Maintaining the Status Quo in Education
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted August 10, 2009
Potential sources of reforming public education are the institutions of higher education. After all, virtually all of the professionals in the K-12 system are products of higher education, from at least four years for a bachelor's degree to qualify as a teacher to years more for advanced...
How Do We Make Our Schools More Accountable?
By Marc Kilmer, posted April 1, 2009
Accountability is an important concept in our lives. People need to bear the consequences of their actions, for good or ill. Accountability in education is especially important, as education is meant to prepare our children for the rest of their lives. The usual discussion of accountability in...
Academic Achievement - No Excuses Please
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted March 9, 2009
It is no secret that the public school system fails millions of students. Reasons given for this almost invariably concern the students, their families, their communities, their lack of ability, or other excuses that don't place responsibility on the system, or its...
What Direction for Higher Education in Ohio?
By Marc Kilmer, posted February 9, 2009
While other state programs are facing the budget knife, higher education in Ohio is largely being spared. In fact, the Board of Regents is pushing a plan that would expand its funding over the next decade. State taxpayers and students would benefit from a closer scrutiny how the higher...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted January 26, 2009
Two recent commentaries presented overviews of longstanding successful school voucher programs in Maine and Vermont. This issue takes another look at probably the most outstanding individual example of the results of such a program, the St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) in the Vermont town of...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted January 12, 2009
Major institutions, such as the public schools, do not change without external ideas and pressure, and anyone who tries to implement substantive change can expect to be attacked.Jackie DuCote spent years trying to reform education in Louisiana, including gaining passage of more than 50 major...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted December 29, 2008
The National Education Association (NEA) was established in 1857, and the American Federation of Teachers in the beginning of the 20th century but neither evolved as a significant traditional labor union until the 1960s. Unfortunately, as that transition took place, they adopted some of...
Charter Schools: Helping Students and Saving Taxpayers
By Matthew Carr and Beth Lear, posted November 17, 2008
Editor's note: The following viewpoint is based on recently released Buckeye Institute policy brief. Read the full report here.The current public relations war against charter schools led by Ohio's traditional public school district officials, teacher unions, and some of their allies at...
The Difficulty of School Reform
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted September 8, 2008
Few things are as difficult as reforming the public schools. Since the early beginnings of the public school system, with the enactment of the Common School Act in Pennsylvania in 1834 and Horace Mann as Commissioner of Education in Massachusetts a few years later, the schools have...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted August 18, 2008
Government-owned and operated schools not only exist in both developed and developing nations, but are predominant. This creates enormous inertia and vested interests tending to maintain the system, although some chipping away at the monolith continues to take place.Those...
Governor Should Consider Teacher Merit Pay
By Matthew Carr, posted August 13, 2008
Governor Ted Strickland is in the middle of a two-month-long series of forums about education reform in Ohio. Called the "Governor's Conversation on Education," these meetings provide an opportunity for citizens to voice their concerns, opinions and ideas about how to improve our public...
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama both say public schools need work, but neither of their proposed solutions get to the root problem of our education crisis.Mr. McCain has supported President Bush's No Child Left Behind policy, albeit with qualifications, calling the policy a "good beginning"...
Are Children "Creatures of the State?"
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 21, 2008
Most parents undoubtedly believe that their children are their responsibility. But a contrary view has a long history.The point was made by Philadelphian Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Ten years later, in proposing a plan for education in...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 2, 2008
Defenders of public schooling would have you believe that all criticism comes from "the far right," conservatives, those who are anti-school, anti-teacher, anti-teacher unions, taxpayers only concerned about costs, and the like. Some of this may be true, but there are at least two things wrong with...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted May 19, 2008
Shakespeare wrote "That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." True, but would it be as acceptable? What man would dare bring his wife a dozen skunkweed? And how many wives would want them?Words make a difference. Consider the responses a young...
Accountability and School Choice
By Beth Lear and Matthew Carr, posted May 5, 2008
Opponents of school choice argue that private schools are not 'accountable' because they are not subject to detailed regulatory oversight by the state. School choice supporters respond that parents hold private schools accountable through the choices they make in the education marketplace.The...
