Opinion
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How to Turn Around a School System
Opinion -Turnaround specialist A. “Jack” Clegg, chairman/CEO of Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., offered the following suggestions for turning around a failing school system. “I think they’re going about it the wrong way. -
Illinois Supreme Court defends property rights in landmark case
Opinion -In a victory for private property rights, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that taking one owner’s private property and giving it to another for private use is an unconstitutional use of the power of eminent domain. -
Canadian indecision may doom Kyoto Protocol
Opinion -Canada’s drawn-out deliberation over whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol is threatening to upset a carefully crafted, global environmentalist agenda. -
Ethanol mandate sparks Democrats’ opposition
Opinion -Will Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) intercede with Sacramento politicians to protect the California marketplace for pickup trucks, minivans, and SUVs? -
How Do Catholic Schools Do it?
Opinion -The effectiveness and efficiency of the Catholic schools doesn’t seem attributable to Catholicism, according to Paul E. Peterson and Herbert J. Walberg, authors of a recent study showing Catholic schools in New York City outperform the public schools. -
History Test Answers
Opinion -Fourth Grade 4.1 (c) 4.2 (d) 4.3 (c) 4.4 (c) 4.5 (c) 4.6 (b) Eighth Grade 8.1 (a) 8.2 (a) 8.3 (b) 8.4 Example of “appropriate” response: The steel plow was stronger, lasted longer, worked faster, could farm harder ground. -
Farm Bureau responds to ‘corn con’
Opinion -In May, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial alleging that producing ethanol requires more energy than is released when the fuel is burned, suggesting the entire ethanol industry is a government-subsidized boondoggle. -
Supreme Court rules against property owners
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court in April brought to a close 14 years of litigation by Lake Tahoe Basin property owners. In doing so, the Court opened the door to increased restriction of private property by governments at every level. -
Bush rejects EPA warming report
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency released in June a report on global climate change that contradicts public statements on the subject made by President George W. Bush. -
Congress Takes Up Special-Education Reform
Opinion -With last year’s No Child Left Behind Act now in the hands of state and local officials for action, Washington lawmakers are turning to this year’s major piece of education business, reauthorizing the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -
Cost of asbestos junk science continues to mount
Opinion -The collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers brought the issue of asbestos back into the spotlight, both for the harm it may have prevented and the harm it may have caused. -
Edison Seeks Funds to Run Philadelphia Schools
Opinion -Following the mid-April award of management responsibility for only 20 of Philadelphia’s public schools rather than an expected 45, Edison Schools, Inc. stock dropped from around $13, slowly at first and then precipitously, to $1.37 a share by May 17. -
Is EPA ready for the truth about dioxin?
Opinion -In late May, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report on the amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment. -
NEA Violated Washington Campaign Finance Law
Opinion -On April 8, the Washington Education Association (WEA) launched radio and newspaper ads critical of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation and its president, Bob Williams, who have been the driving force behind the discovery of WEA’s campaign finance -
Pesticide bans put children at risk from roaches, rodents
Opinion -In the first phase of a carefully scripted campaign to ban the use of pesticides in the United States, environmental activist groups have taken aim at a population they usually claim to defend: children. -
Questions raised about Sting fundraiser
Opinion -As the Battle of Malibu was being waged on the West Coast, some of the biggest stars of the entertainment industry headed East and played out another episode of environmental activist scandal. -
Researchers Call for Larger Voucher Experiments
Opinion -The lead researcher in the nation’s largest academic study of the effects of vouchers on student achievement, Harvard University professor Paul E. -
Students Flunk History on Latest Report Card for Nation
Opinion -“I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival ... -
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Cleveland School Vouchers
Opinion -Chicago, IL -- Today, the United States Supreme Court handed down one of the most important decisions in the history of U.S. public education. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the Court ruled: . . . -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-4
Opinion -Ronald McDonald on Trial The tobacco industry warned for years that legal precedents set in lawsuits against it would lead to class action suits against other legal products. Critics scoffed, but the prediction is fast coming true. -
Peter Jennings’ Bitter Mistakes
Opinion -Following is a summary of a 2,600-word reply/critique of “Bitter Medicine,” the one-hour documentary broadcast by ABC last week. The complete essay is available on Heartland’s Web site at www.heartland. -
Peter Jennings’ Bitter Mistakes
Opinion -On May 29, ABC aired an hour-long attack on the nation’s pharmaceutical industry masquerading as an objective documentary. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-3
Opinion -Acne Medication Made Al Qaeda Wannabe Do It The family of the 15-year-old boy who crashed a single-engine plane into a Tampa high-rise, Al Qaeda style, has filed a $70 million lawsuit against the maker of an acne medication that had been prescribed -
Satellite TV Merger Could Boost Distance Learning, Homeschooling
Opinion -A pending merger between the nation’s two largest digital satellite television service providers could be a major advance for distance learning and homeschooling.
