Opinion
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Clean water rule targets American agriculture
Opinion -U.S. agriculture has been placed in a regulatory "bulls-eye" by the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to revise its Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) rule. The agency’s decision, some observers say, is based on shoddy science. -
California Still Dreaming
Opinion -Ten years ago this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a regulation requiring 10 percent of new cars and light trucks produced for sale in 2003 to have zero emissions. -
Governors Warm to Private Scholarship Plan
Opinion -When the National Governor’s Association assembled at State College, Pennsylvania this summer, the states’ top executives were reminded by retired General Colin Powell and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan of the need for improved education and -
Congress Urged to Put Student Performance First
Opinion -Because the interests of children and parents have been placed second to other interests, too many education reforms have resulted in stagnating academic achievement, inequitable achievement gains between white and minority students, and frustration -
Education Reform Caucus Champions School Choice
Opinion -Which countries scored higher than the U.S. on 12th grade math on the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995? a. Iceland b. France c. Slovenia d. All of the above True or False. -
NYC Task Force Embraces Bilingual Reform
Opinion -At a public hearing October 17, the Mayor’s Task Force for Bilingual Education in New York City opened the floor to parents, activists, and educators to voice their concerns about bilingual programs. -
Public Schools Don’t Teach Basic Academic Skills
Opinion -"Most of the students who come to us not only lack math and English skills, but they lack basic academic skills. They have no idea what is expected of them at the college level. They don't know how to take notes. They don't read the assigned material. -
Illinois Supreme Court Rules Tort Tax Levied Illegally
Opinion -In a school desegregation case watched nationwide, the Illinois Supreme Court sided with protesting taxpayers and against Rockford School District 205 on October 26. -
12/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Arizona * California * Michigan * Oregon Rhode Island * Texas * Washington ARIZONA English Learners Short-Changed After studying official reports filed with the U.S. -
Disinheriting the wind
Opinion -Not long ago, a remarkable meeting was held in Montauk, on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Residents of that area faced the most serious power supply problem in the entire Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) system. -
Who says timber companies don’t care?
Opinion -On September 7, 2000, the Bangor Daily News reported that Fraser Paper Inc., which owns and operates lands in Maine and New Brunswick, is developing a cooperative program with area educators. -
Tax Credits Succeed in Arizona
Opinion -Thirty-four private tuition charities, supported by more than 30,000 people, donated $13.2 million to provide scholarships to nearly 7,000 Arizona students during the 1999-2000 school year. -
How to Decrease Crisis Contagion
Opinion -Many crises or critical incidents within a school or school district cause normal routines to be disrupted. This disruption can include a sense that everything is “out of control,” or that no one is in charge. -
Achievement Gap Widens, But Test Aims to Close It
Opinion -The College Board's report of a three-point increase on the math SAT is equivalent to getting an additional one-third of a question correct, notes test prep expert Dr. Gary Gruber. -
Literacy and Science
Opinion -Unless immediate action is taken to improve the quality of science and mathematics teaching in America's schools, the nation’s continued economic growth is at serious risk, former senator and ex-astronaut John Glenn recently warned. -
Clearing the air
Opinion -In recent years a spirited debate has been conducted in law journals over the reasons why the national government took over environmental regulation in the 1970s. -
Federal Tax Credits Would Boost Educational Choice
Opinion -Urging his colleagues to support federal tax credits for K-12 education, Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) noted Arizona has enjoyed a significant increase in resources available to both private and public education since state legislators there -
Health Panel Affirms Benefits of Biotech
Opinion -Physicians and scientists affiliated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) contend that modern biotechnology, as applied to a variety of crops and foods, presents no inherent risks to consumers or the environment. -
How Vouchers Have Changed Milwaukee Neighborhoods
Opinion -On a recent fact-finding trip to Milwaukee arranged by the Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation of Indianapolis, Barato Britt noted the following observations on how school vouchers had brought positive change to the city's neighborhoods. -
Nuts over CO2
Opinion -For many Americans, the end of baseball season also marks the end of peanut-eating season. -
Remedial Ed Costs Michigan $600 Million Annually
Opinion -Students leaving Michigan high schools without basic skills cost the Michigan economy $601 million a year, according to a study recently released by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. -
School Choice and Urban Revitalization
Opinion -Could school vouchers revitalize cities by giving the middle class a reason to stay, and by giving the poor the education they need to move into the middle class? -
The Precautionary Principle: Agriculture and Biotechnology
Opinion -On September 27, 2000 the International Consumers for Civil Society (ICCS) held a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the precautionary principle, its historical roots, and its likely impact on developing nations and global markets if it becomes the -
Warming or Cooling?
Opinion -It was AD 986. Erik the Red, ousted from Iceland for manslaughter, set sail with a hardy group of Vikings for a faraway land. Erik called it Greenland, a place ordinarily hostile to humans with its mile-thick ice cap. Erik's improbable mission succeeded.