Opinion
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How Well Are Our Public Schools Run?
Opinion -A common attack on any kind of choice school not owned and operated by the local school board is that such schools are not accountable to the public, and thus must be strictly regulated to prevent possible misuse of public funds. -
Voucher Programs Around the World
Opinion -Although there has been limited success in establishing government-financed school voucher experiments in the K-12 education system in the United States, the use of vouchers and voucher-like programs as mechanisms for enhancing parental choice in the -
Defending Cyber Schools and Homeschooling Parents
Opinion -When the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School began operating this school year, it drew approximately 500 students from 105 school districts across the state. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Has the momentum generated by the for-profit education sector weakened? Consider recent industry news: several company announcements of staff reductions; an estimated 30 percent write-down, totaling more than $5. -
Forstmann Launches New Campaign
Opinion -Children's Scholarship Fund co-founder Ted Forstmann earlier this year launched a new national, nonprofit organization called Parents in Charge to encourage a wider debate about the real problems and possibilities of the American K-12 educational system. -
Just the Facts: Homeschooling Resource Guide
Opinion -The number of homeschooling families in the United States has been growing at an estimated 15 percent a year in recent years, with interest in alternatives to public schools surging after the Columbine High School massacre two years ago. -
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 -
Nobel to Expand into Southern California
Opinion -A few days before posting record third-quarter revenues from its current operations, the nation's largest non-sectarian operator of private schools, Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -Arizona Keegan to Head Education Leaders Council In May, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Education Lisa Graham Keegan announced her plans to step down from her elected state post to become chief executive of the Washington, DC-based -
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.
