Opinion
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The Case for Managed Care: Part 2 of 3
Opinion -In Part One of this three-part series, we covered the macro history of managed care. -
NFIB, Fortis Team Up for Affordable Insurance
Opinion -The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Fortis Health have teamed up to make affordable health insurance plans available to 600,000 NFIB member businesses throughout the U.S. -
Health Care Reform on the Web
Opinion -Ever wonder how the managing editor stays abreast of breaking developments in health care reform? In two words: the Internet. -
Tennessee Tax Protest: A Report from the Front Lines
Opinion -Police cars blockaded entrances to the Tennessee state capitol building, and troopers patrolled legislative hallways this week as the state legislature found itself under siege by thousands of angry taxpayers upset at a plan to implement a state income -
Red counties, blue counties, and environmentalists
Opinion -Tune in to any national news segment on the environment and you will get the same predictable format: video of beautiful natural splendor, followed by a doom-and-gloom portrayal of some Big Industry's exploitation of the environment, followed by a local -
Americans Like Public Schools . . .and Vouchers
Opinion -Are the American people sending a definitive message on school choice by consistently rejecting voucher initiatives at the ballot box? -
Fly-in for Freedom rallies free-market environmentalists
Opinion -Environmental protection does not require violating private property rights or heavy-handed federal government intrusion, concluded participants in the Alliance for America's Eleventh Annual Fly-In for Freedom. -
It’s time to protect our property . . . again
Opinion -I am not a lawyer. I have spent 35 years watching the federal government buy, mismanage, and seal up more and more private property. Many citizens are deeply concerned about these matters. -
Reynolds Nominated to Head OCR
Opinion -In a step with important implications for bilingual education, President George W. Bush in June announced the nomination of Gerald Reynolds as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. -
Education Vouchers in Developing Countries
Opinion -School vouchers and targeted scholarship programs in the U.S. generally are used to help low-income families transfer their children from inadequate public schools to more acceptable private schools. -
Advances in diesel technology point to cleaner air
Opinion -On May 8, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC) released "Performance, Environment, Safety, Health: The Facts About New Diesel Technology. -
Bilingual Education Update
Opinion -By a wide margin (384-45), the U.S. House of Representatives approved sweeping changes to federal bilingual education programs as part of H.R. 1, the legislative vehicle for President George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education plan. -
Bucket Brigade for ESA reform
Opinion -April 6, 2001, is a day that will live in infamy in the lives of thousands of people in the Klamath Basin region of Northern California and Southern Oregon. -
Bush Outlines New Approach to Medicare Reform
Opinion -President George W. Bush took a first step toward a new conversation on Medicare reform, listing eight reform principles before an audience of about 200 people from the health sector on a beautiful summer day in the Rose Garden. -
Charter School Facilities and Finance
Opinion -When the charter school is ready to look for financing, the first item required is a financing package, used by lenders as a tool to evaluate their potential loan. -
Commission Hears Bilingual Education Advocates
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Deal Forced on Edison, Despite Meritless Charges
Opinion -The San Francisco School Board's charges against the Edison Charter Academy are completely without merit, according to a report from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, released a week before the board's vote on the disposition of the -
Education Industry News
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures.com, which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
Free-market environmentalism: It’s about choice, not science
Opinion -"Environmental debates . . . [are] really debates about preferences and whose preferences should be imposed on society. -
Freeways: The ultimate in pedestrian-friendly design
Opinion -If we've heard it once, we've heard it a hundred times: There is no point in building new road capacity because added capacity simply leads people to drive more. -
How to Continue the Improvement?
Opinion -Mayor Richard M. Daley says he wants Chicago to have "the best school system possible" . . . but how can his new leadership team build on the efforts of Gery Chico and Paul Vallas to improve the city's schools? -
Other Court Action on School Choice
Opinion -Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery in May asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2-1 decision of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding the Cleveland school voucher program unconstitutional. -
Social Security Health Benefits Need Revision
Opinion -The whole concept was new to me. As a young, first-year associate over 20 years ago, I was given a file for a trial to be held later that day before a United States Administrative Law Judge. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -California Connecticut Florida Georgia Iowa Kentucky Maryland Nebraska New Jersey Oregon Texas Vermont Virginia California Confidential Records Found in Trash Although California state law requires that
