Articles By Author Michael Coulter
Articles by Michael Coulter
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
A new poll indicates Maryland residents are far from satisfied with their public schools and want their legislators to allow alternatives.
The poll found ...(read more)
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
At the end of the 2007-08 school year, Ohio’s autism voucher program completed its fifth year of delivering school choice for parents of autistic ...(read more)
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's (D) veto of a special-needs scholarship bill last year isn't stopping supporters from making another attempt to provide scholarships ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
California's Second Appellate District Court of Appeals touched off a firestorm when it issued an opinion that parents have no right to homeschool their ...(read more)
04/01/2008 12:00 AM
Georgia charter schools--which are public schools of choice--must be approved by a local school board or the Georgia Board of Education, but that might ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
Most parents of children with special learning needs have few educational choices. They can make use of the services offered by their local public school ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
Showing public support for school choice, several Ohio parents testified about the need for a special-needs scholarship program during a House Education ...(read more)
01/01/2008 12:00 AM
A New Jersey trial court has dismissed a lawsuit by some parents of students in failing schools seeking school choice as a remedy.
The case, Crawford ...(read more)
11/09/2007 12:00 AM
On November 6, the nation’s first statewide universal voucher program was defeated in Utah when voters repealed, through referendum, the law that created ...(read more)
10/01/2007 12:00 AM
When the Pennsylvania legislature finalized the state budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year on July 18, lawmakers increased the allocation for the Education ...(read more)
04/01/2007 12:00 AM
On February 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Summary for Policymakers of its Fourth Assessment, even though the full ...(read more)
04/01/2007 12:00 AM
Pennsylvania's state agency responsible for publishing newly enacted regulations ended a two-month showdown with Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on February 10 by publishing ...(read more)
04/01/2007 12:00 AM
On February 27, the New York State Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee held hearings on a proposal by newly elected Gov. Eliot Spitzer ...(read more)
03/01/2007 12:00 AM
Scientist Norman Borlaug received the nation's highest civilian honor--the Congressional Gold Medal--on December 6, 2006, making him one of only 300 or ...(read more)
03/01/2007 12:00 AM
In the closing hours of the 2005-2006 session of the Ohio General Assembly, more students in poorly performing schools gained access to expanded educational ...(read more)
02/01/2007 12:00 AM
Forests are expanding throughout much of the world, according to a study reported November 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The ...(read more)
02/01/2007 12:00 AM
Robert Ferguson had a high-level job at a famous educational institution where he had proved himself for two decades ... but he gave it up to start a new ...(read more)
01/01/2007 12:00 AM
This year, the New Jersey General Assembly will consider a bill that would enable children living in troubled school districts to attend a private school. ...(read more)
12/01/2006 12:00 AM
Houston lawyer Bruce Shortt refers to himself as an ordinary guy who "lives in flyover country." But he has an unusual pastime that has attracted both critics ...(read more)
12/01/2006 12:00 AM
German parents lost their last legal appeal on September 11, 2006 when the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allowed to stand a German Federal Constitutional ...(read more)
11/01/2006 12:00 AM
On September 26, the United States Supreme Court announced it would accept an appeal of a Washington State Supreme Court decision that could greatly affect ...(read more)
10/01/2006 12:00 AM
Incumbent politicians rarely lose elections in the United States, so when they do, it's significant. It is even more newsworthy when an incumbent loses ...(read more)
10/01/2006 12:00 AM
A federal appellate court on July 26 rejected a challenge from environmental activists seeking to close the National Petroleum Reserve to oil recovery. ...(read more)
10/01/2006 12:00 AM
Rusting and abandoned barges sitting on the Ohio River outside of Pittsburgh were recently removed, and the metal was recycled, by a company acting for ...(read more)
10/01/2006 12:00 AM
A report released this summer by The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis (CDA) demonstrates a strong relationship between state regulation and ...(read more)
