Bibliography: Joseph Bast

Making Texas Public Education More Efficient: Taxpayer Savings Grant Program

Joseph Bast
March 8, 2013

This Policy Brief summarizes past research and presents new analysis showing how a proposal called the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would enable the state of Texas to comply with

The Parent Trigger: Justification and Design Guidelines

Joseph Bast, Joy Pullmann
November 1, 2012

Sometimes, it seems as though the debate over school reform takes place in an alternate universe where time passes but nothing really changes.

Sports Stadium Madness: Is Fan Ownership the Answer?

Joseph Bast
February 27, 2012

The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank whose researchers have questioned government subsidies to sports stadiums since the mid 1980s, has released a new Policy Brief proposing f

Budget Impact of the Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program

Joseph Bast
John Merrifield, Ph.D. and Joseph L. Bast
April 1, 2011

The Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program (TSGP) is a very concise piece of legislation, apparently intended to address the state’s looming biannual budget deficit by reducing enrollment and associated

How Teachers in Texas Would Benefit from Expanding School Choice

Joseph Bast, Herbert J. Walberg
Joseph L. Bast, Herbert J. Walberg, Ph.D.
April 1, 2011

Teacher unions often lead the opposition to legislation that would expand the ability of parents to choose the schools – whether public or private – their children attend.

The Patriot's Toolbox

Joseph Bast
October 1, 2010

Rarely have more people in the United States been so deeply concerned about the direction of their country as right now, in 2010.

The Parent Trigger: A Model for Transforming Education

Joseph Bast, Ben Boychuk, Bruno Behrend,
Joseph L. Bast, Bruno Behrend, Ben Boychuk, and Marc Oestreich
August 10, 2010

The Parent Trigger is an innovation in education reform recently passed into law in California.