School Reform News
The Heartland Institute's monthly outreach publication for the national movement for greater competition and choice in K-12 schooling.
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School Reform News
May 2006
Barriers to Innovation in Government-Run Schools
Editor's note: This is the fifth installment in a seven-part series showing why charter schools do not have the freedom needed to create significant educational ... (read more)
Editor's note: This is the fifth installment in a seven-part series showing why charter schools do not have the freedom needed to create significant educational ... (read more)
Campus Murder, Lawsuit Spur Calls for School Choice in Texas
Most of the arguments made for allowing parents to send their children to the schools of their own choosing focus on underperforming schools and missed ... (read more)
Most of the arguments made for allowing parents to send their children to the schools of their own choosing focus on underperforming schools and missed ... (read more)
Carnegie Corporation Leads Literacy Drive
With adolescent literacy rates flattening across the nation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York is renewing its investment in a 2002 national initiative ... (read more)
With adolescent literacy rates flattening across the nation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York is renewing its investment in a 2002 national initiative ... (read more)
Colo. May Limit Non-Classroom Spending
Colorado voters this fall will determine the fate of a popular proposal designed to add funds to the state's school classrooms. Organized education interest ... (read more)
Colorado voters this fall will determine the fate of a popular proposal designed to add funds to the state's school classrooms. Organized education interest ... (read more)
Developing a School Choice Program, from the Grassroots Up
Editor's note: In October 2005, Virginia Walden Ford--executive director of D.C. Parents for School Choice--spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Illinois School ... (read more)
Editor's note: In October 2005, Virginia Walden Ford--executive director of D.C. Parents for School Choice--spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Illinois School ... (read more)
Disaffected with Teaching? Think Bangalore
Review of The Dark Side of School Reform: Teaching in the Space between Reality and Utopia by Jeffrey S. Brooks (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education) 2005, ... (read more)
Review of The Dark Side of School Reform: Teaching in the Space between Reality and Utopia by Jeffrey S. Brooks (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education) 2005, ... (read more)
Getting Through High-Stakes Tests Without High Anxiety
This spring, many high school seniors will take a basic skills exam--either the SAT or ACT. Many younger students will face end-of-grade tests. These high-stakes ... (read more)
This spring, many high school seniors will take a basic skills exam--either the SAT or ACT. Many younger students will face end-of-grade tests. These high-stakes ... (read more)
Governor OKs Milwaukee Voucher Expansion
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) on March 10 signed legislation expanding Milwaukee's innovative school voucher program, averting what some education reformers ... (read more)
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) on March 10 signed legislation expanding Milwaukee's innovative school voucher program, averting what some education reformers ... (read more)
Kansas Education Chief Advocates Vouchers
Two qualities set Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins apart from other states' chief school officers. One: He came to the job from outside the ... (read more)
Two qualities set Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins apart from other states' chief school officers. One: He came to the job from outside the ... (read more)
Maine Islanders Approve Universal School Vouchers
In early March, the people of Swans Island, Maine, a town without a secondary school, voted to pay for their children's education with local tax funds at ... (read more)
In early March, the people of Swans Island, Maine, a town without a secondary school, voted to pay for their children's education with local tax funds at ... (read more)
May 2006 School Reform News (PDF)
The May 2006 issue of School Reform News reports that Arizona, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin expanded their school choice offerings, giving more students access ... (read more)
The May 2006 issue of School Reform News reports that Arizona, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin expanded their school choice offerings, giving more students access ... (read more)
New Hampshire Senate Passes Scholarship Program
Later this year, if the New Hampshire House agrees with a measure passed by the state Senate on January 18, students in low-income families in the Granite ... (read more)
Later this year, if the New Hampshire House agrees with a measure passed by the state Senate on January 18, students in low-income families in the Granite ... (read more)
Parents See Bigger Problems than Math and Science
Over the past year, several prominent education and business groups have warned American students must improve their mastery of math and science if they ... (read more)
Over the past year, several prominent education and business groups have warned American students must improve their mastery of math and science if they ... (read more)
School Choice Expanding in Three States
Three states either created new school choice programs or expanded existing ones in late March--a trend suggesting the movement is gaining wider support ... (read more)
Three states either created new school choice programs or expanded existing ones in late March--a trend suggesting the movement is gaining wider support ... (read more)
Spending Increases Don't Improve Student Achievement: Report
On February 23, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 12th edition of its annual Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State ... (read more)
On February 23, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 12th edition of its annual Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State ... (read more)
