Heartland Newspapers - Education

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.

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.

Teach for America: Vibrant Alternative to Teacher Certification

Ashley Bateman
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April 05, 2013
As shifting employment opportunities and reform movements alter the U.S. education landscape, one organization has received steadily increasing support from lawmakers.

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.

Herb Walberg: Education and Capitalism (podcast)

Joy Pullmann
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April 04, 2013
Capitalism once did a superior job providing K-12 schooling in the United States, and would do so once again if the public could overcome its fear of markets and economics, wrote Herbert Walberg an

Lawmakers Slip Indiana Common Core Measure Into Another Bill

Joy Pullmann
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April 04, 2013
A bill to halt Common Core in Indiana during public hearings and a cost analysis wasn't getting past House Education Committee Chairman Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis).
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