Author Archives: Robert Holland
Character Education: Another Niche for Charter Schools Issue BriefFrom kindergarten to the great universities, increased attention is being paid to the proper place of character formation in education. Much energy and resources are going into helping educators find useful tools for implementing character education.
This movement [Read More...]
Scholarship Tax Credits TestimonyChairman Parrish and Members of the Committee, and
Chairman Orrock and Members of the Subcommittee:
One of the most appealing features of federalism is that each state is a laboratory of change and all states may learn from how [Read More...]
Virginia Can Improve Schools and Save Money Issue BriefWith the General Assembly back in session, a major worry will be how to make tough budget-balancing cutbacks without disrupting Virginia’s progress toward raising student achievement in elementary and secondary schools.
A College of William and Mary economist [Read More...]
National Teacher Certification: Advancing Quality or Perpetuating Mediocrity? Issue BriefFor the past 15 years, the U.S. education establishment has urged teachers to seek national certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and has recommended that these supposedly master teachers become eligible for substantial state [Read More...]
Election Returns Spelled Good News for School Choice When proponents of school choice sit down to their Thanksgiving feasts later this month, they will have a long list of 2002 happenings for which to be thankful. Not least among their blessings is the outcome of the November 5 [Read More...]
School Choice Goes on Offense: Updating the Post-Zelman Landscape Research StudyFor decades, critics have hammered away at U.S. elementary and secondary education as a public monopoly that resists innovation. By contrast, many Western European nations have subsidized free parental choice among private and public schools. However, with startling [Read More...]
The Value of More Choice in the Long Run Article Published in the Norfolk Virginian-PilotAs public schools prepare to start a new year, administrators in many localities are grumbling about the burdens and inconsistencies imposed by No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the new law governing federal aid to [Read More...]
Ruling Is A Huge Victory Article Published in The Record (Hackensack, NJ)The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday delivered a huge victory for the right of all parents to direct their children’s education as they see fit.
The 5-4 majority did so by affirming the constitutionality [Read More...]
Could Vouchers Be An Antidote To Ritalin? Article Published in the Providence (RI) JournalVouchers are the education establishment’s worst nightmare. But for parents not knowing where to turn for help for their special-needs children, they can be a dream come true. And for children who’ve been [Read More...]
Warner Has Kept a Promise That Could Help At-Risk Kids Article Published in the Roanoke (VA) TimesGovernor Mark R. Warner vowed during the election campaign last fall to let voters in the most traffic-choked areas of the Old Dominion decide if they wanted a sales tax increase to fund [Read More...]