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Other Findings
Opinion -As well as student academic improvement, the program's effective serving of target families, and parental satisfaction, Dr. Kim K. -
Will Computers Replace Teachers?
Opinion -Stateline.org staff writer Tiffany Danitz reported in October that not everyone is delighted with the emergence of virtual high schools. -
Parental Satisfaction
Opinion -While no approach satisfies everyone, even where they have exercised choice, parents of voucher students are much more satisfied than parents in the public school system. -
11/1999 State Education Roundup
Opinion -California District of Columbia * Florida * Hawaii Massachusetts * Nebraska * Nevada * New Hampshire New Jersey * Pennsylvania * Rhode Island * Washington CALIFORNIA Using Grades 11-12 for College Courses Some students could graduate from -
Cleveland Vouchers Begin to Pay Dividends
Opinion -News about Cleveland’s voucher program came in rapid-fire succession around the opening of the 1999-2000 school year. But perhaps the most significant development came last . . . and received the least coverage from the mainstream media. -
Commentary: Choice, Critics, and ‘Creaming’
Opinion -Critics of school choice programs repeatedly predict that students will be "creamed," as top students leave public schools to attend a school of their choice. -
Cut Subsidies to Pay for Vouchers, Says McCain
Opinion -As if his advocacy of school vouchers hadn’t made him enough enemies in the teacher unions, GOP Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain stirred up even more in a recent speech to veterans. -
Education Key in Presidential Race
Opinion -"Improving education" will be "very important" to 80 percent of Americans in deciding how they cast their votes in the next Presidential election, according to a poll released in September by ABC and The Washington Post. -
Education Leaders Council: Education Reform: A National Conquest
Opinion -It takes more than a little wind to keep intrepid education reformers down. Hurricane Floyd may have blown us a little off-course, but the ELC Conference is back on track. -
Failing Students Drafted for Summer School
Opinion -At--tention! You're in school now! I am your drill instructor and I am going to make students and teachers out of you! Although New Orleans schools this year are being run by a retired U.S. -
FunBrain.com: A Smart Place to Play
Opinion -Learning is a lot more fun when a funky cartoon gorilla coaches you in grammar, or when you can score home runs for correctly solving a math problem. That’s the premise behind FunBrain. -
Helping Teachers Raise Student Achievement: an interview with William L. Sanders
Opinion -When a sports player wants to work on improving his or her game, it's not very productive to spend time simply looking at the scores of recent games. -
How I Spent My Summer Vacation…in School
Opinion -Chicago's no-nonsense approach to social promotion has been taken up by many other cities and school districts across the nation. -
Is Remedial Ed Necessary?
Opinion -Offering remedial education courses in colleges and universities to high school graduates who are under-prepared for college-level work is a serious error, according to the former interim president of the City University of New York's Bernard M. -
Johnson’s Voucher Vision
Opinion -New Mexico doesn't have a voucher program yet, but the state already has three important lessons for school choice advocates--thanks to the leadership of Republican Governor Gary Johnson. -
More Voucher Myths Dispelled
Opinion -Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in Washington, DC, on September 23 to testify before a U.S. House panel about his opportunity scholarship program. -
Contracting Out for School Support Services
Opinion -Like every individual and organization on the planet, public schools are dogged by the most fundamental proposition of economics: Resources are scarce. -
How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Teacher Unions
Opinion -American taxpayers are unknowingly providing substantial subsidies to the nation's largest teacher unions through items incorporated into collective bargaining agreements with local school district officials, according to Myron Lieberman, chairman of -
The Battle for Freedom Starts with Our Land: an Exclusive Interview with Helen Chenoweth
Opinion -The Honorable Helen Chenoweth is a third-term Congressman representing Idaho’s First Congressional District. -
10/1999 News Briefs
Opinion -Termites Don’t Pass Gas The University of Iowa has discovered that, despite a high-fiber diet--such as your home--termites do not pass methane gas, as do cattle, which also have a high-fiber diet. -
The Internet Begins with Coal
Opinion -Every measure of the Internet shows explosive growth in numbers of users, number of Web sites, bandwith, and the billions of dollars in e-commerce. -
The Country Reacts to Cleveland Ruling
Opinion -"Finally, I have a chance to give my children hope of succeeding in the school system and they try to take it away. -
Ripple Effect Improves Public Schools
Opinion -A new research report from the Center for Education Reform provides solid evidence to show that--as well as improving education for those students who attend charter schools--charter schools improve education for students who remain in traditional -
Vouchers Siphon Funds into Cleveland Public Schools
Opinion -Contrary to the claims of teacher union officials, who warn that vouchers take money away from public schools, a 1997 study demonstrated that the Cleveland Public Schools received a net surplus of $118,473 because of the city's voucher program.