Opinion
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Aurora, Illinois Municipal Wi-Fi Stalls
Opinion -Efforts to establish a municipal wi-fi system in Aurora, Illinois have stalled as prospective Internet service provider MetroFi has sought financial commitments from the municipality. -
New York City Imposes ‘e-Waste’ Mandate
Opinion -The New York City Council has passed a measure requiring city residents to recycle electronic equipment in lieu of sending it to a landfill. -
A Bill of Rights to Enshrine Net Neutrality?
Opinion -After changing its mind about throttling Bittorrent traffic in March, Comcast pulled a 180ยบ turn on network neutrality. -
Google’s Role in Spectrum Auction Questioned
Opinion -Google, Inc. has announced details of its involvement in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) auction of the C block of the 700 MHz spectrum. The auction, which took place between January 24 and March 18, 2008, was ultimately won by Verizon. -
Failing Schools and Local Districts Undermining Families’ NCLB Options
Opinion -One of the major promises of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been that kids in chronically bad schools will be able to reach beyond those institutions for help. According to a U.S. -
On November Ballot, Florida Voters Will Decide Fate of School Vouchers
Opinion -In a move that will almost certainly revive legal battles over using taxpayer money for private schools, a commission has agreed to give voters an opportunity to reverse a 2006 Florida Supreme Court decision that found then-Gov. -
Experts Weigh in on Vouchers, Teacher Unions, Failing Schools
Opinion -"Ballot initiatives are notoriously tough to pass because it's harder to convince people to enact something new than keep the status quo. -
New School Choice Yearbook Offers Up-to-Minute Facts, Figures
Opinion -More than 150,000 children are participating in 16 school choice programs in nine states and the District of Columbia, according to the School Choice Yearbook 2007, released in April by the Alliance for School Choice, the nation's largest organization -
South Carolina Sees Controversy over School Choice, First Amendment
Opinion -A controversy over whether a school district has the right to deny taxpayers access to communication channels bought with tax dollars, on the basis of their political views, has arisen in South Carolina. -
Search Is on for Nation’s Worst Teachers
Opinion -Urinating in a bottle and leaving it in a public school administrator's office sounds like something a particularly ill-behaved middle-school boy might do. -
School Choice Makes Strides in Louisiana
Opinion -New measures introduced by Louisiana policymakers make the forecast for more school choice positive, thanks to a $10 million initiative included in Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) 2008-2009 budget. -
School Choice Options Are Key to Milwaukee’s Competitiveness
Opinion -The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) represents thousands of employers in the greater Milwaukee area. -
Trapped City Kids Need Tickets Out, Not More Edu-Insider Chit-Chat
Opinion -On April 1 America's Promise Alliance, a coalition of the nation's education elite, released a report on the school dropout problem, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. -
Washington Democratic State Senator Sues to Overturn Taxpayer Protections
Opinion -To overcome a forecast $2.4 billion budget deficit, the majority leader of the Washington state senate is suing the state to make it easier for lawmakers to raise taxes. -
States Moving to Weight-Based Taxes on Smokeless Tobacco Products
Opinion -For some lawmakers, switching their states from an ad valorem tax on smokeless tobacco products to a unit-based tax is a matter of fairness. For others it is a matter of stabilizing revenue. For others it's a matter of health. -
Intellectual Property Rights at Stake in Fla.
Opinion -A lawsuit filed in a Gainesville, Florida U.S. District Court could determine whether university professors can claim exclusive rights to their lecture notes. -
Maryland Taxpayers Pay Big Money for Controversial E-Voting System
Opinion -A new study based on data collected from Maryland state government agencies reveals the state's elections now cost 10 times what they did in 2002, almost entirely because of the operating costs of the state's direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting -
Court Rules in Favor of TiVo over Dish Network
Opinion -A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling in favor of TiVo in a patent-dispute case with Dish Network over the latter's alleged use of TiVo's proprietary digital-video recorder (DVR) technology. -
Public Schools Lose Support of Idaho Parents
Opinion -If the Idaho Public School System were a private business, it would have closed by now, according to a study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. -
Assigned Readings Show Teacher’s Alarmist Prejudice
Opinion -A detailed look at several of the articles apparently consulted by students in the sixth grade classroom of teacher Michael Steria at David A. Brown Middle School in Wildomar, California suggests the extent of the indoctrination inflicted on the children. -
Chicago Midway Airport Privatization Takes Wing
Opinion -Chicago's Midway International Airport, which handles 19 million passengers a year, could become the first major commercial airport in the United States to go private. -
Labor Union Density Shows First Uptick Since 1983
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) annual report on union membership in the United States has logged the first increase in union membership as a share of the U.S. workforce in nearly 25 years. -
Public-Sector Unions Must Disclose Financial Dealings, District Court Rules
Opinion -A U.S. District Court judge has ruled federal financial transparency laws apply to certain public-sector unions, traditionally exempt from such regulations.