Opinion
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Education Next Addresses Merit Pay for Teachers
Opinion -Merit pay for teachers is featured in the Winter 2005 issue of the scholarly journal, Education Next, published by the Hoover Institution. -
Fast Facts About Private Schools
Opinion -In America: One in four schools is a private school. One child in nine attends a private school. Private schools produce an annual savings to taxpayers estimated at more than $48,000,000,000. -
February 2005 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -California * Florida * New Jersey South Carolina * Texas * Wisconsin CALIFORNIA Gifted Student’s Lawsuit Could Have Impact on Voucher Plans Levi M. -
Florida Corporations Step Up Support for Low-Income Students
Opinion -In 2004, Florida corporations significantly increased their participation in Step Up for Students, the state’s two-year-old program intended to provide children in low-income families with tax-credit-funded scholarships for attending the private or -
Florida Policy on Social Promotion Helps Students
Opinion -A new study has found ending social promotion leads to significant academic improvement for previously low-performing students. -
Florida Supreme Court Reverses Itself
Opinion -On December 28, 2004, the Florida Supreme Court backed away from its December 24 order telling Gov. -
Google vs. Microsoft: Trustbusters Not Needed
Opinion -In the fourth quarter of 2004, Google, a company renowned for its Web search service, released the Google Desktop, a software program that lets users search through materials stored on their own computers, from e-mail to Microsoft Word files to recently -
Help Wanted: School Choice Leaders in the 109th Congress
Opinion -As the 109th Congress convened in January, Capitol Hill supporters of educational freedom were nervously surveying the likely composition and leadership of the Senate and House education committees, which are crucial to further federal backing of school -
Illinois Supreme Court to Hear Charter School Appeal
Opinion -The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear in 2005 the appeal of a proposed Illinois charter school whose application was rejected by the local school district and state board of education. -
In the News
Opinion -FCC Seeks More Rural Data The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will collect more information from more facilities-based carriers in an effort to measure the penetration of broadband and growth of competition in rural markets. -
Insurance-Free Pharmacies Lower Consumers’ Drug Costs
Opinion -Health care reform is, of course, one of the most significant public policy issues facing the United States. The debate, however, tends to focus on government policy and programs, often to the exclusion of private-sector initiatives. -
Least Wanted Poster Warns Pro-Tax Republicans in Virginia
Opinion -The taxpayer advocacy organization Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has begun a "Least Wanted" campaign intended to warn every Republican state legislator in the nation against raising taxes. -
Lower Taxes, Fater Ecomomic Growth
Opinion -Tax policy is not rocket science, and it's not nano-technology. It's straightforward. When you tax something, you get less of it. When you tax the creation of wealth and income, you get less wealth and income. -
Maryland May Sell Unneeded State Property
Opinion -Unlike his predecessor, who had made land acquisition a high priority for his administration, Maryland Gov. -
Medicaid Threatens State Budgets
Opinion -Medicaid spending is on pace to crowd out everything else in state budgets within a generation, according to “The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are Doing Right and Wrong,” a new study jointly produced by the American Legislative Exchange Council -
New Publication Documents Benefits of Private Education
Opinion -Private education is good for students, good for families, and good for America, according to a new publication by the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). -
Oregon Voters Move to Protect Landowners’ Rights
Opinion -In November, 60 percent of Oregon voters approved Measure 37, protecting private property owners against the effects of land-use regulations imposed by service districts, cities, counties, or state government agencies. -
Public Education: About the Child, Not the System: an exclusive interview with Cheri Pierson Yecke
Opinion -“In an age of cynicism, the parents of America still believe in their country--and they want the public schools to teach their children to believe as well. ... -
Smog Declines Still Further from 2003 Record Lows
Opinion -In 2004, the United States reported the lowest ozone smog levels since states began measuring them in the 1970s. -
Soccer Moms Could Teach Indian Ocean Nations Something about Communication
Opinion -It has been said that lack of communication lies at the bottom of most human problems. This is certainly true of what will likely become the largest human tragedy in recorded history, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The U.S. -
Summary of Home School Laws in the 50 States
Opinion -Home Schooling in the United States: A Legal Analysis, by Christopher J. Klicka, contains a one-page legal summary for each state and territory in the union and is available for $20 from HSLDA, P.O. Box 3000, Purcellville, VA, 20132, or http://www. -
Superintendent Plans Revamp of Miami-Dade School Construction
Opinion -In his first few months as the new superintendent of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Rudolph F. -
Taxes Are Key to Telecom Reform
Opinion -The telecom industry needs tax relief, according to participants in The Heartland Institute’s Telecom Reform Conference held December 17 and 18 in Chicago. -
Think Tank Helps Teachers Avoid Unwanted Union Political Spending
Opinion -In December 2004, the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank in Colorado (where the author serves as a research associate), sent emails to nearly 40,000 public school teachers across the state.