School Reform Predictions: Easier Said Than Done
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted April 7, 2008
It's been said the only two constants are death and taxes. Not true. There are at least two more: change and the need for change.The need for change is particularly true of public schools in the United States, and has been since the emergence of the system with the passage of...
Union-Backed Group Favors Failed Education Status Quo
By Matthew Carr and Beth Lear, posted March 24, 2008
Defenders of the education status quo get agitated when something they disagree with works well. Vouchers are just such an example. The success of education vouchers across Ohio and the nation has opponents, such as labor union-funded organizations like Policy Matters, desperate to slow...
Teacher Unions Target Home-Schooling
Ohio home-school advocates should take note. A California state appellate court recently handed down a landmark ruling that stunned many parents and could potentially have legal repercussions for families across the country. Judge H. Walter Croskey wrote a court opinion that declared...
School Choice and "Creative Destruction"
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted March 17, 2008
School choice has many variations the most successful of which is the charter school movement. There were no such schools prior to 1992 when the first one opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, a school which still functions today. That lonely beginning has grown in sixteen short years to...
Across the country, governors are rushing to pour more and more tax dollars into state-run preschool programs. Today, all but ten states offer some sort of taxpayer-funded preschool for some three and four year-olds - primarily based on need.According to the National Institute for Early Education...
Does government funding equal government strings?
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted November 5, 2007
A common argument against public funding of parental choice of education is the claim that it would result in government regulations harmful to nongovernment schools. Some fear that such regulation would so burden independent schools as to put them out of business, or make them...
Shortchanging Students in High-Poverty School Districts
By Matthew Carr, Marc Holley, and Nathan Gray, posted September 20, 2007
Ohio’s school funding system has been the source of heated debate, legislative amendment, litigation and general concern for so long that it is difficult to accurately determine just when it all became such a consuming issue. At the heart of all this controversy has been, and continues to be, the question of how the state distributes education resources.
By , posted September 13, 2007
For many liberals and conservatives, the pivotal battleground this election season isn't Iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina. It's Utah. There, a fight over the state's universal K-12 school choice program portends to be the trip wire for the school choice movement across the country.Utah is the...
Teacher Union Contracts Keep Schools from Competing
By David Hansen, posted August 30, 2007
Parental choice in education offers the promise of improving public school systems by holding them accountable to market forces. First, charter schools and private schools innovate and differentiate their product in order to attract parents who want something for their children not offered by the...
Facts About School Finance in Ohio
By Matthew Carr, posted August 13, 2007
Governor Ted Strickland has indicated that reforming school finance is a high priority for his administration. Editorial boards at several major state newspapers have applauded this initiative and lobbyists for the education establishment have no doubt been polishing their presentations. Given the...
Pre-K Schooling: An Irresistible Force?
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 26, 2007
The public school establishment likes to talk reform. Remember Competency Based Teacher Education? Outcome Based Education? The Open Classroom? Once all the rage, although lacking support from research or practical experience, they are rarely mentioned today.Some ideas have a longer gestation...
School Legal Issues: Footnotes and Sidelights
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 19, 2007
While it certainly isn't unique to school issues, too often debates over controversial matters miss significant points or, worse, raise ones that are simply irrelevant or downright wrong. As someone once said, his problem wasn't what he didn't know, but what he knew that was wrong. Consider, again,...
Class Size: Where Belief Trumps Reality
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 21, 2007
The size of classrooms can make a difference in the education of children. But perhaps no belief is so expensive or contrary to the facts than that which maintains smaller classes, as determined by some arbitrary number, is a cost effective way to benefit students.It is to be expected educators...
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 8, 2007
Though educators often dismiss some students as being unable to learn, there exist many documented cases of disadvantaged students excelling in school. Some of the most important characteristics of disadvantaged, successful, schools is emphasis on high standards and hard work.
