Opinion
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Long-Term Educational Progress Modest At Best
Opinion -No one organized a tickertape parade when the latest results from an ongoing assessment of the nation's long-term progress in K-12 education were released on August 24. In fact, the best thing U.S. Education Secretary Richard W. -
10/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Arkansas * California * Colorado * Florida * Maryland Minnesota * Nevada * Ohio * Oklahoma * Virginia ARKANSAS Alliance Bemoans 20+ Years of Low Achievement By all measures of educational achievement, Arkansas' education system is bad; it's -
National School Safety Contest Draws Praise, Seeks Entries
Opinion -Child trauma specialists say they expect SafeSchoolsWeek.com's national school safety poster contest to shed light on students' feelings about school violence. -
Lieberman Renounces Vouchers for VP Spot
Opinion -Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut), who in the past has bucked Democratic Party ideology to support school vouchers and the ending of racial preference programs, agreed to maintain silence on his unorthodox views when he accepted Vice President -
NAEP Trend Lines May Disappear Altogether
Opinion -Growing inconsistencies in how disabled and Limited English Proficient (LEP) students are either accommodated or excluded from NAEP testing may soon make it impossible to compare NAEP test data across states. -
Seven Principles of Good Government: Gary E. Johnson
Opinion -1. Become reality-driven. Don't kid yourself or others. Find out what's what and base your decisions and actions on that. 2. Always be honest and tell the truth. -
Poll: More Parents Want Out of Public Schools
Opinion -The latest results from an ongoing national public opinion poll reveal that an increasing number of parents appear to have given up on reforming the existing public school system from within. -
Clinton Mandates Multilingual U.S.
Opinion -In an exclusive August 24 WorldNetDaily story, John E. -
EdVentures 2000: Teachers as Entrepreneurs
Opinion -Almost all of the discussion of school choice is focused on parents being free to make a choice of schools and principals being free to make a choice of teachers for their schools. -
Test Scores Show Failure of Bilingual Ed
Opinion -Bilingual education reform may have aced its most importance test to date when results for English learners on the Stanford 9 test were released earlier this month. -
Human Capital in the New Economy
Opinion -In 1980, a college graduate earned 50 percent more than a high school graduate; today, that gap is 111 percent. In 1980, a college graduate earned 50 percent more than a high school graduate; today, that gap is 111 percent. -
Black Alliance Declares War on Low Achievement
Opinion -WASHINGTON, DC--Declaring it unacceptable and un-American to deny parents the right to decide where their children are educated, a new coalition of African-Americans from across the United States gathered in the nation's capital on August 24 to launch -
RAND Study Has Something for Everyone
Opinion -An analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results, released this summer by RAND researchers, touted optimistic conclusions about the effectiveness of several popular public school reform strategies. -
Parental Satisfaction and Access to Private Schools
Opinion -At the August 24 press conference announcing the formation of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, BAEO President Howard Fuller noted the U.S. -
Better Education Does Make All the Difference: Governor Gary E. Johnson
Opinion -Things aren't going to change tomorrow in a community where there's only one school. But give it time. Give it a year. Give it two years and I think what you're going to see is an explosion of innovation, even in rural areas. -
Children Forced to Attend Dangerous Schools
Opinion -Two recent class action lawsuits filed at opposite ends of the country raise serious questions about whether public school officials are being held accountable for the safety and integrity of the buildings they are entrusted to maintain. -
Clegg Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Opinion -Each year the Association of Education Practitioners and Providers presents its Entrepreneur of the Year Award to an individual who goes “above and beyond” to demonstrate the benefits of entrepreneurship in education. -
Private School Students Score Well on NAEP
Opinion -The tests conducted on 9-, 13- and 17-year-old students for the National Assessment of Educational Progress have included private school students since 1977. -
Schools Open Despite Code Violations
Opinion -Florida State Education Commissioner Tom Gallagher, who threatened to delay the opening of dozens of Miami-Dade public schools that failed to fix fire and safety code violations, backed down when faced with the reality of having to do so. -
Union Bars Editor from Assembly
Opinion -Despite two appeals, the Nation Education Association refused to issue Press Credentials to School Reform News Managing Editor George Clowes so he could report on the teacher union's annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6. -
Colorado Court Kills Bilingual Initiative
Opinion -The Colorado Supreme Court on July 12 unanimously rejected a pending ballot initiative which, if approved, would have virtually eliminated that state's bilingual education programs. -
Arizona Bilingual Reform Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
Opinion -Arizona bilingual education reform leaders on June 28 officially filed petitions bearing the signatures required to qualify their "English for the Children" initiative for the November 7 ballot. -
They’re Running the Children Through Public Schools like Cattle: an interview with Tim Draper
Opinion -With vouchers, schools are accountable to the people who matter the most: They're accountable to parents. -
Kids First! Yes! Attracts Endorsements
Opinion -Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus In July, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus threw his support behind the Kids First! Yes! initiative, saying it was a way to improve all Michigan schools.
