions Regarding Education--C.A.R.E.--is a Dallas, Texas-based advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic parents. C.A.R.E. was founded in September 2001--yes, the same month as the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. -
How School Districts Size Up
Opinion -In the 2000-01 school year, 48.
