Opinion
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Weak Science Scores Dim Hopes for High-Tech Workforce of the Future
Opinion -Low test scores in a national science test recently confirmed what the Third International Math and Science Study first revealed in February 1998: That the performance of U.S. -
Whatever it Takes: Clint Bolick
Opinion -"You can never tell which case is going to be the precedent-setting case. And so our goal from the very beginning has been to do whatever it takes to get programs up and running and to keep them running. -
Tax Credits Debated at School Choice Forum
Opinion -Prominent Virginians debated how much the Old Dominion State should learn from school-choice pioneers like Arizona, and from its own legacy in the civil rights revolution, during a September 20 forum at the General Assembly Building in Richmond. -
Study Details Benefits of Smaller Schools
Opinion -Smaller schools can provide higher student achievement in a safer and more disciplined environment--and they can do so cost-effectively--according to a new study produced for the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities by the Center for School -
Can Tolerance Be Taught? David Campbell
Opinion -Since the rationale for establishing the common schools was to instill American values, it's entirely appropriate to ask: How well are the public schools achieving that aim? -
Nativity School Model Being Replicated
Opinion -A few dozen educators--backed by Catholic religious orders with hundreds of years of experience in educating youth--think they've found a key to solving the urban education conundrum: There's a strong demand for their educational program. -
Charter School Update
Opinion -A total of 2,372 charter schools, serving more than 576,000 students, were in operation at the start of the 2001-02 school year, according to the Center for Education Reform. -
Panel: U.S. Science Education Poses Security Risk
Opinion -After examining possible U.S. responses to the prospective strategic environment of the next quarter century, the U.S. -
Philanthropy Pushes School Choice Forward
Opinion -While efforts to improve the U.S. K-12 education system via competition-based reforms are regularly thwarted in state legislatures and on Capitol Hill, independent-minded philanthropists have nevertheless found ways to advance such reforms directly. -
School Choice Roundup
Opinion -COLORADO Teacher Unions Challenge Paycheck Protection The Colorado Federation of Public Employees and the Colorado Federation of Teachers--both affiliates of the American Federation of Teachers--have filed for an injunction in district court to -
NAEP Brings Good News and Bad News
Opinion -The release of the 2000 math scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), sometimes called the Nation's Report Card, produced a flurry of good-news headlines during the summer doldrums, especially in states where scores were up -
A Privatization Success Story
Opinion -According to Utah State University's Substitute Teaching Institute, about 10 percent of American classrooms need a substitute teacher on any given day. That's more than a quarter of a million substitute teachers a day. -
The Education Industry
Opinion -The private-sector education market in the United States grew 8 percent to top the $100 billion mark in revenues last year, according to a new report on the education industry published in August by Eduventures, an independent research firm focused on -
PR and the Public Schools
Opinion -How to announce poor test scores: "The opening paragraphs should announce and explain an action plan and several paragraphs later, announce the scores. -
Voucher Proposals Flourish Nationwide
Opinion -Although school vouchers were pronounced dead and buried by gleeful opponents after two initiative defeats last November--and also squeezed out of President George W. -
Parents Support Teachers in Maryland Test Scandal
Opinion -School officials in Montgomery County, Maryland are hoping this current school year turns out better than the last one, when comments from two students at a low-scoring middle school led to the unearthing of the district's second major cheating scandal -
‘Public’ Meetings Not for the Public
Opinion -Most local government bodies have some provision for members of the public to bring new items of concern--non-agenda items--to the attention of their elected officials at regularly scheduled meetings. -
Teacher Unions Resist Introduction of Competition
Opinion -"It is better for the public to procure at the market whatever the market can supply; because there it is by competition kept up in quality, and reduced to its minimum price. -
How Schools ‘Manage’ Parents
Opinion -Why is it that parents who give a mediocre grade to public schools in general almost invariably have a favorable impression of the performance of their local public school? -
State Legislative Roundup
Opinion -CALIFORNIA Break-Up Movement Threatens L.A. Unified A "break-up" movement in Los Angeles has the potential to completely dismantle the status quo in large urban school districts nationwide. -
California District Renews Fast ForWord Contract
Opinion -After reading teacher observations and reviewing student scores on state and district reading and math tests, school officials in Fontana, California, decided to renew the Unified School District's site license for the Fast ForWord® family of language -
Don’t Mess with Texans: Susan Sarhady
Opinion -In the struggle to advance parental choice in education, the battles that take place in affluent suburban communities are fundamentally different from those in low-income inner-city neighborhoods. -
Group Supports Black Homeschooling
Opinion -Although black non-Hispanic students make up 16.0 percent of the 1999 student population, they make up only 9.9 percent of students in homeschooling families. -
Answers to the Math Quiz
Opinion -1 - C [12th-grade test question] 2 - B [8th-grade test question] 3 - B [4th-grade test question] 4 - E [8th-grade] 5 - Any numbers greater than 18.
