IN THE NEWS - HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTARIES
Grassroot Institute is regularly featured in news articles and broadcasts around the state. Here is a sample of some of our recent articles, research stories, and other articles of interest.
Georgetown University Study Finds Choice Works in D.C.
By Aaron Atwood
According to a second-year evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) conducted by Georgetown University's School Choice Demonstration Project, parents see positive changes through school choice.
(To read more, click here.)
Religious Schools Help Close the Achievement Gap
By Evan Feinberg
For forty years, the federal government has sought to close the "achievement gap" by increasing federal involvement in and spending on public education. But the achievement gap persists; students from higher-socioeconomic backgrounds and white students continue to outperform children from lower socioeconomic or minority backgrounds.
Expanding government efforts have failed to solve the achievement gap, but religious schools have succeeded where the public schools have failed. If eliminating the achievement gap is a main goal of education policy, new evidence on religious schools suggests it is time to rethink the current strategy.
(To read more, click here.)
Marketing Schools
By Paul Jacob
Something a bit odd is happening in Michigan. Public school districts are advertising . . . in newspapers, on radio, through the mail.
All sorts of enterprises advertise for customers, of course. What's odd is that it still seems odd . . . for education.
In Michigan it's happening because of a new set of laws regarding "schools of choice." The state now allows school districts to accept students out of district. And this means more school choice than before.
And where there's choice, there's advertising.
(To read more, click here.)
GRASSROOT CORRESPONDENCE
Akaka Bill: Majority of Population Doesn’t Back Measure
By Tom MacDonald
Rep. Mazie Hirono was wrong when she stated in her press release on July 13 that the majority of the population in Hawai'i supports the Akaka bill.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs paid for a survey, in which OHA helped write the questions, which concluded just the opposite...
(To read more, click here.)
Forget the Polls, It's Time for Discussion
By Mike Rethman
It seems what's needed is a serious statewide discussion concerning what makes sense to assist those who are in need and are of native Hawaiian ancestry — in the context of the overarching American principle that discrimination solely on the basis of race or ancestry is generally considered antithetical to the U.S. Constitution.
(To read more, click here.)
FRESH PERSPECTIVE
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July 31 marks the 95th anniversary of groundbreaking economist Milton Friedman’s birth. Here in Hawaii we will be celebrating with a special remembrance luncheon to commemorate the great man and his historic ideas.