Author Archives: Don Soifer
Third-Party Logistics: Keeping America’s Economy Moving Presentation
A Capitol Hill presentation by Don Soifer giving an industry overview and highlighting the benefits of Third-Party Logistics. Click here to view this presentation as PDF. [Read More...]
SOLVING VIRGINIA’S CHARTER SCHOOL RIDDLE Issue BriefVirginia’s Governor’s School Program is thriving, while its charter school movement is still struggling to get off the ground. The top Governor’s School, Fairfax County’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, is renowned not only throughout [Read More...]
School Vouchers Give the Poor the Freedom of the Wealthy Letter to the Editor
USA TodayTo the Editor:
Senator Dick Durbin’s Opposing View column (“Voucher Program Flops,” May 19) states that most parents wouldn’t give the results of Washington, DC’s Opportunity Scholarship program “a passing grade.” But they do: [Read More...]
New Jersey’s Promising Public School Choice Issue BriefNew Jersey’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program is a largely unknown reform model whose time may have come. The voluntary program began as a five-year pilot ten years ago, and is still going strong and producing positive results. [Read More...]
Lexington Institute’s Don Soifer on Bilingual Education on “Destination Casa Blanca” Lexington Institute’s Don Soifer debates the future of bilingual education with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Aspira President Ron Blackburn-Moreno on the national cable television program “Destination Casa Blanca,” hosted by Ray Suarez. Segment 1 Segment 2 [Read More...]
FEDERALIZING PRE-K COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD Issue BriefAll signs point to the $787 billion federal economic-stimulus package signed into law on February 17 by President Obama becoming just the beginning of a major increase in governmental involvement in early childhood education, particularly of 3- and [Read More...]
Virginia Graduation Rates Show Need for Improvement Issue Brief
Virginia’s Class of 2008 had an on-time graduation rate of 82.1 percent, and a dropout rate of 8.7 percent, according to new data from the Virginia Department of Education. The worse news is that the dropout rate for [Read More...]
Linguistic Isolation Carries a Heavy Cost Article
NewAmericaMedia.orgNobody knows for certain what made Jiverly Wong walk into a citizenship class for immigrants in Binghamton, New York and open fire with two handguns, killing 13 people before taking his own life.
But his sister noted that [Read More...]
The Value of English Proficiency to the United States Economy Research StudyWhat is the cost to the United States economy attributable to a lack of basic English skills? There are currently over 11 million English learners living in the United States, including over 5 million currently attending elementary and [Read More...]
The Value of English Proficiency to the United States Economy Research Study
What is the cost to the United States economy attributable to a lack of basic English skills? There are currently over 11 million English learners living in the United States, including over 5 million currently attending elementary and [Read More...]