Opinion
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Santorum Introduces Tax Credit Measure
Opinion -Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) has reintroduced a bill to create a tax credit for people who buy their own health insurance. -
Congress Practices One Thing, Preaches Another on School Choice
Opinion -Over the past three years Congress has had several opportunities to approve legislation that would give low-income families the opportunity to choose where their children attend school. -
Poll: Most Americans Would Choose Private Schools
Opinion -A new Gallup poll conducted for Phi Delta Kappa International, whose education surveys command high respect in the teaching profession, reveals a compelling motivation for the fierce opposition teacher union leaders and most public school officials show -
MATCH School Shows Poverty Isn’t Destiny
Opinion -It is the most urgent problem in U.S. public education today, but few people have the stomach to take on its challenge. -
Business Group Gives Chicago Schools an F
Opinion -Neither increased funding nor administrative changes will produce the significant gains in student performance that are necessary for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to come even close to meeting the requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, -
Charter Schools Fuel School Management Growth
Opinion -While large-scale privatization efforts like the Philadelphia experiment may be politically difficult, nationwide the growth of charter schools continues to fuel the growth of both for-profit and nonprofit education service providers. -
Title I Tutoring Vouchers?
Opinion -Work-study programs are not the only way to engage college students in tutoring programs. -
Race and Education: An Exclusive Interview with Abigail Thernstrom
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling in Grutter v. -
Principal Hiring ‘Idiocy’
Opinion -The recent experience of a Georgia publisher “helping” to hire a new school principal for the Atlanta Public Schools indicates it’s not only the teacher hiring process that leaves much to be desired. -
Valedictorian Flunks Graduation Test
Opinion -School officials in Beaufort County, South Carolina, have institutionalized grade inflation by guaranteeing their high school students a minimum first-semester grade of at least 62 out of 100, so students who start the year badly aren’t prevented from -
Just the Facts: Student Achievement
Opinion -Just The Facts: Student Achievement National Assessment of Eduational Progress Tests ACT Scores SAT Scores Percent of public school students scoring at or above proficient ACT Average Composite (2003) % of HS Grads Tested % of HS Grads -
Science Rejects Anti-Pesticide Claims
Opinion -Public health officials across the country are considering widespread spraying of pesticides to control the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. -
Senator Refutes Global Warming Hypothesis: Part 1 in a Series
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, delivered a detailed critique of global warming theory on July 28, launching what promise to be contentious Senate hearings -
‘Soft Kyoto’ Strategy Raises Energy Concerns
Opinion -Determined to pass energy legislation before Congress adjourned for its August recess, Senate leaders brokered a deal replacing this year’s Republican-drafted bill (S. 14) with last year’s Democrat-drafted bill (S. 517). -
Ozone Depletion’s Lessons for Global Warming
Opinion -Depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer is slowing, according to a study scheduled for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. -
Ohio, Pennsylvania Put Pressure on Oil and Gas Supplies
Opinion -Directional drilling for oil and natural gas under Ohio's portion of Lake Erie will be banned until at least 2006 as a result of an executive order signed by Republican Governor Bob Taft. The Ohio ban supplements a federal ban due to expire in 2005. -
Bush Moves to Expedite Energy Production
Opinion -The Bush administration on August 7 announced new policies to streamline the oil and natural gas permitting process on federal lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). -
Blackout Has Washington Considering More Regulation
Opinion -In the wake of the August 14 northeastern blackout, momentum is building for mandatory federal electric reliability standards. -
Abundant Reserves Show Petroleum Age Is Just Beginning
Opinion -It is difficult to imagine how our grandparents and great-grandparents lived at the end of the nineteenth century. The United States was still largely a rural society, and the amenities we take for granted today were unknown then. -
Automakers Drop Challenge to California Zero Emission Rules
Opinion -Recent changes in California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program have induced General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and other automakers to drop a federal lawsuit challenging the program. The automakers announced their decision on August 12. -
Anheuser-Busch to Receive Keep America Beautiful ‘Vision for America’ Award
Opinion -Keep America Beautiful, Inc. has named Anheuser-Busch the recipient of its 2003 Vision for America Award. The award will be presented to August A. Busch III, chairman of the board of Anheuser-Busch, in Chicago on October 28. -
10/2003 Consumer Choice Matters: At Your Fingertips
Opinion -This month’s column is devoted to an alphabetical list of resources you can access from your desk. Please don’t be shy about notifying me of any corrections or omissions. I know it isn’t perfect and am eager to improve it. -
10/2003 Galen Report
Opinion -California liberals are working feverishly to enact an employer mandate requiring businesses to provide health insurance to workers or pay a big tax to fund a new state-run health coverage program. -
Philadelphia’s Privatization Experiment Produces Gains
Opinion -One year after the nation’s largest school privatization experiment began in Philadelphia, the competition between restructured city schools, privately managed schools, and charter schools has led to significant gains in student achievement for