Opinion
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Spiers Offers Consumer-Driven Plan for Britain
Opinion -On June 19, the U.K.-based Institute for Economic Affairs hosted a “book launch” dinner for Patients, Power and Responsibility: The First Principles of Consumer-driven Reform, by Professor John Spiers of the University of Glamorgan. -
07/2003: The Galen Report
Opinion -A Washington Post/ABC News poll reported the American people trust President George W. Bush, by a 55 to 37 percent ratio, to handle the major problems facing Americans ... except health care. -
Parents Hail Florida’s Special Ed Vouchers
Opinion -Florida’s program making vouchers available to any special-education student in the state is yielding significant benefits for participants after just three full years of operation. -
EPA Scores Major Enforcement Victories
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency has announced several landmark enforcement actions, putting industry on notice that the agency is as vigilant as ever. -
U.S.-Led Coalition Challenges Biotech Ban
Opinion -The World Trade Organization (WTO) will decide whether a European Union ban on genetically enhanced food violates free trade principles, as is alleged in a complaint filed May 13 by the United States and a dozen other nations. -
Foes Attack Colorado Vouchers
Opinion -When the Institute for Justice pledged to defend the new school choice program Colorado Governor Bill Owens signed into law on April 16, the public interest law firm didn't have to wait long to make good on its promise. -
Brown v. Board Leaves Schools Unequal
Opinion -The Cato Institute of Washington, DC, in cooperation with the Center for New Black Leadership, recently brought together a heavy-hitting group of education reformers and researchers to discuss "Educational Freedom and Urban America: Brown v. -
Stand By Me
Opinion -Only one in three (34 percent) of the public school teachers surveyed for Public Agenda's new report, Stand By Me, is "involved and engaged" in local teacher union activities, and more than half (56 percent) think "the union charges far higher dues -
07/2003 The Friedman Report: Sister with a Cell Phone
Opinion -Sister Mary Michaeline Green has witnessed the transformation of society mirrored in the Louisiana Catholic schools where she has taught for nearly 50 years. -
Computers Could Eliminate Teaching Jobs
Opinion -Computers have replaced teachers for 11 students in a small Christian school in Harrison, Ohio, according to a recent article by Valerie Christopher in The Cincinnati Enquirer. The school is one of only 21 non-public schools in the U.S. -
Power-Shift: Teacher Unions and the Movement for School Choice: an exclusive interview with Terry M. Moe
Opinion -It's unfortunate that readers of the Koret Task Force's book, Our Schools and Our Future ... Are We Still at Risk?" do not come across the chapter by Terry M. Moe on the politics of school reform until almost half-way through the book. -
Support for Vouchers by DC Officials Continues to Grow
Opinion -At a May 9 hearing of the House Government Reform Committee, prominent District of Columbia officials expressed their unprecedented support for bringing vouchers to the District. -
Trends in the Use of School Choice
Opinion -An increasing number of families, particularly those with lower incomes, are participating in public school choice programs and sending their children to schools other than their assigned schools, according to a May 2003 survey report from the U.S. -
Forest Thinning Bill Heads to Senate
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives voted May 20 to ease bureaucratic obstacles to forest-thinning activities on 20 million acres of the nation’s most fire-prone federal lands. The bill has the backing of President George W. -
Oil Becoming More Abundant
Opinion -Political developments in the Middle East are likely to bring the world’s largest oil reserves into production after decades of neglect. -
Governor Abandons Maine Rx Plan
Opinion -Democratic Governor John Baldacci on May 30 formally abandoned plans for Maine Rx, submitting a proposal to the legislature for an alternative discount prescription drug plan called Maine Rx Plus. -
Covering the Uninsured: How States Can Expand and Improve Health Coverage
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: The following article summarizes a larger work originally published on March 11, 2003 as Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1637. -
Britain’s Blair Supports Private-sector Health Care
Opinion -British Prime Minister Tony Blair is backing away from his country’s decades-old socialized health care model, following the lead of Sweden, which has launched a revolutionary move away from single-payer and toward a blended private-sector and -
07/2003 The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -California * Connecticut * Florida * Maine * New York Ohio * Pennsylvania * Texas * Washington * Wisconsin CALIFORNIA Schools Get Vouchers (from Microsoft) To settle antitrust claims in California, Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay $1. -
New Teacher Union Scandals Exposed
Opinion -Teacher union officials are quick to paste a "scandal" label on any misstep, misstatement, or hint of wrongdoing--intentional or otherwise--by charter school and voucher school operators. -
A How-to Guide for Structured English Immersion
Opinion -A new book by veteran public school teacher Johanna J. Haver, Structured English Immersion: A Step-by-Step Guide for K-6 Teachers and Administrators (Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, Calif. -
A Climate Change Primer: Computer Models and the Need for More Research
Opinion -In Part One of this three-part series, Lehr and Bennett defined and described the “greenhouse effect,” summarized temperature observations and reported that average global temperature has increased roughly 0. -
After-School Programs Fall Short
Opinion -A $1 billion federal after-school program that promised to provide "expanded learning opportunities for children and youth" isn't helping most children academically, isn't making children feel safer, and hasn't changed the number of children at home -
Analysis Finds Twentieth Century Climate Unremarkable
Opinion -An analysis of more than 240 studies of the Earth’s climate over the past 1,000 years suggests the twentieth century was not the hottest and that climate varies naturally.