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Implementing English Immersion in Arizona
Opinion -As Arizona school districts begin to develop strategies for complying with the newly passed Proposition 203, which eliminates the state's K-12 bilingual education programs, one obvious place to seek information on successful strategies would be -
For-Profit Education Firms Report Record Results
Opinion -The November 8 announcement of record results from the two most significant players in the for-profit K-12 schools marketplace was completely overshadowed by Vice President Al Gore's refusal to concede defeat to Texas Governor George W. -
Education on a National Scale
Opinion -Although in a number of U.S. cities the teacher unions may rail against the privatization of public schools, two announcements from Edison Schools, Inc. -
Will global warming increase El Niños?
Opinion -During the height of El Niño mania in 1998, a few scientists, most prominently Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, began pushing a theoretical El Niño-global warming linkage. -
God knows where the wild creatures belong
Opinion -Introductions of new species or restoration efforts can be construed as quite presumptuous. -
Mastering the Problem of Environmental Quality: an interview with Dr. S. Fred Singer
Opinion -Dr. S. Fred Singer, president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, has achieved great renown for pioneering research in atmospheric and space physics. -
An atmospheric valentine for you
Opinion -With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we thought we’d stop and smell the carbon dioxide-enhanced roses. What fate does forsythia face? Dare we hope for daffodils? Will the wisteria whither? -
Bush nominates Norton, Whitman to cabinet posts
Opinion -According to many New Era Environmentalists, the partnership of Carol Browner at EPA and Bruce Babbitt at the Interior Department has been a long nightmare for rural Americans, advocates of sound science, and market-based environmental policies. -
California’s energy crisis: Not an accident
Opinion -California’s electricity supply drama continues. In Sacramento, Governor Gray Davis ceremoniously turned on the State Christmas Tree’s lights early in December . . . and moments later switched them off. -
Debate rages over future of Green Party
Opinion -Ralph Nader's Green Party arrived on the scene last summer with a big bang. Many people feel it left with a whimper when the dust settled on the strangest of all national elections. -
ACLU challenges anti-protester rules
Opinion -From a tea party in Boston Harbor to Vietnam War marches, protesting against government is firmly rooted in the American psyche. -
Court Rejects Cleveland Vouchers
Opinion -While the Ohio state legislature may have intended $2,250 vouchers to serve as a lifeline for low-income parents desperate to get their children out of the dysfunctional Cleveland public schools, a federal appeals court sees the program differently. -
U.S. Students Trounced in Int’l Science Match
Opinion -The continuing lackluster performance of U.S. -
Improving Science Education
Opinion -After the results of the Third International Math and Science Study were released in 1998, raising concerns about the declining performance of U.S. -
How Dropout Rates Hit the Radar Screen in California
Opinion -In June 1998, the California Department of Education issued a press release claiming California's dropout rate had fallen to 3.3 percent, a figure printed in more than 35 California daily newspapers. -
Ballot Errors Linked to Illiteracy
Opinion -Although Jesse Jackson claims racism is behind the disproportionate disqualification of black votes in Florida in the recent national elections, the fact that illiteracy levels are disproportionately higher in Florida's black-majority congressional -
Skills at Literacy Level 1
Opinion -Usually Can Perform Usually Cannot Perform Sign name Determine eligibility from a table of employee benefits Identify a country in a short article Locate intersection on a street map Locate one piece of information in a sports -
Advantage Schools’ Effective Approach
Opinion -Advantage Schools, a for-profit charter school company based in Boston, believes it has a working model for the future of American urban education. -
Nobel Goes International
Opinion -Nobel Learning Communities Inc., the largest operator of private schools in the United States, recently formed a strategic partnership with South Ocean Development Corporation, the largest operator of private schools in China. -
“Whole Language” Faulted for U.S. Reading Woes
Opinion -First you learn to read, then you read to learn. But if you don't learn to read effectively, how can you ever read to learn effectively? -
How Do Children Read?
Opinion -Let's begin by picturing a child reading a book silently to herself. She's just sitting there, fairly motionless, staring at a book. Occasionally, she turns a page. Sometimes she laughs quietly to herself for no apparent reason. -
SRN Just the Facts: Education Statistics
Opinion -On average, the U.S. spends $6,168 per student in public schools, according to the latest official data from the U.S. Department of Education, which are for the school year 1997-98. Even those data involve the use of a preliminary estimate of $285. -
Where Does the Money Go? (Hint: Not to teachers)
Opinion -In the fall of 1997, there were 46,127,194 students in K-12 public schools in the U.S., with 5,258,671 teachers and instructional staff employed to serve them: one staff member for every 8.8 students. -
Bush Picks Paige for Education Secretary
Opinion -President George W.