Opinion
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Charter School Facilities and Finance
Opinion -Charter school founders have many business decisions to make in the process of developing a school, most of which they will make themselves. -
Charter School Update
Opinion -Although charter school developers in Illinois may appeal a local denial to the State Board of Education, the state board has seen fit to overturn local denials only in two early cases. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Ameris to Merge with Children's Comprehensive Services On August 9, a merger was announced between Ameris Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kids Holdings, Inc., and Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc. -
Just the Facts: Calif. Virtual Schools Offer Bennett’s K12 Program
Opinion -California's leading manager of virtual charter schools, Innovative Education Management, Inc., is now offering its kindergarten through second grade students the world-class curriculum of K12, the Internet-based learning program created by former U.S. -
Schundler’s Tax Credits
Opinion -New Jersey Gubernatorial candidate Bret Schundler's proposals for school finance reform have received much attention, not all of it favorable. -
Survey: 850,000 Students Homeschooled
Opinion -Parents in the U.S. are educating 850,000 children at home--1.7 percent of school-age children--according to a new study of homeschooling released in early August by the National Center for Education Statistics. -
Teacher Experience and Student Achievement
Opinion -Do students reach higher levels of achievement when taught by better qualified and more experienced teachers? Just barely, according to the latest fourth-grade math scores from the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress. -
Try this Math Quiz
Opinion -The following are sample test questions from the National Assessment of Educational Progress for fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade mathematics, with 11 questions for each grade placed in random order. -
Update: Punishment Adjusted
Opinion -In early September, seven of the 11 teachers implicated in the cheating scandal reached settlements with the Montgomery County School System "adjusting the punishments," according to local press sources. -
Vouchers Proposed to Resolve Crisis in Vermont
Opinion -With Vermont's four-year-old educational funding mechanism fast approaching crisis stage, the Ethan Allen Institute has proposed a statewide voucher system that would restore the authority of parents over their child's school, meet the obligations of the -
WA Teacher Union Found Guilty
Opinion -The Washington Education Association intentionally broke the law in spending non-member dues for political purposes, but the state watchdog agency in charge of enforcing the law didn't act until "spurred to do so by citizen complaints" from the -
Will Bush Education Bill Help Class of 2014?
Opinion -Although many education reformers lost interest in President George W. -
How Promising Is Accountability?
Opinion -As Congressional conference committee negotiations continue for President George W. -
Who Tells Teachers They Can Teach?
Opinion -QUESTION: For which grade level would the following test questions be appropriate? 1. Which of the following is equal to a quarter of a million? (a) 40,000 (b) 250,000 (c) 2,500,000 (d) 1 / 4,000,000 (e) 4 / 1,000,000 2. -
Impact of Low Literacy
Opinion -The lack of basic skills not only means low grades in school, but also lowered expectations for life as an adult. -
Follow the Money
Opinion -Just a month before the Landmark Legal Foundation filed its complaint against the National Education Association, Choices for Children, a Michigan-based nonprofit education reform organization, released two studies of the 105th and 106th U.S. -
Just the Facts: Alternative Certification by State
Opinion -Status of Alternative Certification State Contact Phone Agency Implementing Alabama June H. -
Should Classes Be Smaller . . . or Simply More Orderly?
Opinion -While there is much debate over the cost, wisdom, and effectiveness of different strategies for increasing the amount of learning time available in the average school year--such as increasing attendance rates, lengthening the school day, cutting out -
Black Alliance Is on the Move
Opinion -Recognizing that time is of the essence where the education of children is concerned, the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) has moved quickly over the past year to encourage the creation of a national network of state and city chapters. -
Black Leadership Concerns
Opinion -"I think that black leaders are, in fact, very concerned about representing their constituents. They know that their constituents are in the worst schools in our country. They know that those schools aren't getting any better. -
Economics Texts Misleading, Too
Opinion -While inaccurate science textbooks can leave many students in a confusing fog of scientific illiteracy, inaccurate economics textbooks can leave students with the wrong ideas about how the economy works, which could be much more dangerous. -
‘Teach for America’ Instructors Shine
Opinion -Instructors who enter teaching through the decade-old Teach for America program perform as well as or better than teachers entering the profession by more traditional routes, according to a new study of teachers in the Houston Independent School District. -
Chaotic Classrooms
Opinion -"In our few years in this school system, in both my younger and older child's classrooms, disruption never seems to abate and learning is constantly impeded. -
Charter School Facilities and Finance
Opinion -As with any other business startup, charter schools need funds to pay for developing and staffing the facility . . . even before the first paying customer walks in the door. This requires finding lenders to fund the start-up expenses.
