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Ladies’ Home Journal Exposes Outcome-Based-Education
Opinion -"I put the blame squarely on Outcome-Based-Education and Cottage Grove High School. They robbed my daughter of her education. -
Lawmakers Seek to Block Kyoto Treaty ‘Implementation Without Ratification’
Opinion -Concerned that the Clinton administration is moving ahead with plans to carry out the terms of the as-yet unratified Kyoto Protocol, opponents of the controversial global warming treaty are rallying behind new legislation designed to thwart “back door” -
Opposition Mounts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Initiative
Opinion -Less than a year after it withstood a barrage of criticism and imposed controversial new air quality standards, the Environmental Protection Agency is embroiled in a new, potentially even more explosive, battle. -
Secrecy May Prove the Undoing of American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Opinion -Congressman Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho), concerned that the American Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI) will lead state and local governments to surrender their constitutional authority to 13 federal agencies, has been waging a personal battle against the -
Study: New Environmental Initiatives Threaten to Undermine Electricity Deregulation
Opinion -Hopes that deregulation of the electric utility industry will lead to lower costs for consumers may never be realized, according to a study released May 27 by the Washington-based Edison Electric Institute (EEI). -
What Can Parents Do?
Opinion -Ladies' Home Journal offers this advice to parents who may wonder if their children are learning the right things at school: Ask your child about school. If something seems strange, talk to the teacher--and the principal, if necessary. -
More Services Outsourced by LA School District
Opinion -The Los Angeles Unified School District recently approved contracts totaling almost $5 million to two private companies to provide supplemental education services for students in the nation's second largest school district, which has 682,000 students, -
Californians to Vote on Banning Bilingual Ed
Opinion -On June 2, voters in California will cast their ballots on Proposition 227, an initiative that would eliminate bilingual education programs in the state. -
Court Battles Over Choice in Milwaukee and Vermont
Opinion -A legal challenge to the Milwaukee school voucher program prompted a 16-bus caravan of choice supporters to travel from Milwaukee to Madison on March 4 to gather for a large school choice rally on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. -
Class Size Reduction: Been There, Done That
Opinion -A very consistent picture emerges from a new and extensive investigation into research on the effects of class size on student performance: Little systematic gain in performance is achieved by reducing class size. -
Reforming Education With School Choice
Opinion -"Education reform should begin with opening up opportunities for all families to send their children to the very best schools possible," declared James Mansour, CEO America’s national chairman, at a March 10 Congressional briefing on school choice in -
Paycheck Protection against Union Deductions
Opinion -Polls show that voters strongly support California's Proposition 226, the "Paycheck Protection" initiative appearing on the ballot on June 2. -
Crisis in Education Magazine Debuts
Opinion -In February, the Morley Institute published the premier issue of Crisis in Education, a new 60-page magazine edited by Robert Holland. -
LA Mayor Welcomes Private Voucher Program
Opinion -Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan welcomed as a "worthy experiment" a $20 million private scholarship plan that would provide at least 5,000 of the city's 681,000 students with $1,000 vouchers annually for four years to attend the private or religious -
A Strategy to Improve Student Achievement
Opinion -State legislatures and Congress could place an "indelible positive stamp on the Nation's future" if, instead of mandating specific approaches to school reform (such as reduced class sizes), they mandated research into how schools can be improved, argues -
Opponents Fail to Dilute Minnesota Tax Credits
Opinion -The Minnesota legislature adjourned on April 9 without passing any of the three bills that threatened to dilute the state's new tax credit and expanded tax deduction for educational expenses. -
“What’s Recess?”
Opinion -When the Cleveland Avenue grammar school was built two years ago, it had no playground. But none was necessary because the Atlanta public schools had eliminated recess as a time-waster. Students are now confined in school with no free time from 8 a.m. -
Pennsylvania Teachers Union Attacks Local Choice Plan
Opinion -The Institute for Justice, a Washington, DC-based public interest law firm that is the nation's leading legal defender of school choice, announced on April 16 that it will defend the Southeast Delaware County school choice program against a court -
05/1998 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -California * Colorado * Connecticut Pennsylvania * Texas * Wisconsin CALIFORNIA Toy Teaches Phonics When Mike Wood's pre-school son had trouble sounding out letters seven years ago, Wood helped teach him to read by using phonics. -
Unions Oppose Privatization
Opinion -Privatization and performance contracting are two of several “deleterious programs” identified by the National Education Association, which has a specific staff member available to call "for help in fighting privatization. -
Business and Academic Leaders Join Call for Regulatory Reform
Opinion -As prospects for regulatory reform in this session of Congress fade, a nonpartisan group of business and education leaders has called for a major overhaul of the way Congress writes regulatory legislation. -
Study: Synthetic Chemicals Not Major Cause of Cancer
Opinion -Human exposure to carcinogenic pesticides is minuscule compared to the “background” exposure to carcinogens produced by nature, according to a new report from two of the nation’s leading cancer experts. -
States Protest Environmental Justice Plan
Opinion -Top state environmental officials have formally urged EPA to rescind the environmental justice interim guidance. -
Study Questions Proposed Superfund Exemption for Municipalities
Opinion -With Congress once again poised to miss an opportunity to overhaul the nation’s costly hazardous waste cleanup program, a Washington-based think tank contends that a key component of popular Superfund reform proposals is seriously flawed.
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