Opinion
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Teacher Text Demonizes Phonics
Opinion -A Whole Language textbook currently in use in a state university in New York warns budding educators that teaching children to read by sounding out the syllables of the English language is a "conspiracy" of the "Far Right" to "promote a religious -
Test Cheats
Opinion -A dozen teachers in Los Angeles County's Banning High School face disciplinary action after school officials in January determined they helped students cheat on the Stanford-9 exam last spring. -
The Controversial Top 10
Opinion -The 10 mathematics programs endorsed by the Department of Education are described at http://www.enc.org/ed/exemplary/. A list of Expert Panel members is found at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/KAD/expert_panel/mathmemb. -
‘There They Go Again, Bashing Vouchers’
Opinion -When a commentator reports on a problem in the public schools or proposes an alternative to the current means of delivering public education, defenders of the public school system are quick to characterize such commentary or proposals as "bashing -
Clinton Education Programs Promote Mission Creep
Opinion -With the 1994 approval of the Clinton administration's education policy vehicles--Goals 2000, the School-to-Work Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)--the U.S. -
Catholic Schools Outperform Lower Class Sizes
Opinion -Do Catholic schools really outperform public schools? -
Governors’ Panel Calls for School Choice
Opinion -In a clear indication of how school choice has become accepted as a key strategy in the public policy debate over education reform, a blue-ribbon panel that advises state officials says parental choice in education could help improve and strengthen -
‘Excuse’ Factories vs. Training Centers
Opinion -While schools that can turn poor and minority children into high achievers are generally credited with having visionary leaders and top-notch teachers, those in charge of failing schools frequently seem to view the students themselves as the major -
Schools Fail to Meet Goals for 2000
Opinion -Unlike the end of the 1960s, when a decade of "can-do" effort had achieved President John F. -
Barking up the Wrong Tree: an interview with William A. Fischel
Opinion -“The reason that this [anti-property tax] movement, starting with Serrano, has been so bad for education is that it's barked up the wrong tree, and incidentally destroyed the good things about the local property tax without really addressing the -
Gore Schools Plan: More Dollars, More Demands
Opinion -A proposal by Vice President Al Gore to boost federal spending on public schools by $115 billion over the next 10 years was criticized by House Education Committee Member Rep. -
Lessons for Choice Legislation
Opinion -Claudia Rebanks Hepburn's report for The Fraser Institute, The Case for School Choice: Models from the United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Sweden, contains a wealth of information about the benefits that school choice has brought to different -
Teachers Not Academic Stars
Opinion -National Education Association president Bob Chase complained that John Stossel's 20/20 program, "Public Schools in Bad Shape," was "a shocking attack on America's public school teachers, portraying them as poorly educated, incompetent, and dim. -
The Cleveland Voucher Program
Opinion -History: The Ohio Legislature enacted the Cleveland Voucher Program as a pilot scholarship program in 1995, in the wake of a U.S. District Court-ordered takeover of the administration of the Cleveland City School District by the state. -
Study Shows Choice Benefits [Canadian] Public Schools
Opinion -Just two months before the National Commission on Governing America's Schools called for more school choice in the U.S. -
The Face of Education Reform
Opinion -In a June 14, 1998 cover story, the New York Times magazine declared Jersey City ground zero in the national battle for education reform. On November 22, 1999, Jersey City unveiled the face of education reform in America. -
School Choice in the Courts
Opinion -School choice issues increasingly are being fought in the courts, as parents seek better educational options for their children and as establishment forces seek to maintain the status quo. -
Advancing School Choice
Opinion -CHOOSING EQUALITY School Choice, and the Constitution, and Civil Society Joseph P. Viteritti, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C. (1999) Choosing Equality begins with a tribute to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. -
Incentives for Teachers Proliferate
Opinion -In Massachusetts, Boston University Chancellor John Silber, former chairman of the state Board of Education, recently proposed that the first $30,000 of the income of "highly qualified teachers" should be exempt from federal income tax. -
Choice Leaders Mourned
Opinion -Dr. Daniel D. McGarry, Scholar Scholar and parental choice advocate Dr. Daniel D. McGarry died on October 24, 1999 at his family's home in Laguna Beach, California. -
02/2000 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * Colorado * Connecticut * Illinois * Michigan * Montana New York * Ohio * South Carolina * Wisconsin ARIZONA Year-End Push for School Donations Public and private schools in Arizona launched campaigns to promote a state tax credit -
Democrats Shift Stand on School Choice
Opinion -A key Democrat Party group is calling for radical reforms to remedy the persistent failure of the existing public school monopoly to improve student achievement. -
Implications of Judge Oliver’s Ruling
Opinion -Judge Solomon Oliver Jr.’s December 20, 1999, ruling on the Cleveland Scholarship Program apparently would give public schools the power to void future voucher programs by choosing not to participate in them. -
Judge Voids Cleveland Vouchers for Lack of Choice
Opinion -There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Joseph Heller's WWII: You could get out of flying more combat missions if you were crazy, but if you wanted to get out then you couldn't be crazy and so you had to keep flying missions.
