Editorials: Education

Washington’s Preschool Push Ignores the Real Problem

Joy Pullmann
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May 10, 2013
In 1965, almost no parents put their three-year-olds in nursery school.

San Jose State Professors Would Rather Burn Climate Skeptic Book Than Read It

Jim Lakely
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May 03, 2013
On April 24 while introducing John Lott at our latest Authors Series event, I mentioned to the

Ohio Joins States Debating Common Core

Joy Pullmann
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April 24, 2013
Earlier this month, approximately a thousand Ohioans spent two to three hours of their free time in packed auditoriums, listening to people talk about education stand

It Doesn’t Take a Tinfoil Hat to Critique Common Core

Joy Pullmann
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April 04, 2013
Contrary to the suggestion of Kathleen Porter-Magee and Sol Stern at National Rev

Don't Jump on Bandwagon

Robert G. Holland
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April 01, 2013
Your editorial deems it "prudent" for the Nebraska Board of Education to have awarded a $47,000 consulting fee to Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) to compare the state's cu

States Should Move Swiftly to Protect Student Data

Joy Pullmann
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March 25, 2013
States and schools are signing over private data from millions of students to companies and researchers who hope to glean secrets of the human mind.

Education Department Helps Leak Students' Personal Data

Joy Pullmann
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March 23, 2013
States and schools are signing over private data from millions of students to companies and researchers who hope to glean secrets of the human mind.

The Right Needs an ETSY Earner Agenda

Benjamin Domenech
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March 20, 2013
The scene at CPAC was of a movement at a point of transition – the old Reagan coalition doing battle with a new more lib

Data Mining Kids Crosses Line

Joy Pullmann
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March 16, 2013
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Heartland Institute Experts React to State of the Union Address

Jim Lakely
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February 13, 2013
Here is the reaction of many Heartland Institute staffers, scholars, fellows, and policy advisors to President Obama's first second-term State of the Union address.