The most welcome yet controversial feature of President Bush’s long-awaited education initiative is summed up in the word choice. In this century in America, children have been pawns in a monopoly system in which they must attend the school … [Read more...] about Bush’s New Choice Initiative

The most controversial textbooks used in public schools today are the elementary school readers called Impressions. Parents are up in arms against them in many states and at least one lawsuit has been filed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ), which … [Read more...] about Schools Launch Offensive Against Parents

Congress’s watchdog agency, the General Accounting Office, recently released a report (GAO/HRD-91-27) to the Senate on the impact of school-based drug education funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986. Since the passage of this … [Read more...] about GAO Report Proves School Drug Courses are a Cheat

Parents take heart. It is really possible to win a textbook battle with the public schools. Alabama parents just proved it. Alabama is a state which has state textbook adoption, that means that the state Board of Education approves the textbooks … [Read more...] about Alabama Parents Win a Round on Textbooks