Heartland Newspapers - Education

Requiring Standardized Testing Undermines School Choice

Jason Bedrick
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April 15, 2013
As Georgia’s legislature considers a bill to expand th

Texas Legislature to Vote on Parent Trigger Update

Ashley Bateman
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April 12, 2013
The Texas House will vote on a bill to simplify the state’s Parent Trigger law and let parents petition earlier to take control of a school’s future.

Arkansas Decides to Study, Not Pass, School Vouchers

Isabel Lyman
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April 11, 2013
The Arkansas House Education Committee voted to have an interim committee study a school voucher bill rather than pass it directly.

For 9-Year-Old with Cerebral Palsy, School Choice a 'Godsend'

Joy Pullmann
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April 11, 2013
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Jordan Visser was not thriving in his Arizona public school.

Texas Considers Five School Choice Bills

Mary Petrides Tillotson
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April 10, 2013
On April 9, Texas senators heard Senate Bill-1575, one of five school choice bills before state lawmakers this spring.

James Tooley: How the World's Poor Get a Good Education from Markets (podcast)

Joy Pullmann
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April 09, 2013
About a decade ago, James Tooley wandered out into a foreign slum and encountered a network of inexpensive private schools on every few street corners.

Indiana Gov. Pence Talks Common Core

Joy Pullmann
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April 08, 2013
Indiana leaders will "take a long, hard look" at Common Core, said Gov. Mike Pence in response to a School Reform News question at a public event Friday.  

College Subsidies Hurt the Poor

Neal McCluskey
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April 06, 2013
Much college aid goes to people with little regard to their income.

South Dakota Common Core Rollback Fails

Rachel Sheffield
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April 05, 2013
South Dakota state Rep. Jim Bolin, a retired teacher, introduced two bills to limit Common Core national education standards. Both failed by narrow votes in March.
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