Opinion
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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. -
We Must Defend the Scientific Process
Opinion -As I pointed out in my editorial last month, a new paradigm is taking hold in environmental science. -
When it’s OK to ignore the data
Opinion -In at least one other instance, data selection highly influenced the conclusion that computer models were correctly simulating global warming. That was in the July 1996 paper by Santer et al. -
Explanations for the Test-Score Gains
Opinion -After two groups of researchers recently found large test score gains among students who received vouchers in four different U.S. cities, they then looked for explanations. -
Overwhelming Support for Arizona Bilingual Initiative
Opinion -Arizona voters will decide the fate of their state's bilingual programs on November 7. -
What Will Vouchers Bring?
Opinion -The future under vouchers: A divided society, driven by self-interest. Racial segregation. Religious separatism. Ethnic divisiveness. Rich versus poor. Discrimination in enrollment. Children left behind. Tuition rip-offs. Cheating. Fraud. -
Another Natural Chlorinated Compound Discovered
Opinion -Researchers with Canada’s Wildlife Service have discovered a brominated and chlorinated chemical, C10H6N2Br4Cl2 (1,1-dimethyltetrabromodichloro-2,2-bipyrrole), in marine aquatics. -
Don’t Turn Your Back on Science: An open letter from biologist Richard Dawkins to Prince Charles
Opinion -Your Royal Highness, Your Reith lecture saddened me. I have deep sympathy for your aims, and admiration for your sincerity. -
Research Documents the Benefits of School Choice
Opinion -“The results across these studies are so consistent and strong that I'm developing a pretty high level of confidence that offering families choice improves student achievement. -
Michigan Lawmakers Exercise School Choice More than the Public
Opinion -Earlier this year, The Heritage Foundation conducted a survey to determine whether elected officials exercised school choice at a higher rate than the population at large, where about 10 percent of families send their children to nonpublic schools. -
Rating Education Freedom
Opinion -Jay P. -
Perspectives on Technology in Education
Opinion -Computers in the Classroom: A Net Positive? The federal government is spending in excess of $4 billion a year on the E-Rate program to connect all schools and libraries in the nation to the Internet. -
America’s railroads and the World Wide Web
Opinion -If you ever wonder what the World Wide Web will mean for economic growth in the 21st century, look to the 19th century and the history of American railroading. Historian Stephen E. -
USDA: Increased ragweed pollen a “troubling” effect of higher CO2
Opinion -If any of the Washington muckety-mucks should be ecstatic over increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air, it should be the Secretary of Agriculture.
