Opinion
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Maine Families Challenge Exclusion of Religious Schools
Opinion -In a case that could set an important precedent for state education programs that discriminate against religious schools, the Washington, DC-based Institute for Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging the exclusion of religious schools from Maine’s -
New Poll Shows Increased Support for Vouchers
Opinion -Showing a sharp increase over last year, the idea of using tax money to send students to private and parochial schools is now favored by a majority of parents with children in public schools. -
Oregon Eliminates Tenure
Opinion -Lawmakers in the Beaver State toppled a pillar of union protectionism when they eliminated teacher tenure in a bill signed by Democratic Governor John A. Kitzhaber on August 15. -
Redbook Blasts Unions for Bad Teachers
Opinion -“Bad or incompetent teachers may be verbally or even physically abusive. They may not know the subject matter, or be unable to communicate it. They may be incapable of running an orderly class or may be lazy or burned out. -
Senate: Insist that the Science “Be There” on Global Warming
Opinion -Dr. S. Fred Singer is president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project in Fairfax, Virginia. -
Stop Funding Bureaucracy, Congress Told
Opinion -Members of Congress were recently reminded that U.S. taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on Title I, special education, and bilingual programs that do not help and even harm some children. -
‘Super Rice’ set to Feed Millions of Hungry Asians
Opinion -For the second time in three decades, science is on the verge of providing a way to feed rapidly rising populations in the world's poorer countries. -
Taking on the Teachers’ Unions
Opinion -Last year, an arbitrator found that the California Teachers Association had overcharged agency fee payers over $7 million and ordered proportional rebates to more than 700 teachers who had objected to the union’s calculation of compelled agency fees as -
Teachers File Suit against Washington Union
Opinion -On June 24, a group of ten teachers filed suit against the Washington Education Association for taking money from their paychecks without permission and using the funds to pay for the union’s political lobbying activities. -
The Education Industry
Opinion -The Education Industry Report, from the St. -
What Parents Demand
Opinion -“We are asking the Denver District Court to do what DPS and the teachers union won’t,” declare Sharlot Smith and John Wilkins, co-chairs of the Denver Parents Association and plaintiffs in a class-action suit filed against the Denver Public Schools. -
Idaho’s Voice for Parents in Education
Opinion -Dr. Anne C. Fox was elected the state of Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1994. -
Clinton Backs EPA’s Tough New Air Quality Standards
Opinion -Lest anyone think that President Clinton would listen to the labor wing of the Democratic Party and urge EPA Administrator Carol Browner to back away from her agency’s hard-line proposals to curb ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter, the -
EPA, States Clash over Environmental Policies
Opinion -State legislatures and regulatory agencies have begun to assert their authority to set environmental priorities for their respective states. -
DOE Report: Climate Treaty Will Devastate U.S. Industries
Opinion -In the most comprehensive study to date examining the potential economic effects of a climate change treaty, a report released on July 15 by the U.S. -
Falcons’ Birth Recorded in Conn.
Opinion -For the first time in five decades, the birth of peregrine falcons was documented in June by Connecticut state environment officials. Three chicks were discovered in a nest on the Travelers Tower in downtown Hartford. -
Heritage Rivers Initiative Draws Hail of Protests
Opinion -A Clinton administration initiative said to be aimed at revitalizing the nation's river communities has run into stiff opposition from property rights advocates who fear that beneath the sheepskin is the wolf of a federal land grab. -
Massachusetts Considers Toxics Legislation
Opinion -Massachusetts state legislators are considering a bill that would require the state’s Department of Public Health to create and make available to the public a Toxic Effects Warning List. -
OMB Seeks Public Comment on Report on Cost of Regulations
Opinion -Alarmed by the rising cost of new federal regulations, Congress included a provision in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1996 requiring the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to prepare by September 30, 1997 an accounting -
Popular Parks Can and Should Pay Their Way, Study Says
Opinion -It is no secret that many of America's beloved national parks are in an appalling state of disrepair, served by deteriorating roads and crumbling facilities. -
Are Roaches Top Cause of Asthma?
Opinion -Announcing his support for EPA's new standards for particulate matter (PM) and ground-level ozone, President Clinton boasted that the regulations would benefit children. -
Scientist: EPA’s New Air Quality Standards May be Harmful to Health
Opinion -With EPA ready to implement its stringent new air quality standards, a leading scientist has warned that the agency's regulation for particulate matter (PM) is not only premature, but may even be harmful to public health because the scientific -
Air Pollution and SIDS
Opinion -A new study issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes that air pollution causes SIDS and other post-neonatal mortality. -
08/1997 News Briefs
Opinion -American Land Sovereignty Act (HR-901) Congressman Don Young's (R-Alaska) bill to protect American public and private lands from jurisdictional encroachments by United Nations programs (such as Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites) came out of