Education (k-12)
Wednesday, January 9, 2008Want Accountable Schools? Use ChoiceFiled As: Education (k-12)Opponents of school choice say that it will lead to schools being unaccountable. I offer a brief rejoinder to that argument in this op-ed.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008Pay (Some) Teachers MoreFiled As: Education (k-12)Some ideas are nearly universal: motherhood, apple pie, and .... "teachers need to be paid more." Michael Quinn Sullivan, of Empower Texans , has a somewhat different idea: pay some teachers ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008Education Reform as Economic DevelopmentFiled As: Education (k-12)There are many different kinds of charter schools. One that will open its doors this fall is the project of a small community development organizations in the poorest census tract of Kansas City, Kansas. KCK, as the smaller city on the western side of the Kansas/Missouri border, has historically been ... more »»
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008Will Anyone Show up at the Birthday Party?Filed As: Education (k-12)Today is the sixth birthday of No Child Left Behind, writes Andrew J. Coulson. Will anyone celebrate? The law has had some benefits, such as focusing the attention on performance and giving ... more »»
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Monday, January 7, 2008We'll Take "No Pay Increase," AlexFiled As: Education (k-12)A teacher union in Washington state faces the possibility that its members will get a pay raise. Naturally, the union ... rejects the pay raise. The reason? Union solidarity, of course. The extra pay would go specifically to teachers in hard-to-staff fields such as math and science. The more »»
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Monday, December 31, 2007School Choice Database for ColoradoFiled As: Education (k-12)Even if it doesn't have a voucher or tuition tax credit program, Colorado does has a measure of school choice. The Independence Institute lets parents explore these options in its web site, more »»
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Sunday, December 30, 2007And Now, the Charter DistrictFiled As: Education (k-12)Charter public schools are an important element in school reform. Will they be joined by charter districts? California, Florida, and Georgia have provisions for "charter districts." As with charter schools, the logic is to cut through some of the red tape that contributes to the ... more »»
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Thursday, December 27, 2007NYT: "Charter Schools Outshine Others"Filed As: Education (k-12)Public charter schools, one types of schools of choice, scored big in New York City. The headline in the New York Times says a lot: "Charter Schools Outshine Others." The story is ... more »»
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Saturday, December 22, 2007The Antiquated Monopoly and Today's DiversityFiled As: Education (k-12)Diversity in society as well as the failings of our current k-12 system suggest that we move away from funding schools and towards funding students says Brandon Dutcher, vice president of policy for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs:
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Friday, December 21, 2007We're Ignorant, but We Have High Self-EsteemFiled As: Education (k-12)Stop me if you've heard this joke before: American students are weak on knowledge but strong on self-esteem. Wait. That's no joke. It's a sad reality that the Georgia Public Policy Foundation reminds us of today in its more »»
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