Opinion
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Building Unwanted Schools in Illinois
Opinion -While taxpayers in Florida’s Miami-Dade School District aren’t getting the new schools they want and need, taxpayers in Jersey County, Illinois, are getting new schools they don’t want and don’t need, despite rejecting --by a 71-29 percent vote--a 1999 -
February 2005 Friedman Report Profile: Donayle Whitmore
Opinion -As a mother of two, president and interim director of the Missouri Coalition for School Choice, and founder of the Ptah Academy, Donayle Whitmore is heavily involved in school reform. -
Achievement Data Show Positive Impact of Charter Schools, Study Finds
Opinion -Parents, teachers, and other school reformers who want to make full use of public charter schools to help students who are struggling in regular public schools received reinforcement from a new national study by Harvard University education researcher -
Congress Bails Out Universal Service Fund–For Now
Opinion -As one its last acts of 2004, the U.S. Senate on December 8 passed legislation that keeps alive a long-distance telephone fee subsidizing telecommunications service for low-income residents and rural areas. -
California Law Provides Lessons for Private Transportation
Opinion -Private toll roads are in much wider use in some parts of Europe and Asia than in the United States, but private funding to help solve traffic congestion may soon become more common here, according to University of California, Irvine professors Marlon G. -
Environmental Activists Exploit Catastrophic Tsunami
Opinion -Two days after the December 25 tsunami that killed more than 100,000 people in Southeast Asia, the executive director of Greenpeace UK told the British newspaper The Independent, "No one can ignore the relentless increase in extreme weather events and -
States’ Drug Import Program Draws Little Interest from Public
Opinion -After three months of operation, only about 1,900 persons have signed up for the I-SaveRx drug import program, which offers low-cost imported drugs to residents of Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin. The program went into operation last October. -
Amtrak: On Time for Yesterday
Opinion -On-time performance has long been Amtrak’s principal strength ... not the trains, but the financial crises. -
California Charters Show Above-Average Gains
Opinion -Students attending California charter schools were 8.5 percent more likely to be proficient at reading and 5. -
Crichton Strikes Devastating Blow to Alarmists
Opinion -Michael Crichton, author of best-selling books and blockbuster movies such as The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, has published a new best-selling book. That much is hardly noteworthy, given his track record of literary success. -
Detroit Schools Face Default
Opinion -In order to comply with state and federal laws, Detroit Public Schools issued a comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. -
Different Technology, Similar Service
Opinion -In the absence of competition, regulations serve to protect consumers against monopoly market power. This is, in theory, the reason why the telecommunications local exchange market is so heavily regulated. -
Dr. King’s Practical View on Education
Opinion -I monitor quarterly educational reports on the achievement of black students. While there is some progress, we’re moving at a slow pace when it comes to closing the educational gap between black and white students. -
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.
