Opinion
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Warning to Middle-School Teachers: Science Texts Unreliable
Opinion -Almost everyone knows East from West, so it's unlikely any middle-school science teachers or their students would be misled by the compass displayed in the 2000 and 2001 editions of Prentice Hall's Science Explorer, which has East and West reversed. -
Now Schools Get Report Cards, Just Like Students
Opinion -A key element in bringing about a competitive education industry is falling into place thanks to the Internet. -
How to Improve School Productivity? Caroline Minter Hoxby
Opinion -Although it's only seven years since Caroline Minter Hoxby received her Ph.D. -
Union Called Shots on Democrats’ Agenda
Opinion -Although then-Vice President Al Gore last year emphatically denied that he opposed school vouchers to reward labor unions that helped finance his party and his campaign, campaign documents show labor union leaders had "effective veto power" over -
Charter School Update
Opinion -At its annual Representative Assembly in Los Angeles in July, the National Education Association adopted a new policy on charter schools that would force charters to operate much like traditional public schools . . . -
How SF Parents Saved Edison School
Opinion -After parents rejected a bid by Edison Schools, Inc. -
Imaginary Evidence Plagues Parental Choice Debate
Opinion -K-12 education reform is the nation's top political issue. -
NEA Members Rate Vouchers ‘Not Important’
Opinion -Although teacher union president Bob Chase delivers an obligatory voucher denunciation in most of his public speeches, a remarkable 61 percent of his members do not consider it important for the union to speak out on the issue of school vouchers, -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -Alaska California Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Maryland New York Ohio Texas Wisconsin Standardized Tests Reveal Grading Gap At its annual convention in July, the National Education Association approved a resolution declaring the -
Book Review: Privatization: No More Excuses
Opinion -Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships by E.S. Savas New York, NY: Chatham House Publishers, 2000 $34.95 pb; to order call 212/529-4686 or visit www.chathamhouse. -
Troubles Not Over for Texas Teacher Union
Opinion -In June, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA), affiliated with the National Education Association, announced exploratory efforts to merge with the Texas Federation of Teachers (TFT), affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers. -
Nearly 1 in 5 Union Members Are School Workers
Opinion -Education industry more heavily unionized than manufacturing or construction Workers in elementary and secondary schools in 2000 accounted for the largest share of union members of any sector in the U.S. -
Results from Chicago’s Other Schools
Opinion -Catholic Schools Students at the 264 elementary schools run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago scored as much as 25 percentile points above the national norm on the TerraNova standardized achievement test, according to results released by the -
Supreme Court OKs Bible Club Meetings In Schools
Opinion -On June 11, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered in a 6-3 decision that school districts must give children's Bible clubs the same access to public schools for after-school meetings they provide to other community groups. -
Masters of Their Own Souls: John Taylor Gatto
Opinion -John Taylor Gatto was an award-winning junior high school teacher for 30 years in Manhattan's public schools, and yet he gave it all up abruptly in 1991, resigning very publicly on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal. -
Big Hike Approved for GI Bill Vouchers
Opinion -In stark contrast to the rigid rejection that even very modest K-12 voucher proposals have met from Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the U.S. -
Parents Save SF Charter School
Opinion -Culminating months of effort, hundreds of largely low-income, minority parents whose children attend San Francisco's Edison Charter Academy were successful in persuading a majority of the city's board of education to keep the school under the management -
Mass. Lawmakers Scramble to Preempt Voter Initiative
Opinion -Perhaps hearing the footsteps of a possible statewide bilingual education reform initiative approaching in their not-too-distant future, Massachusetts policymakers have hurried to pass reform measures they can point to as meaningful, thus preempting a -
Chicago Schools CEO Vallas Resigns
Opinion -In surprise moves just a few weeks after the release of disappointing student test scores, Gery Chico and Paul Vallas, the two-man reform team largely responsible for nationally touted improvements in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) over the past six -
WI Democrats Vote to Slash Voucher Funding
Opinion -"So this is what the Democrats do when they're in charge: They try to kill a program visibly benefiting thousands of needy schoolchildren in Milwaukee. -
Milford Still Aims to Exclude Good News Club
Opinion -Although the U.S. -
Education Vouchers in Developing Countries
Opinion -School vouchers and targeted scholarship programs in the U.S. generally are used to help low-income families transfer their children from inadequate public schools to more acceptable private schools. -
Bilingual Education Update
Opinion -By a wide margin (384-45), the U.S. House of Representatives approved sweeping changes to federal bilingual education programs as part of H.R. 1, the legislative vehicle for President George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education plan. -
Charter School Facilities and Finance
Opinion -When the charter school is ready to look for financing, the first item required is a financing package, used by lenders as a tool to evaluate their potential loan.