Setting the Record Straight on Ohio's Charter Schools
By Matthew Carr, posted June 7, 2007
During the current debate over the future of Ohio's fledging charter schools, opponents often rely on myths and distortions to tar a promising educational initiative. It's time to set the record straight. Charter school opponents typically forward a misleading three-point criticism. They say...
Ohio's Public Schools and Public Opinion
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 7, 2007
A recent survey of Ohioans conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found, among other things, that the state’s residents believe that much of the money allotted to public schools is wasted, and that the state’s voucher program should be expanded.
School Funding as a Distraction
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted May 24, 2007
Education spending in America ranges from $15,000 to $45,000 per student. However, overall, there is little indication that simply increasing spending will improve educational outcomes. Constant stress on money draws attention away from educational issues.
Ohio's Voucher Program is Targeted to Low-Income Families
By Matthew Carr, posted May 23, 2007
When discussing the EdChoice program there are three important facts policymakers need to keep in mind: eligibility in the Cleveland program is not means tested, EdChoice eligible schools are located in areas that are, on average, less well off than the rest of the state, and ending a program because there are small changes that could make it better is the epitome of politics trumping good policy.
Big Schools, An Ongoing Problem
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted May 18, 2007
One of the most thoroughly documented findings in educational research is that smaller schools produce outcomes superior to larger schools. When the construction of a new school building is being considered, it is important to raise the question of the optimum size of the school.
EdChoice Voucher Program Grows
By Matthew Carr, posted May 17, 2007
Despite Governor Strickland's promise to end the EdChoice voucher program, the number of parents across the state who have applied for the right to choose the best school for their children has more than doubled from the first year. Last year, 3,667 parents applied for a voucher under the program....
Does Ohio Need to Expand Public Preschool?
By Beth Lear, posted May 15, 2007
Across Ohio, community centers, churches and synagogues, private schools and in-home providers ably deliver preschool services to tens of thousands of children a year. However, a policy change written into Governor Ted Strickland's proposed budget and passed by the Ohio House threatens to...
Teacher Freedom: A Result of School Choice?
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted May 3, 2007
The battle for democratic schools where teachers and students/parents relate on a mutually acceptable basis, which a professional system permits, is progressing. When such a system finally exists, teachers will wonder why it took so long, and why didn't they attempt to bring it about earlier.
Teacher Unions: Consistency is Not Their Strong Point
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted April 19, 2007
Perhaps no institution causes more controversy than the public school system. And these are not just minor disagreements either. There have been hundreds of lawsuits handled by the lower courts concerning the public school system. The number of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is itself huge,...
School Choice and Civil Rights
Thirty-nine years ago this week, an assassin's bullet took the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. King fought against the intolerance and ignorance that denied African-Americans equal access to public transportation, education, employment and justice. Since his death, America has...
Utah Adopts Universal Vouchers
By Robert C. Enlow, posted April 5, 2007
Utah is now the first state to adopt a universal education voucher program. This is essential because as a critical mass of students become school choosers, a true education market will emerge. As market forces improve educational outcomes other states such as Ohio may very well follow suit.
Proposed Education Amendment Lets the Fox Guard Ohio's Henhouse
By Greg Forster, posted February 8, 2007
For decades, Ohio governors and legislators have handed billions of tax dollars over to a sluggish and underperforming education bureaucracy, and in return received sluggish and underperforming schools. Now that same education bureaucracy has a solution to fix our failing schools: give them...
Getting It Wrong for Ohio's Future
By Matthew Carr, posted January 26, 2007
A new proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution, placing the State Board of Education in charge of determining K-12 school funding, is a blank check for Ohio’s public schools. The proposal rests on a fallacy that Ohio’s schools are under-funded, and that more dollars would lead to inherently better schools. Very little evidence supports this assertion.
Educational Opportunity in Times of Political Change
By David Hansen and Vicki Murray, posted January 5, 2007
With the election of Gov. Ted Strickland some people might think it's time to put the brakes on school choice. They'd be wrong based on what we've seen elsewhere.Arizona passed more new or expanded school choice programs in 2006 under Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano than under any Republican...
