Opinion
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Take the History Test
Opinion -These are sample questions from the 2001 National Assessment of Educational Progress.(click here answers) Fourth Grade 4.1 The poster shown here [Uncle Sam "I Want You for the U.S. -
Paycheck Protection in Colorado
Opinion -In an interview with United Press International earlier this year, Colorado Governor Bill Owens reflected on the executive order he signed in May 2001 ending automatic payroll processing of all government union dues: “We ordered a review of all the -
New Mexico’s Failing Schools Will Get Private Management
Opinion -Although the New Mexico legislature has rejected all of Governor Gary Johnson’s efforts to enable children in failing public schools to use a voucher to transfer to another public or private school, Johnson’s plan for a “report card” school rating system -
Accountability: A Way of Life at Nobel: an exclusive interview with A. ‘Jack’ Clegg
Opinion -While public school officials berate legislators and taxpayers for not being willing to spend the money they claim U.S. -
How to Turn Around a School System
Opinion -Turnaround specialist A. “Jack” Clegg, chairman/CEO of Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., offered the following suggestions for turning around a failing school system. “I think they’re going about it the wrong way. -
How Do Catholic Schools Do it?
Opinion -The effectiveness and efficiency of the Catholic schools doesn’t seem attributable to Catholicism, according to Paul E. Peterson and Herbert J. Walberg, authors of a recent study showing Catholic schools in New York City outperform the public schools. -
History Test Answers
Opinion -Fourth Grade 4.1 (c) 4.2 (d) 4.3 (c) 4.4 (c) 4.5 (c) 4.6 (b) Eighth Grade 8.1 (a) 8.2 (a) 8.3 (b) 8.4 Example of “appropriate” response: The steel plow was stronger, lasted longer, worked faster, could farm harder ground. -
Congress Takes Up Special-Education Reform
Opinion -With last year’s No Child Left Behind Act now in the hands of state and local officials for action, Washington lawmakers are turning to this year’s major piece of education business, reauthorizing the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -
Edison Seeks Funds to Run Philadelphia Schools
Opinion -Following the mid-April award of management responsibility for only 20 of Philadelphia’s public schools rather than an expected 45, Edison Schools, Inc. stock dropped from around $13, slowly at first and then precipitously, to $1.37 a share by May 17. -
Researchers Call for Larger Voucher Experiments
Opinion -The lead researcher in the nation’s largest academic study of the effects of vouchers on student achievement, Harvard University professor Paul E. -
Students Flunk History on Latest Report Card for Nation
Opinion -“I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival ... -
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Cleveland School Vouchers
Opinion -Chicago, IL -- Today, the United States Supreme Court handed down one of the most important decisions in the history of U.S. public education. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the Court ruled: . . . -
Satellite TV Merger Could Boost Distance Learning, Homeschooling
Opinion -A pending merger between the nation’s two largest digital satellite television service providers could be a major advance for distance learning and homeschooling. -
WI Democrats Vote Again to Slash Vouchers
Opinion -In the Spring of 2001, Democrats in the Wisconsin State Senate voted to slash funding for the Milwaukee voucher program by half and to limit further participation to students already enrolled in it. -
Vouchers Hike Black Student Test Scores
Opinion -Compared to their counterparts who remained in public schools, low-income African-American students achieved impressive test score gains when they used privately funded school vouchers from the School Choice Scholarships Foundation (SCSF) to attend -
Would Higher Teacher Salaries Improve Teacher Quality?
Opinion -Teacher union officials, and those steeped in the tradition of schools of education, assert that blanket increases in teacher salaries are one way to achieve an improved education system. -
Not Bad for 185 Days of Work
Opinion -Not Bad for 185 Days of Work Over the past decade, teacher salary growth outpaced CPI growth, with salaries increasing 33 percent compared to a 30 percent increase in the CPI. -
Vouchers Help the Learning Disabled
Opinion -A recently released study of 22 nations has established that families of special-needs children are among the biggest beneficiaries of universal school choice. -
Growing School Choice in the Community: an exclusive interview with Kevin Teasley
Opinion -What’s a voucher proponent doing running a charter school? -
Title I’s Recipe for Fraud
Opinion -Individual schools receive Title I funding based on the percentage of students eligible for the federally subsidized free-lunch program. -
California Teacher Union Attacks Citizen Control of Schools
Opinion -The California Teachers Association (CTA) was sitting pretty just a few months ago. Last year, it achieved a statewide double-digit pay raise. -
Capitol Hill Beat
Opinion -Extensive Special Education Hearings Begin On April 18, the House Subcommittee on Education Reform held its first hearing pertaining to the scheduled 2002 reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). -
40 Percent of What?
Opinion -The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires the federal government to cover a share of special education costs. -
Education Next in Line for Deregulation
Opinion -Would quality rise or fall if K-12 education were deregulated and opened to choice and competition? The question is at the forefront of the school choice debate.
