Opinion
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New Yorkers Give Schools Mediocre Grade
Opinion -Three out of four New Yorkers gave the city’s public schools mediocre or failing grades, and the city’s poorest residents were the most unhappy with school performance, according to a recent survey of 1,012 respondents conducted by the Community -
NAEP Provides Acid Test for NCLB
Opinion -The 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed modest gains in the mathematical prowess of fourth and eighth graders but little or no progress in their reading skills. -
Private Schools Safer for Teachers and Students
Opinion -According to a new government report, the rate of violent crime against students is almost twice as high in public schools as in private schools. -
A Victory for Vouchers–in the School Boardroom
Opinion -It was the kind of news neither friends nor foes of the school choice movement had expected anytime soon--bannered across the front page of a local newspaper the day after the November 4 school board election in Colorado Springs, Colorado: “Reformists -
Texas Voucher Program Produces Benefits for All Children
Opinion -School choice produces benefits not only for students who make use of the voucher to transfer to a private school, but also for students who remain in the public school system, according to a new study on the outcomes of the HORIZON Program, a -
01/2004 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Colorado * Connecticut * Illinois * Louisiana * Michigan Minnesota * New Jersey * Vermont COLORADO “Educate Me. -
Education and Capitalism: an exclusive interview with Joseph L. Bast
Opinion -Although there are many major players in the school choice movement--and School Reform News has interviewed many of them over the past seven years--it was Heartland Institute President Joseph L. -
Competition, Choice, and Privatization
Opinion -Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America’s Schools Herbert J. Walberg and Joseph L. Bast (Hoover Institution Press, 2003, 362 pages, ISBN: 8179-3971-7 $25.00 cloth, ISBN: 8179-3972-5 $15. -
Charter School Legislation: Data Tables
Opinion -States With No Charter Laws Alabama Kentucky Maine Montana North Dakota Nebraska South Dakota Vermont Washington West Virginia Growth of Charter Schools Year # of Charter Schools 1991 0 1992 1 1993 36 1994 84 1995 251 -
Bush Signs Medicare Reform
Opinion -After months of wrangling and sometimes-bitter debate, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, on November 22 by a vote of 220-215. -
Why the Medicare Reform Bill Is Bad Legislation
Opinion -Just how bad is the recently passed Medicare reform bill? -
MSAs Unleashed!
Opinion -The Medicare reform measure passed by Congress in November included a Health Savings Account (HSA) provision that renames--and dramatically expands and improves--the Medical Savings Account (Archer MSA) pilot program launched in 1996. -
Drug Importation Is Subject of National Symposium
Opinion -Illinois State Senators Steven Rauschenberger and Chris Lauzen are conservative Republicans who agree on many things, but at The Heartland Institute’s October 23, 2003 National Symposium on Drug Importation, the two showed themselves to be polar -
Not a Solution to State Budget Problems
Opinion -Sen. Steve Rauschenberger spoke at the National Symposium on Drug Importation, held in Chicago on October 23, 2003. Rauschenberger has represented Illinois’ 22nd Senate District since 1992 and currently serves as Assistant Minority Leader. -
Consumer-Directed Care Works Today: in Dentistry
Opinion -The growing burden of health benefit costs for employers and increasing restrictions on consumers, doctors, and other care providers has everyone searching for answers. -
Minn. Policymakers Discuss Consumer-Driven Options for Medicaid
Opinion -More than 100 people--physicians, health insurers, insurance agents, employee benefits consultants, state officials, union leaders, members of the general public, and representatives of employers, clinics, and hospitals--attended an October 15 -
Resolved: To Tell the Truth
Opinion -My annual New Year’s resolution goes all the way back to the day my Dad administered some attitude adjustment while blurting out, “Always tell the truth, even when it hurts.” So here’s the truth: Color me conflicted. -
What Exactly Is Medicare?
Opinion -Medicare was established in 1965 to provide health care insurance to individuals age 65 and over. The program was expanded over the years to include disabled individuals as well. -
Judge Orders Billion-Dollar Tax Hike in Kansas
Opinion -In a December 2 ruling sure to haunt the governor and lawmakers in the 2004 legislative session, a Topeka judge declared the Kansas school finance system unconstitutional and gave lawmakers until July 1, 2004 to fix it. -
Key Dates in Kansas School Finance History
Opinion -November 8, 1966: Voters approve a constitutional amendment establishing a 10-member State Board of Education having “general supervision” over public schools, with the legislature required to “make suitable provision for finance of the educational -
Iraq to Receive Flat Tax in 2004
Opinion -The citizens of Iraq will receive a tax reform gift in 2004, compliments of the U.S. government. “That’s because the Iraqis will enjoy something we don’t--a simple and fair tax system,” said Daniel J. -
Flat Tax Benefits for Iraq
Opinion -The flat tax measure, predicts Daniel J. Mitchell in a November 10 commentary for The Heritage Foundation, will reap the following significant positive results for the Iraqi people: Help restore the Iraqi economy. -
State Fiscal Prospects Looking Up, NGA Says
Opinion -A year ago, the National Governors Association (NGA) said states were mired in their worst budget crisis since World War II. Now, the NGA says the crisis is easing. -
Taxpayer Group Sees Promise in State Governors
Opinion -Although California lawmakers would not themselves approve Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s economic recovery proposal, they have agreed to allow Schwarzenegger to present the plan to the state’s voters.