Ohio Supreme Court Right to Uphold Charter Schools
By David J. Owsiany, posted November 7, 2006
The Ohio Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of Ohio's charter school law. The court's decision is not only good for Ohio's schoolchildren but also a positive sign that Ohio's highest court understands its role is not to dictate education policy from the bench.For about two decades,...
Finding Good Teachers -- Paying for Stubbornness
By Matthew Carr, posted October 6, 2006
Rather than spending $13.2 million to train teachers for high-need, hard-to-staff subject areas, the state of Ohio could find a large and untapped pool of highly qualified candidates by simply eliminating the draconian alternative certification program and replacing it with one that works.
School Funding: Adequate versus Equitable
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted September 27, 2006
About 40 years ago, plaintiffs began to introduce lawsuits arguing that there was not enough funding for public schools. The first such suit, Serrano v. Priest, in California during the late 1960s, was won by the plaintiffs on the basis that school funding in the state was inequitable.Equitable...
More on a Child-Centered Education Finance System for Ohio
By David Hansen, posted September 21, 2006
Ohio's two major party candidates for Governor squared off yesterday in a debate over education. The first question went straight to the heart of Ohio's current focus for improving our schools -- funding. On this issue the candidates showed a clear difference in their beliefs and...
Charter Schools vs. Teacher Unions: Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object?
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted September 14, 2006
Charter schools are, by law, public schools. Thus in states with collective bargaining laws, teachers may form a union. In states without bargaining laws, or with Right to Work laws, they may still form an organization and affiliate with state and national unions. And these...
By Matthew Carr, posted August 8, 2006
The Columbus Public Schools have decided that at least 1,384 charter and private school students won’t be riding a C.P.S. bus next year. That a school district would tell some students that they can’t have a ride to school because of where they choose to take classes reveals the mindset of many school districts in Ohio; education is about schools and rules, not about children.
Viewpoint: A Roadmap for Improving Ohio's Public Schools
By Matthew Carr, posted August 4, 2006
The Buckeye Institute has recently released a new study examining the factors most commonly thought to affect student achievement. Some of the results conform to the common wisdom about making Ohio’s schools better. But other results find that widely held beliefs about what is best for students may be leading to policies that are ineffective and a costly waste of scarce education resources.
Viewpoint: Ohio Core Curriculum Caveats
By Matthew Carr, posted July 18, 2006
The new "Ohio Core" curriculum, which would raise standards for all high school students in the state, is more likely to wreak havoc on Ohio’s schools, and actually turn back any gains that our schools have made in recent years, than it is to improve student preparedness upon graduation.
Viewpoint: Teacher Salaries - More Attention Needed to Specifics
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 22, 2006
When you hear it said that no one ever got rich teaching, don't believe it. Research has shown that the average teacher's salary exceeds the average family income for other citizens. In 2005, the average teacher salary in the nation was $46,762, not including the additional compensation teachers receive as fringe benefits, which may add an additional 33% or more to the costs, primarily for very good retirement and health coverage plans.
Viewpoint: Who's Cheating Whom?
By Matthew Carr, posted June 20, 2006
Some parents have figured out that if they enroll their child in a failing school for the last few days of the school year, they can get a voucher to send their child back to their private school next year. Rather than deny these parents a voucher, we should allow students currently enrolled in private schools to be immediately eligible for a voucher, contingent on meeting a means test.
Viewpoint: Teacher Certification Doesn't Guarantee Competency
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 15, 2006
Proposals for alternative teacher certification usually arouse the ire of the teachers unions. There is a lot of talk about the need for qualified teachers, and studies say what teachers know and can do is important. But to say teacher knowledge and skills are important doesn't make the case for the present teacher certification system.
Viewpoint: New EdChoice Voucher Program a Success
By Matthew Carr, posted June 12, 2006
There are 2,568 students that have applied for the EdChoice voucher program, 5.5% of all eligible students. When these numbers are placed in the context of first year enrollment rates for other voucher programs around the country it becomes clear that this first year of the Ohio EdChoice program has been an unqualified success.
