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Parents Trusted Most To Reform Calif. Schools
Opinion -According to a recent statewide poll, only 6 percent of Californians feel that their public schools provide a "quality education," with more than three out of five agreeing that the schools need a "major overhaul. -
Union Merger Appears Unlikely
Opinion -At their upcoming conventions in July, the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers are scheduled to vote on a proposal to merge the two organizations, but it already seems unlikely that the NEA will be able to secure the -
Philadelphia Schools Face State Takeover
Opinion -Philadelphia Public Schools Superintendent David W. Hornbeck threatened in February to close the city's schools if the state did not provide the funds needed to balance his proposed budget. -
Some Textbooks Propagate Ignorance, Not Learning
Opinion -Although K-12 textbooks exert a profound influence on teachers and students, no national textbook evaluation process exists to scrutinize textbooks before they are adopted by America's public schools. -
No Calculations in Touchy-Feely Math
Opinion -In the early days of Outcome-Based Education at Oregon's Cottage Grove High School, some mathematics classes were assigned "self-reflection" homework that asked students to write about their expectations: What does success mean to you? -
Voucher Critics Smear Unwelcome Research Findings
Opinion -"Interest groups have learned that they can successfully check research contrary to their goals by producing their own studies, no matter how lousy, to sow confusion among policymakers, journalists, and the attentive public about what to believe."Jay P. -
Big Brother On Board
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seems bent on becoming the country’s most intrusive government agency, a distinction most agree is currently held by the Internal Revenue Service. -
Crisis in Education Debuts
Opinion -In February, the Morley Institute published the premier issue of Crisis in Education, its new 60-page magazine. Edited by Robert Holland, the magazine focuses on restoring educational freedom. -
Educational Freedom Report
Opinion -Fewer Chicago Catholic schools are likely to face the prospect of closing because of a change in approach since Cardinal Francis George took over the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago in May 1997. -
Business Approach Nets Turnaround for Texas Education
Opinion -By applying a business approach to accountability in their public schools, lawmakers in the Lone Star State have over the past decade turned Texas into one of the highest-performing states in the nation in terms of educational achievement. -
Directory Profiles Nation’s Charter Schools
Opinion -With the opening of 784 charter schools since 1990, the public school choice movement has clearly demonstrated that new schools will spring up when parents are given the opportunity to direct education tax dollars to the schools of their choice. -
Veto Puts Clinton At Odds With DC Residents
Opinion -A few days after President Clinton vetoed a pilot program to provide tuition vouchers to 2,000 poor children in Washington, DC, a new Washington Post poll showed that most District residents favor the idea of using vouchers to help low-income families -
Charter School Survey
Opinion -The Center for Education Reform's 1997-1998 National Charter School Directory includes the results of a survey of charter schools in operation in the 1996-1997 school year. -
More Turmoil in DC
Opinion -The former U.S. Army general who took control of the public schools in the nation's capital in January 1997 has resigned. Running the city's schools had been his toughest job, said 71-year-old Julius W. Becton Jr. -
06/1998 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -School choice news from the states. -
Babbitt’s Credibility in Question After Exaggerated ESA Claims
Opinion -With his widely reported May 5 announcement that he was removing 33 species of flora and fauna from the endangered species list, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt no doubt hoped to defuse the raging controversy surrounding how the federal government -
Can Property Rights Protect the Environment?
Opinion -What do depleted stocks of cod and haddock in the waters off Canada’s maritime provinces, and the environmental degradation clearly visible on U.S. federal lands, have in common? -
Environmental Education Today: How to Teach Facts, Not Fear: an exclusive interview Jane Shaw
Opinion -Jane Shaw is a Senior Associate of PERC (the Political Economy Research Center) in Bozeman, Montana, a research and educational organization that explores market solutions to environmental problems. -
Global Warming: Enjoy it While You Can
Opinion -Policymakers have been arguing for nearly a decade over what to do about global warming. -
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).
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