Opinion
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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. -
Alternative Route Boosts NJ Teacher Quality
Opinion -Many alternative certification programs have been initiated over the years in response to teacher shortages present and projected. -
Dedicated to Coverdell, GOP Platform Promotes School Choice
Opinion -The Republican Party platform, approved at the start of the party's convention in Philadelphia, was dedicated at that time to the memory of the late Senator Paul Coverdell of Georgia, who had been the principal congressional advocate of education -
Beacons of Hope for Education Reformers
Opinion -Even if it's easy to be free, what's your definition of freedom? and who the [expletive] are you, anyway, who the [expletive] are they, who the [expletive] am I to say, what the [expletive] is really going on? How did the cat get so fat? -
Violence in Schools Is Down
Opinion -Despite the widespread public perception of schools as unsafe and violent places, children in school or traveling to or from school are a third less likely to become victims of violence than when they are away from school, according to the Bureau of -
Read the Best of High School Writing
Opinion -Schools with low standards, teachers with low expectations, and students who dislike to read, cannot write, and are ignorant of history. We're all too familiar with the problem, but what can one person do about it? -
Boom in Alternative Teacher Certification
Opinion -Over the next ten years, a wave of veteran teacher retirements and a surge in student enrollments are expected to produce widespread, severe teacher shortages across the country. -
Are Florida’s Tests So Difficult?
Opinion -Here are sample questions provided by edutest.com for the eighth-grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math. Edutest.com produces practice tests used by school systems for various standardized exams. -
Teacher Union Raises Dues to Fight Vouchers
Opinion -At the National Education Association's 79th Annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, the 2. -
State Slaps Michigan Schools
Opinion -Calling it "a win for kids," the Kids First! Yes! -
09/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Alabama * California * Connecticut * Georgia * Illinois * Kansas Minnesota * Missouri * Ohio * Oklahoma * Utah * Wisconsin ALABAMA Teacher Union Two-Faced on Pay Raises While publicly blasting a proposed 20 percent pay raise for Birmingham -
Florida Educators Still Criticize A+ Plan
Opinion -Having directed their attention for the past year to boosting student test scores to avert any possible loss of students to vouchers, many educators in Florida now want the state's A+ Plan to be sidelined so they can go back to the way they were -
Gearing up to Influence November Elections
Opinion -At the National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, teacher union officials detailed the organization's campaign strategy for supporting pro-public education candidates and ballot measures in the November -
Gore vs. Bush in Battle Over School Choice
Opinion -The battle lines on school choice, a key issue in this fall's Presidential campaign, hardened over the summer when Democratic contender Al Gore thundered a "vouchers never" stand before the national teacher unions. -
Law Makes NY Schools Safer for Students
Opinion -For a long time, teacher unions in New York pushed for a law to protect teachers from students. At the same time, schools boards pushed for a fingerprinting law to help them protect students from teachers with a criminal background. -
Making Schools Safe
Opinion -A safe school is more than a place where students and staff behave safely. It is also a place where the physical plant and grounds are safe for students and staff. School safety is not the primary responsibility of school authorities: learning is. -
No Excuses for Low Achievement
Opinion -How to close the gap in academic achievement between minority and white students? Most observers would agree the solution lies in teaching to a higher level of expectations. -
Other Unsafe School Buildings
Opinion -The New York City public school system is not the only one where problems in managing school construction and repair projects have resulted in subjecting students and school staff to unnecessary safety hazards. -
School Choice Proponents Mourn Loss of Senator Paul Coverdell
Opinion -U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell, the principal congressional champion of K-12 education savings accounts and Georgia's first Republican since Reconstruction to win re-election to the U.S. -
Teacher Union Denies Political Activities to IRS
Opinion -Despite spending millions of dollars on political activities such as "helping to elect pro-education candidates at the local, state, and national levels," the National Education Association's tax returns since 1994 have reported making no political -
Voucher Wars: Dispatches from the Michigan Front
Opinion -In November, Michigan voters will decide if they want to amend the State Constitution to permit indirect aid to private schools via parental choice, while still maintaining the constitutional bar on direct aid to private schools.
