Opinion
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Whistleblowers Reveal Culture of Retaliation at EPA
Opinion -David Lewis, a world-renowned microbiologist who spent almost three decades at the Environmental Protection Agency, became so concerned about the misuse of science at the agency that he wrote letters to Vice President Al Gore and EPA Administrator -
Class.com Offers High School Diploma over the Internet
Opinion -The fully accredited Independent Study High School has gone through a number of changes during the almost 70 years it has been owned and operated by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. -
Minnesota Expands Education Tax Credits
Opinion -When Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura signed the state’s 1999 tax bill into law in late May, he endorsed a significant expansion of the state's education tax credit program that will add an estimated 35,000 eligible families to the program. -
Writing, Spelling, and Math Problems
Opinion -How much of a problem can a minor spelling error be? -
Controversy Grows over Genetically Altered Plants, Animals
Opinion -Over two decades ago, "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" poked fun at horror movies. Even today, that film and others quite accurately reflect the irrational fears of genetically engineered crops. -
Commentary: Reforming the Endangered Species Act
Opinion -The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a wonderfully idealistic law apparently written by people who had absolutely no idea how society works. Few could disagree with the law's noble and uplifting goals. -
‘Global Greens’: an Exclusive Interview with James Sheehan
Opinion -James M. Sheehan is director of international environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, DC. -
Saying NO to School Choice
Opinion -David Urbanski, director of the Blum Center for Parental Freedom in Education at Marquette University, Milwaukee, reports that school choice measures introduced during the 1999 legislative sessions of many states failed to win approval, either at the -
Making Better Regulations a Reality
Opinion -Consumers, workers, and all other Americans have a vital stake in improving the federal regulatory process. Good regulations--and there are many--enhance the quality of life for all people. -
First Lady Launches Campaign Against Childhood Asthma
Opinion -First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched an asthma screening program at Draper Elementary School in Washington, DC--the city, she said, with the highest asthma rate in the country. -
ParentLink in Operation
Opinion -Sprint's ParentLink™ Suite is in daily use in Unified School District 469 in Lansing, Kansas. Lansing children or their parents access ParentLink™ voice mail boxes an average of 1. -
07/1999 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Connecticut * District of Columbia * Florida * Illinois * Louisiana Michigan * Missouri * Ohio * Vermont * Wisconsin CONNECTICUT Success Creates Growth in Hartford Thanks to a recent donation of an additional $1 million, the CEO Connecticut -
Poll Finds Illinoisans Support Choice
Opinion -A telephone survey of over 1,000 Illinois residents, taken shortly before the Illinois General Assembly voted to approve the state’s tuition tax credit program, showed three out of four respondents (77 percent) support the idea of permitting parents -
Levin, Thompson Renew Legislative Push for Risk Assessment, Cost-benefit Analysis
Opinion -Picking up where they left off last year, Senators Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) have reintroduced a bill requiring federal agencies to make major regulatory decisions only after they have conducted a risk assessment and -
Organic Farming for Fun and Profit
Opinion -A third-generation farmer says his conversion to organic farming methods in the mid-1980s has proven to be more than just a smart financial move. -
Clean up America by Cleaning out EPA
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency, having been turned into a political tool by the current administration, has jeopardized the lives of the American people and the quality of our environment. -
Minnesota Tax Credit Proves Popular
Opinion -Although the Minnesota state legislature appropriated no money to inform low-income families about the state's education tax credit program, well more than half of the 102,500 eligible families are taking advantage of it, according to an analysis of -
Parental Freedom in the States and Nation
Opinion -Alaska Representative Vic Kohring’s HJR6, a constitutional amendment that would explicitly allow vouchers in the state, has been successfully voted out of two committees, and now awaits action in the House Finance Committee. -
Pennsylvania Voucher Plans Praised, But Attacks Turn Nasty
Opinion -A wide range of business and community groups have endorsed Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge's voucher proposals, and the state legislature has approved a $63 million budget provision to pay for the governor's school choice plans. -
Poll Shows Support for Pennsylvania Choice Proposals
Opinion -A two-thirds majority of Philadelphians support the use of school vouchers to allow parents to select the school they believe is best for their child, according to a new poll conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of -
Rapid Growth Continues for Charter Schools
Opinion -In 1990 there were no charter schools. Today there are 1,205, with another 308 approved to open. Another 34--less than 3 percent of the total--have been closed, either voluntarily or because their charters were revoked or not renewed. -
Reading Is Anything But Natural
Opinion -Must children be taught phonics as part of learning how to read? Or do they learn to read in a natural process, simply by being exposed to the "whole language" of written literature? -
Rotten Apples in the Classroom
Opinion -There is a point in almost all school choice debates where the public school advocate appeals to the emotions of the audience by giving examples of misconduct that has occurred in choice schools: financial mismanagement, fraud, unqualified teachers, or -
Understanding the Teacher Unions
Opinion -The Washington, DC-based Education Policy Institute has published the following three monographs as the start of a new Series on Teacher Unions: Agency Fees: How Fair Are “Fair Share” Fees?