Opinion
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Bomb Threat Prompts Webcam Solution
Opinion -In October 2000, New Hampshire's Londonderry School District was severely disrupted by numerous bomb threats, which at one point reached seven in a 10-day period. -
Parents Have Mixed Views of School Uniforms
Opinion -Many of the parents in suburban Detroit interviewed by School Reform News indicated their support for public school uniforms. They also acknowledged they had no evidence their children would be safer because of uniforms. W. -
School Choice as Family Policy: John E. Coons
Opinion -The influential body of work of University of California, Berkeley Law Professor Emeritus John E. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -CALIFORNIA District Thwarts Breakup, Faces Mismanagement Probe Having bulldozed an attempt by residents of Carson to form their own school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District repeated its success against residents of the San -
New Teachers Face NCATE Litmus Test on Diversity
Opinion -LAS VEGAS--The tight link between political advocacy of multicultural diversity and accreditation of the higher education institutions that train the nation's K-12 teachers was on display during the recent annual convention of the National Association -
English Learners Not Left Behind
Opinion -The education plan announced on November 30 by House and Senate Conferees includes bold and unprecedented reforms of federal bilingual education programs. In fact, the nation's more than 3. -
Highly Mobile Students Often Are Low Achievers
Opinion -The achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children is a consistent concern for those involved in education. -
School Building Costs: Public vs. Private
Opinion -While the cost per student station in Florida is $12,862, school building proposals to relieve overcrowding in the Los Angeles Unified School District have a pricetag three times higher--$42,000 to $47,000 per pupil--according to Morris Newman in an -
Students Want to Be Held to High Standards
Opinion -A recent poll of principals, teachers, and students reveals a major disconnect between the views of educators and the views of students about accountability and expectations. -
Taking the Highway Out of My Way
Opinion -Imagine this: A teacher gives an assignment to his class. Students begin the assignment, but the noise level steadily creeps up beyond a comfortable level. Suddenly, a girl raises her voice and says, "This is anarchy! -
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.
