Opinion
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Teacher Union Raises Dues to Fight Vouchers
Opinion -At the National Education Association's 79th Annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, the 2. -
State Slaps Michigan Schools
Opinion -Calling it "a win for kids," the Kids First! Yes! -
Biodiesel fuel meets Clean Air requirements
Opinion -With the Environmental Protection Agency’s reformulated gasoline program under fire for polluting groundwater, increasing prices, and failing to meet clean-air goals, a new alternative fuel has arrived on the scene that could solve these problems -
Corn yields truth about summer drought
Opinion -The most impressive thing about this summer’s vaunted drought—called an “ultra-drought” by CBS icon Dan Rather—is that it wasn’t one. -
Where are the Yanks?
Opinion -They call it the U.S. National Assessment, yet there isn’t an American model to be found. Where are NASA and Jim Hansen? Where’s the National Center for Atmospheric Research? -
09/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Alabama * California * Connecticut * Georgia * Illinois * Kansas Minnesota * Missouri * Ohio * Oklahoma * Utah * Wisconsin ALABAMA Teacher Union Two-Faced on Pay Raises While publicly blasting a proposed 20 percent pay raise for Birmingham -
EPA releases new dioxin report
Opinion -A new study draft released by the Environmental Protection Agency in June labels dioxin “carcinogenic to humans,” concluding the risk of getting cancer from dioxin exposure is 10 times higher than reported in a controversial -
Florida Educators Still Criticize A+ Plan
Opinion -Having directed their attention for the past year to boosting student test scores to avert any possible loss of students to vouchers, many educators in Florida now want the state's A+ Plan to be sidelined so they can go back to the way they were -
Gearing up to Influence November Elections
Opinion -At the National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, teacher union officials detailed the organization's campaign strategy for supporting pro-public education candidates and ballot measures in the November -
Gore vs. Bush in Battle Over School Choice
Opinion -The battle lines on school choice, a key issue in this fall's Presidential campaign, hardened over the summer when Democratic contender Al Gore thundered a "vouchers never" stand before the national teacher unions. -
Law Makes NY Schools Safer for Students
Opinion -For a long time, teacher unions in New York pushed for a law to protect teachers from students. At the same time, schools boards pushed for a fingerprinting law to help them protect students from teachers with a criminal background. -
Making Schools Safe
Opinion -A safe school is more than a place where students and staff behave safely. It is also a place where the physical plant and grounds are safe for students and staff. School safety is not the primary responsibility of school authorities: learning is. -
No Excuses for Low Achievement
Opinion -How to close the gap in academic achievement between minority and white students? Most observers would agree the solution lies in teaching to a higher level of expectations. -
Other Unsafe School Buildings
Opinion -The New York City public school system is not the only one where problems in managing school construction and repair projects have resulted in subjecting students and school staff to unnecessary safety hazards. -
School Choice Proponents Mourn Loss of Senator Paul Coverdell
Opinion -U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell, the principal congressional champion of K-12 education savings accounts and Georgia's first Republican since Reconstruction to win re-election to the U.S. -
Study: Carbon sequestration improves with higher temperatures
Opinion -Students of global warming know most plants flourish in an enriched carbon dioxide environment. -
Teacher Union Denies Political Activities to IRS
Opinion -Despite spending millions of dollars on political activities such as "helping to elect pro-education candidates at the local, state, and national levels," the National Education Association's tax returns since 1994 have reported making no political -
The GOP and Civil Rights
Opinion -The Grand Old Party was formed in opposition to slavery, and the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, was responsible for ending slavery in the United States. -
Voucher Wars: Dispatches from the Michigan Front
Opinion -In November, Michigan voters will decide if they want to amend the State Constitution to permit indirect aid to private schools via parental choice, while still maintaining the constitutional bar on direct aid to private schools. -
Will Vouchers Increase Taxes?
Opinion -While endorsing parental choice in education, California's 200,000-member Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association came out in July in opposition to Proposition 38, the school voucher initiative promoted by venture capitalist Tim Draper. -
The executive branch: the blind eye of power
Opinion -Why is everybody always picking on the Clinton-Gore administration for its environment policy? 1. It is the only administration we have at the present time. 2. -
The moistening of planet Earth
Opinion -General circulation models don’t even scratch the surface when it comes to simulating climate. And we mean that literally. Most models fail to properly account for moisture in the top portions of the soil. -
The chickens are in the roost
Opinion -Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson first noticed, last spring, that important regions of the United States are short of electricity capacity. This was Big News around the country. It hit the major network newscasts and all the major newspapers. -
Test Your Environment Literacy
Opinion -The following three questions come from Roper Starch Worldwide, The Eighth Annual National Report Card on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior, December 1999. 1. How is most of the electricity in the U.S. generated? a.