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Joy Pullmann: The Common Core

SRN PODCAST: Joy Pullman, Research Fellow of Education Policy at the Heartland Institute, discusses an Indiana Senate hearing on the common core.

Larry Downes: The Privacy 'Crisis'

ITTN PODCAST: Author and consultant Larry Downes discusses his latest paper, "A Rational Response to the Privacy ‘Crisis.’"

Brian Balfour: States Looking to End Income Taxes

BTN PODCAST - North Carolina . . . Nebraska . . . Louisiana . . . governors and top lawmakers in these and other states have recently announced their desire to roll back and even end personal and corporate income taxes. Brian Balfour of the Civitas Institute in North Carolina explains why this is happening now, and how such moves would benefit people and businesses.

Benjamin Domenech: Insurance Premiums

HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech discusses how Obamacare is increasing your insurance premiums.

Ralph Benko: Strong Growth Depends On Sound Money

Ralph Benko of thegoldstandardnow.org and americanprinciplesproject.org scoffs at the notion of the federal government minting trillion dollar coins to avoid the debt ceiling, and explains how sound money can bring greater peace and prosperity.

Bernard Nijstad: Group Work Not Very Productive

SRN PODCAST: Collaboration and group work are all the rage in education right now. But research indicates people do their best work individually. One of the latest such studies comes from the Netherlands, and was recently published in the European Journal of Social Psychology. Bernard Nijstad, a professor at the University of Groningen and one of the study’s coauthors, joins the podcast to discuss why teachers should be very careful about how they assign group projects and why parents should not accept an emphasis on “collaboration,” “group projects,” and “group work” in their kids’ schools.
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