Opinion
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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. -
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. -
Inflated Lunch Figures Foil Reform
Opinion -In the past, federal administrators from the National School Lunch Program have argued the program has little potential for abuse because “the worse that happens is a kid gets a free lunch.” But that’s not the case. -
Keeping Up or Falling Behind?
Opinion -Data from the American Federation of Teachers 2000 teacher salary survey show that, despite annual increases, the relative salaries teachers have declined over time. Nationally, a teacher’s average salary for 1999-2000 was $41,820, up 3. -
School Vouchers Debated in New York
Opinion -More than one hundred people gathered at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York on April 4 to hear a debate on school vouchers organized by the director of the College’s Center for Catholic Studies, Professor Joseph A. -
The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Profile: Mr. Harper’s Murals “I’m a proponent of outstanding education,” says Russell Harper. He prefers to be known as an educator rather than an education reformer or a school choice advocate. -
November Initiatives Target Bilingual Education
Opinion -Statewide ballot initiatives in Massachusetts and Colorado this November will seek to eliminate bilingual education programs and replace them with one-year English immersion plans. -
U.S. Supreme Court Precedents
Opinion -In Committee v. Nyquist (1973) the U.S. Supreme Court held states cannot provide targeted financial aid to religious schools, either by paying grants directly to the schools or through the parents with a tuition reimbursement program. -
Education Industry
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. -
Questions for Choice Opponents
Opinion -"America already has created the greatest voucher program in history," said U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige in a February 28 speech to the Black Alliance for Educational Options in Philadelphia. "It was stupendously successful. -
Smaller Classes No Remedy for Poor Teachers
Opinion -For the second year running, a reduced class-size intervention program for disadvantaged K-3 children in Wisconsin has yielded significant findings that demonstrate the critical role explicit teaching techniques and structured classroom management play -
Cleveland Parents Don’t Choose Voucher Schools. Say Opponents
Opinion -Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -
What Characterizes an Effective Teacher? an exclusive interview with Barak Rosenshine
Opinion -Charles Dickens created the characters Thomas Gradgrind and Mr. M'Choakumchild in his novel Hard Times to satirize schoolteachers who taught "nothing but facts" and regarded students as "little vessels ... -
Books, Web Sites Offer Lessons in Economics
Opinion -How many high school students do you suppose can answer the following questions? What function does an entrepreneur perform in the economy? What is the average rate of profit earned by businesses in the U.S. in a typical year? -
No Backlash on Standards
Opinion -The latest "reality check" on the standards-based reform movement, recently released by Public Agenda in conjunction with Education Week, confirms that the notion of a standards "backlash" has been greatly exaggerated.
