Opinion
-
Statement on SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI Mergers
Opinion -(April 20, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) Recent announcements of plans by SBC to merge with AT&T and Verizon to merge with MCI have generated objections from consumer activists and competitors, including Carl Grivner, CEO of XO Communications, who testified -
Certification Not Worth Bonus Pay
Opinion -As an April 14 Tribune editorial pointed out ("Top teachers for tough jobs"), when K-12 public school teachers attain certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, they are rewarded with annual bonuses. -
Saving the Earth
Opinion -"Earth Day" (April 22) is a good time to reassess the assumptions that lay beneath our support for environmental protection. -
Tax Filing Burden Continues to Grow
Opinion -It used to be said that "ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it." That might have been a reasonable rule of thumb when Moses brought back the Ten Commandments from his mountain meeting with God. -
Cul de Sacs, Grid Street Patterns Both Have a Role to Play
Opinion -Modern urban planning literature is filled with references to grid street patterns and their alleged superiority to the cul de sac--a loop or "dead-end street" pattern typical of modern suburban developments. -
Harm Reduction as Public Health Strategy
Opinion -Prepared remarks delivered on April 7, 2005, at the Heartland Capital Forum in Springfield, Illinois I would like to talk to you briefly today about an important concept in public policy and regulation, the idea of "harm reduction. -
How to Fix the Endangered Species Act
Opinion -Who among us does not love warm fuzzy mammals? Some of us even like slimy reptiles and insects, and we all love critters who take to the air or swim in the sea. -
It’s Time To Empower Teachers with Choice
Opinion -Compared to professionals in other fields, public school teachers are surprisingly unfree. In order to teach in most states they must take courses at teacher colleges that are widely condemned as being useless or even counterproductive in the classroom. -
Telecom Reform: Here Come the States
Opinion -In February, Alabama became the latest state to place telecom reform on its legislative agenda. Senate Bill 114 and its House counterpart, House Bill 112, call for deregulation of wireline dial-tone services. -
Michigan Needs Dereg to Stop Regulatory Abuse
Opinion -The Michigan statute governing telecommunications expires this year--and none too soon. As recent events demonstrate, state regulators have interpreted the law to maximize their power with remarkable impunity. -
Protecting Digital Property Without New Legislation
Opinion -Contrast digital property with real property or other more tangible goods. In the case of the latter, there is no continuing relationship between seller and buyer that dictates terms of use unless, for instance, by warranty. -
Rumblings from Boulder: Consensus and Next Steps in Telecom Reform
Opinion -February’s Silicon-Flatiron’s conference on telecommunications reform underscored SF’s reputation as an intellectual focal point for understanding and rationalizing the burgeoning field of “information law”--an amalgam including communications law, -
In Lafayette, Fiber’s Not the Real Issue
Opinion -As prospective competitors, BellSouth and Cox Communications have reason to be vociferous opponents of the $135 million municipal broadband system proposed for Lafayette, La. -
Students’ Readiness for College Low but Rising, Study Says
Opinion -Only 71 percent of U.S. students enrolled in public high schools graduate, and only 34 percent graduate ready for a four-year college, according to a new study by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. -
Private Schools Are Closing the Achievement Gap
Opinion -A recent analysis of national test score data suggests private schools do a better job than public schools of closing the achievement gap between black and white students as they progress from fourth to 12th grades. -
High School Students Apathetic, Unknowledgeable About First Amendment
Opinion -Most high school students in the United States do not understand or are apathetic toward the First Amendment, according to a survey released in January by the University of Connecticut. -
Latest California Test Scores Bring Good News for English Learners
Opinion -When California voters passed Proposition 227 in 1998, opponents of the measure predicted it would be a disaster for students whose primary language is not English. -
School Violence Is Under-Reported
Opinion -School violence, although generally decreasing in the United States, is under-reported in many schools, according to a new report from the Reason Foundation. School crime data are largely unavailable and incidences of violence often downplayed. -
April 2005 Friedman Report School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * Florida * Indiana * Minnesota * New Jersey New York * Ohio * Texas ARIZONA Arizona Working Toward Voucher System Arizona Republicans vowed to increase their efforts to implement a voucher system for education, in hopes of giving -
New Computer Technology Increases School Security
Opinion -High-tech security will soon help protect an already secure environment at The Governor French Academy, a small, private college-preparatory school in Belleville, Illinois. -
Eyewitness Account: An Effective ‘Second Chance’ School
Opinion -White Hat Management, an education management organization founded by David Brennan and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, serves nearly 15,000 students in various schools it operates across the country. -
Bringing the Profit Motive and Moral Values to Education – An Exclusive Interview with J.C. Huizenga
Opinion -"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. -
Thousands Rally for Vouchers in Florida, Wisconsin
Opinion -Crowds of concerned parents, students, and educators rallied in Tallahassee, Florida and Madison, Wisconsin in January and February to show support for defending and expanding school voucher programs that school choice opponents are trying to kill or -
Bush Budget for FY06 Includes Choice
Opinion -President George W. Bush's proposed Fiscal 2006 budget for the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) is leaner than in recent years, though not by much.