Opinion
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Study: Student-Centered Learning Ineffective
Opinion -A recent evaluation of a class-size reduction program in Wisconsin has concluded that teacher-centered learning is clearly more effective than student-centered learning. -
Taking a Fresh Look at Special Education
Opinion -If early signs are predictive, the bipartisanship President George W. -
Catholic Schools Serve Low-Income Children in LA
Opinion -Los Angeles Catholic schools serving low-income and minority children have a much lower dropout rate (3 percent) than the city's public schools (22 percent) and send a greater proportion of their students to college, according to a new study from the San -
Just the Facts: Catholic Education in the United States
Opinion -The U.S.'s 16,288 Catholic schools and 167,000 teachers represent the largest non-government school system in the country, serving 2.6 million students, or about 5 percent of the nation's K-12 population. -
Vouchers or Tax Credits for Full School Choice?
Opinion -Which is the better vehicle for implementing full school choice for children: vouchers or universal education tax credits? A recent Cato Institute policy paper, "Toward Market Education: Are Vouchers or Tax Credits the Better Path? -
Software How-Tos Available for Kids
Opinion -For over 15 years, Children's Software Press has reviewed and evaluated children's software products in its Children's Software newsletter. -
7 Essential Policies for a Competitive Education Industry
Opinion -1 State and local public funding of K-12 instruction must be entirely child based so that parents' school choices exclusively decide each school's share of state and local government funding. -
Charter School Facilities and Finance: Starting a New School
Opinion -New charter school operators are interested in finding a facility that will house their school in its initial years. -
Colorado Charters Get Construction Funds
Opinion -In April, Colorado Governor Bill Owens signed into law a school funding bill that includes a provision for the creation of a capital construction fund for charter schools. -
Do as DoEd Says, Not as DoEd Does
Opinion -In his ambitious education reform package, President George W. Bush has proposed holding schools more accountable for the way they spend federal tax dollars, including a reduction in funding for those that don't meet performance standards. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Classwell Acquires Expeditionary Learning Provider On April 10, Classwell Learning Group, a provider of e-learning solutions for the pre-K-12 market, announced it had acquired GlobaLearn, an online curriculum provider that facilitates expeditionary -
If the Children Aren’t Learning, We’re Not Teaching: Siegfried Engelmann
Opinion -One of the most vigorous continuing debates in elementary education is over which teaching method produces the best results. Is it teacher-directed learning, where the teacher conveys knowledge to his or her students? -
Long Choice Struggle Ahead, Catholics Warned
Opinion -Catholic teachers and administrators meeting in Milwaukee in April were warned by parental choice advocate Howard Fuller that the road to school choice was a long one, with the fight to put programs in place being only the first stage of a multi-phase -
NAEP Reading Scores Tell a Grim Tale
Opinion -The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is sometimes called the Nation's Report Card. -
No Boost Yet from Vouchers
Opinion -Parish schools of the Cleveland Archdiocese experienced a decline in enrollment in 2000-2001, which is notable given that the opponents of school vouchers have made much of the supposed "benefits" religious schools reap from publicly funded vouchers in -
NYC Study Hails Catholic Schools
Opinion -Despite attending schools that have significantly lower per-pupil funding levels, relatively fewer administrators, and higher student-teacher ratios, students in Catholic schools in New York City already outperform their public school peers by fourth -
Soaring Spending Fails to Lift Achievement
Opinion -After unprecedented increases in federal spending on K-12 education during the Clinton administration, does U.S. public education need still more money? Teacher union leaders insist it does. "Conservative" President George W. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -FLORIDA Challenge to Scholarship Program Rejected On April 24, the Florida Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the First District Court of Appeals in the legal challenge to the Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows -
Tax Credits Would Boost Private Schooling in New Jersey
Opinion -Total private school enrollment in New Jersey would increase by 40 percent, and the state treasury would realize net annual savings of almost a half billion dollars, if the Garden State legislature enacted two proposed tuition tax credit plans, according -
Types of K-12 Education Tax Credits
Opinion -First, there's little difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction, except that a credit is worth much more than a deduction. -
Voucher ‘Lies and Distortions’ Stymie Choice for Poor
Opinion -A campaign of misinformation about school vouchers is keeping the benefits of parental choice out of the hands of low-income families, while middle-income and upper-income families continue to take such benefits for granted simply by changing their -
Advantage Charter Schools Narrow Learning Gap
Opinion -In a significant demonstration of how choice-based school reform can result in the creation of an effective, replicable learning environment, Advantage Schools on March 28 reported that students in its 14 charter schools across the country had achieved a -
What Is Direct Instruction?
Opinion -Advantage Schools uses the Direct Instruction (DI) curriculum to teach all children reading, writing, and math. -
How Bush Plan Would Change NAEP
Opinion -By administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress to a sample of fourth- and eighth-graders every year, President George W. Bush's testing plan would effect major changes in the "nation's report card.
