Opinion
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Teacher Unions Resist Introduction of Competition
Opinion -"It is better for the public to procure at the market whatever the market can supply; because there it is by competition kept up in quality, and reduced to its minimum price. -
How Schools ‘Manage’ Parents
Opinion -Why is it that parents who give a mediocre grade to public schools in general almost invariably have a favorable impression of the performance of their local public school? -
State Legislative Roundup
Opinion -CALIFORNIA Break-Up Movement Threatens L.A. Unified A "break-up" movement in Los Angeles has the potential to completely dismantle the status quo in large urban school districts nationwide. -
Doctors Sue to Stop HIPAA Privacy Regulations
Opinion -On July 31, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) announced it had filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to halt implementation of new medical privacy regulations. -
10/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -It's not been easy getting back to work after the events of last month. We have all been affected by the attack, directly or indirectly. Before the attack, something as simple as the sudden closing of National Airport would have seemed a catastrophe. -
Hudson River project only the beginning
Opinion -The massive dredging ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency will be the largest dredging project ever ordered and will make the upper Hudson River the nation's most expensive EPA Superfund site. -
Researchers announce breakthrough on salt-tolerant crops
Opinion -Agricultural researchers have announced they have genetically engineered tomatoes that can grow in salty water. -
CARA double-talk prevails
Opinion -Montana's new Congressman, Denny Rehberg, recently faced a tough vote. He had to choose between fulfilling campaign promises or fitting in with the dominant culture in Washington, DC: the liberal elite big-government crowd. -
California District Renews Fast ForWord Contract
Opinion -After reading teacher observations and reviewing student scores on state and district reading and math tests, school officials in Fontana, California, decided to renew the Unified School District's site license for the Fast ForWord® family of language -
Don’t Mess with Texans: Susan Sarhady
Opinion -In the struggle to advance parental choice in education, the battles that take place in affluent suburban communities are fundamentally different from those in low-income inner-city neighborhoods. -
Group Supports Black Homeschooling
Opinion -Although black non-Hispanic students make up 16.0 percent of the 1999 student population, they make up only 9.9 percent of students in homeschooling families. -
10/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -California HMOs are leaving rural California, and residents are being forced to pay higher premiums or go without coverage. At least 16 rural counties have lost some or all of their health maintenance organizations. -
10/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -The magnitude of the losses for our country and the sadness, grief, and anger that all of us have experienced since September 11th’s incomprehensible tragedy have been extraordinarily difficult to bear. -
America Responds: Health Care in Its Finest Hours
Opinion -What could easily have been utter chaos in the hours immediately following the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC in fact was nothing less than the finest hours of medical service by health care professionals, firemen, -
Answers to the Math Quiz
Opinion -1 - C [12th-grade test question] 2 - B [8th-grade test question] 3 - B [4th-grade test question] 4 - E [8th-grade] 5 - Any numbers greater than 18. -
Charter School Facilities and Finance
Opinion -Charter school founders have many business decisions to make in the process of developing a school, most of which they will make themselves. -
Charter School Update
Opinion -Although charter school developers in Illinois may appeal a local denial to the State Board of Education, the state board has seen fit to overturn local denials only in two early cases. -
Defined Contribution Gains Momentum
Opinion -Defined contribution continues to make slow inroads into the benefits market. We previously reported MyHealthBank is entering the Washington market and UNICARE is entering Illinois. Now, UNICARE has announced it is also entering Indiana. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Ameris to Merge with Children's Comprehensive Services On August 9, a merger was announced between Ameris Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kids Holdings, Inc., and Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc. -
HIPAA and the Criminalization of American Medicine
Opinion -Waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare are serious problems . . . but so are the federal government's efforts to combat them. Of course, egregious cases of fraud take place, and those engaged in criminal activities should be stopped and prosecuted. -
Individual Health Insurance: Solution for the New Economy? Part 1 of 2
Opinion -The employer-based health insurance system was born during World War II, when the economy and the health care system were very different than they are today. -
Just the Facts: Calif. Virtual Schools Offer Bennett’s K12 Program
Opinion -California's leading manager of virtual charter schools, Innovative Education Management, Inc., is now offering its kindergarten through second grade students the world-class curriculum of K12, the Internet-based learning program created by former U.S. -
Opinion: What ever happened to common sense?
Opinion -Have we lost our moral compass, our sense of priorities . . . our marbles? We send our military men and women off to the Middle East to be maimed and killed by terrorists and Scud missiles, while protecting our interests in this vital oil region. -
Roundtable identifies market-oriented global warming strategies
Opinion -The Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers committed to improving public policy, has issued a report identifying 38 specific opportunities to improve regulatory, tax, and trade policies to encourage a market-friendly approach
