Opinion
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Education Industry News
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures, Inc., which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
Armey Proposes Vouchers for DC Children
Opinion -Responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 27 decision declaring the Cleveland voucher program constitutional, President George W. -
Nationally Certified Teachers Come Up Short on Achievement
Opinion -A study by Education Consumers Clearinghouse (ECC) founder J.E. Stone has concluded nationally certified Tennessee teachers are no more proficient in raising students’ test scores than average teachers in their home school districts. -
Relentlessly Pursuing School Choice: an exclusive interview with Howard L. Fuller
Opinion -“I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man. It was a grand achievement, and I prized it highly. From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. ... -
Table: Early Estimate Data for 2001-2002
Opinion -Early Estimate Data for 2001-2002 (47.6 million students, 3.0 million teachers, $405.8 billion in revenue, 2. -
The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Cleveland Vouchers Fulfill Two Children's Different Needs Eleven-year-old Charlotte Reed is on her way to Harvard. -
Bush, Paige Laud Choice on Milwaukee Visit
Opinion -When Rod Paige was named U.S. Education Secretary by President George W. Bush a year and a half ago, the appointment was greeted with skepticism and apathy by many choice advocates. -
Penn. Tax Credit Off to Fast Start
Opinion -In just 10 months and with little publicity, more than 1,140 companies have taken advantage of Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC). -
Catholic Schools Excel
Opinion -Despite spending less than half what the public schools spend on educating children in poverty, Catholic schools in three New York boroughs outperform the public schools in both reading and mathematics at every grade level, according to a recent study we -
The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Getting School Board Members On Board Teaching college students in Michigan convinced Lori Yaklin that America’s K-12 school system was in a deep state of disrepair. -
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.
