Opinion
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Improving public access to existing public lands
Opinion -As Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia, I was presented with many opportunities to guide government policies. Some of those opportunities proved to be difficult challenges, while others were easy decisions to make. -
Not in Kansas anymore? EPA’s pessimistic wheat forecasts
Opinion -From time to time, we’ve looked at some of EPA's new “State and Local Climate Change Outreach Kits,” released this year as a public service. -
Human Capital in the New Economy
Opinion -In 1980, a college graduate earned 50 percent more than a high school graduate; today, that gap is 111 percent. In 1980, a college graduate earned 50 percent more than a high school graduate; today, that gap is 111 percent. -
Black Alliance Declares War on Low Achievement
Opinion -WASHINGTON, DC--Declaring it unacceptable and un-American to deny parents the right to decide where their children are educated, a new coalition of African-Americans from across the United States gathered in the nation's capital on August 24 to launch -
RAND Study Has Something for Everyone
Opinion -An analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results, released this summer by RAND researchers, touted optimistic conclusions about the effectiveness of several popular public school reform strategies. -
Parental Satisfaction and Access to Private Schools
Opinion -At the August 24 press conference announcing the formation of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, BAEO President Howard Fuller noted the U.S. -
Better Education Does Make All the Difference: Governor Gary E. Johnson
Opinion -Things aren't going to change tomorrow in a community where there's only one school. But give it time. Give it a year. Give it two years and I think what you're going to see is an explosion of innovation, even in rural areas. -
Children Forced to Attend Dangerous Schools
Opinion -Two recent class action lawsuits filed at opposite ends of the country raise serious questions about whether public school officials are being held accountable for the safety and integrity of the buildings they are entrusted to maintain. -
Clegg Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Opinion -Each year the Association of Education Practitioners and Providers presents its Entrepreneur of the Year Award to an individual who goes “above and beyond” to demonstrate the benefits of entrepreneurship in education. -
‘Father’ of global warming partially recants
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Private School Students Score Well on NAEP
Opinion -The tests conducted on 9-, 13- and 17-year-old students for the National Assessment of Educational Progress have included private school students since 1977. -
Ralph Cavanagh, take a bow
Opinion -The only I time I met Ralph Cavanagh was early in 1992, when I debated him in San Diego, California at a very large utility conference on renewable energy technologies. He and I were on a panel, along with Denis Hayes of Earth Day fame. -
Schools Open Despite Code Violations
Opinion -Florida State Education Commissioner Tom Gallagher, who threatened to delay the opening of dozens of Miami-Dade public schools that failed to fix fire and safety code violations, backed down when faced with the reality of having to do so. -
The National Biological Service and Weasels
Opinion -“The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) was a charter member of endangered species lists for North America long before the passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,” wrote Dean Biggins and Jerry Godbey for the National Biological Service’s 1995 -
Union Bars Editor from Assembly
Opinion -Despite two appeals, the Nation Education Association refused to issue Press Credentials to School Reform News Managing Editor George Clowes so he could report on the teacher union's annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6. -
Colorado Court Kills Bilingual Initiative
Opinion -The Colorado Supreme Court on July 12 unanimously rejected a pending ballot initiative which, if approved, would have virtually eliminated that state's bilingual education programs. -
Arizona Bilingual Reform Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
Opinion -Arizona bilingual education reform leaders on June 28 officially filed petitions bearing the signatures required to qualify their "English for the Children" initiative for the November 7 ballot. -
They’re Running the Children Through Public Schools like Cattle: an interview with Tim Draper
Opinion -With vouchers, schools are accountable to the people who matter the most: They're accountable to parents. -
Kids First! Yes! Attracts Endorsements
Opinion -Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus In July, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus threw his support behind the Kids First! Yes! initiative, saying it was a way to improve all Michigan schools. -
Alternative Route Boosts NJ Teacher Quality
Opinion -Many alternative certification programs have been initiated over the years in response to teacher shortages present and projected. -
Dedicated to Coverdell, GOP Platform Promotes School Choice
Opinion -The Republican Party platform, approved at the start of the party's convention in Philadelphia, was dedicated at that time to the memory of the late Senator Paul Coverdell of Georgia, who had been the principal congressional advocate of education -
Ten tips to help our planet . . . revisited
Opinion -On the final page of the calendar that Environmental Defense (formerly known as the Environmental Defense Fund) sends to millions of potential contributors, you’ll find a list of ten things you can do to protect the environment. -
Warming up to carbon dioxide
Opinion -A recent cascade of government reports portends biospheric doom and gloom once increased temperatures and higher carbon dioxide (CO2) levels establish themselves. -
Ocean depth and salinity can counter warming
Opinion -Gee, predicting the climate 100 years from now might be trickier than we thought. That would be an honest assessment of 25 years of trying to mathematically model how increasing greenhouse gases will affect our planet by the year 2100.