Viewpoint: Organizing Charter Schools, A Challenge to Unions
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 5, 2006
After years of trying to crush the charter school movement, both major teacher unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, have decided if you can't beat them, join them. The problem is that as they try to persuade charter school teachers to unionize, the NEA and the AFT continue to argue against charter school laws in state legislatures and challenge their validity in the courts.
Viewpoint: EdChoice Voucher Participation
By Matthew Carr, posted May 23, 2006
With the application deadline for Ohio’s newest voucher program fast approaching, 561 students have signed up. Compared to other voucher programs’ initial participation rates, the numbers are encouraging. But there is also still a lot of work to be done to get more students enrolled in the coming years.
Viewpoint: No, Private Schools Aren't Worse
By Greg Forster, posted May 1, 2006
A recently-released study claiming that private school students using vouchers perform more poorly than those in public schools has serious methodological flaws. Other studies show that voucher students in private school do better than public school students.
By Greg Forster, posted March 24, 2006
Too many special education students in Ohio are not receiving the services they need and were promised by their public schools. A new special education voucher proposal would provide key reform and help to ensure that special needs students are being served.
Viewpoint: Effective Schooling
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted March 9, 2006
Creating effective schools requires that we return to the core of public education, the basic preparation of young people to be able to participate in the larger world. Beyond the basics we are just wasting time and resources.
Viewpoint: How Well Does Ohio Pay its Teachers?
By Matthew Carr, posted March 7, 2006
After adjusting for the cost of living, Ohio's teachers are earning some of the highest salaries in the country. That student achievement remains dismally low suggests that how we pay teachers may be more important than how much.
Viewpoint: Perspective and Priorities in Education
By Matthew Carr, posted February 10, 2006
The education debate in Ohio needs a new perspective and some new priorities. First, we need to fix our focus on the continued and unabated failure of our urban schools. Second, we need to embrace charter schools, both as a primary component of reform and a proven mechanism for improving the performance of students in and outside traditional public schools.
Viewpoint: Dispelling the Myths of Charter Schools in Ohio
By Matthew Carr, posted January 31, 2006
There are three myths that surround charter schools in Ohio: they do not perform academically, they drain resources from traditional public schools, and they are unaccountable. Each of these myths is pure fiction and an impediment to creating the kind of education reform we need.
Viewpoint: Ohio's Charter Schools are Succeeding
By Matthew Carr, posted January 24, 2006
A new study released by the Buckeye Institute has found that charter schools in Ohio are outperforming their traditional counterparts. The story of one third grader in Cleveland epitomizes these findings and gives us a personal view of the success stories seen in charter schools every day.
Viewpoint: Charter Schools: An Irresistible Force?
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted January 19, 2006
Charter schools are one of the most significant reform efforts made in education in the last 20 years. Dogged by the constant criticism of opponents, they have not been given a fair trial, in Ohio and elsewhere. The fact is charter schools are succeeding and in doing so they are proving to be an important part of any effort to improve education.
Viewpoint: Ohio Supreme Court Should Not Interfere with Ohio's Community Schools
By David J. Owsiany, posted January 13, 2006
Ohio’s charter school system is entirely consistent with the Ohio Constitution’s broad grant of authority to the legislature and it gives parents choices to ensure their children get the education that meets their needs. The Ohio Supreme Court should not interfere with those choices.
Viewpoint: New Voucher Program Pitfalls
By Matthew Carr, posted January 5, 2006
Ohio's new statewide voucher program will not be able to live up to its promise as an innovative reform unless two changes are made: eligibility must be based on districts rather than buildings, and should encompass districts in Academic Watch as well as Academic Emergency.
Big Eight School District Ratings
By Matthew Carr, posted January 3, 2006
Viewpoint: Playing Educational Catch - 22
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted September 23, 2005
The often contradictory arguments made by school choice opponents reveals that their opposition is not based on any concern for students or education, but rather on maintaining the status quo.
Viewpoint: Bringing Special Education Vouchers to Ohio
The best way to ensure that all of Ohio’s special education students are getting the services they need and deserve is to create a statewide special education voucher program like the McKay program in Florida.
Viewpoint: Education Department Wrong Agency to Implement Voucher Program
By Matthew Carr, posted August 26, 2005
For the newly created statewide school voucher program to be a success, the Ohio Department of Education must turn over the implementation and administration of the program to a private, non-profit organization.
Viewpoint: School Choice, Democrats and Teacher Unions
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 28, 2005
Teacher unions have wielded their influence and political contributions to force many Democrats into an inherent contradiction: trying to be for the dispossessed why also being against vouchers.
Viewpoint: Public and Private Schools
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 21, 2005
The use of wealthy suburban public schools to claim general superiority over choice schools is disingenuous at best. Hiding behind their successes only obscures the failures of other schools and hinders honest discussions of reform.
Viewpoint: Chester-Upland's Troubled Schools
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted July 11, 2005
After several years in the Philadelphia area running public schools, Edison has decided to leave. Many point to this as proof of privatization’s failure. But this decision has more to do with the failures of implementing privatization in the Keystone State than with the performance of Edison.
Viewpoint: School Finance, Hype Versus History
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 30, 2005
Nearly 40 years ago lawsuits began to be initiated charging that school funding was not equitable and therefore unconstitutional. For the next 20 years or so about half were won and half lost, although there was some indication that even losers saw increased funding. Then, in 1989, a...
Viewpoint: The Enquirer Exposes Something Else in Charter Reporting
By Matthew Carr, posted June 30, 2005
In a series of articles the Cincinnati Enquirer repeated numerous myths that have been employed by school administrators and union bosses to cast doubt on charter schools. Exploding these myths is an important first step in setting a true course of education reform in Ohio.
Viewpoint: Public Schooling's Future
By David W. Kirkpatrick, posted June 21, 2005
A while back, an education reporter asked what K-12 education might look like in this century. There was a hesitancy to respond since countless forecasts have predicted great changes which never occurred. A major reason why this is so is that practically everyone ignores the ability of the present system to resist change. So, looking ahead, here are possibilities, not certainties.
Viewpoint: Why We Created Charter Schools in Ohio
By Sally Perz, posted June 20, 2005
Because of the natural turnover that is an inherent feature of our term-limited legislature, it is important to remind today's legislators why charter schools were created in 1998. Back then many of us in the legislature were convinced that somewhere along the way, Ohio's education system had...
Viewpoint: School Vouchers Are More Beneficial Than You May Think
Among the most often repeated charges against expanding the school voucher program in Ohio is that it will siphon already scarce funds away from those government-run school districts that need the money the most. If a school district is failing to produce adequate academic achievement levels...
Viewpoint: Taking Away the Last Chance for High School Dropouts
By Matthew Carr, posted June 7, 2005
During the Ohio Senate's deliberation of the proposed biennial budget bill much has been made of the need to place caps on charter schools in order to 'ensure accountability.' Caps have been proposed on both the total number of charter schools allowed in the state, and on the number of...
Viewpoint: The Real Story Behind the Charter School Cap
In the debate over charter schools, our legislators seem to have forgotten some of the most fundamental principles of our free market economy and deny the power and efficiency of markets and competition. A proposal to place a cap on the number of charter schools that can be opened by any...
Viewpoint: Choice and Accountability in Education
By Matthew Carr, posted May 24, 2005
Critics of Ohio’s proposed school voucher expansion plan claim that these schools are not held accountable for the public funds they receive. In fact, private schools that accept education vouchers must pass rigorous requirements set forth by the state of Ohio in order to receive public tax dollars.
Viewpoint: Charter Schools Are NOT the Enemy
By Matthew Carr, posted April 26, 2005
Matthew Carr shows how charter schools are a bargin for Ohio taxpayers even as pressure applied by teacher unions and government school administrators mounts on legislators to limit or even cut the numbers of charters.
The Legislature Should Ignore the Court
By David Owsiany and David Mayer, posted October 1, 2001
The Ohio Supreme Court's recent decision mandating the General Assembly increase school funding has refocused attention on the role of the judiciary in our society. It is the latest in a line of recent cases where Ohio's highest court has moved from the...
