Common Core: Low-Quality and Intrusive
[Below is an excerpt of Heartland Research Fellow Joy Pullmann's May 15, 2013 testimony before the Pe
Common Core: Poor Choice for Wisconsin
[Below is an excerpt of Heartland Research Fellow Joy Pullmann's May 22, 2013 testimony before the Wisconsin Legislature's J
Making Texas Public Education More Efficient: Taxpayer Savings Grant Program
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 Common Core: A Poor Choice For States
Common Core State Standards for K-12 schools were adopted without debate by every state but Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia in 2010, part of the price of getting federal dollars under the Oba
Uranium Mining in Virginia: Environmental and Safety Considerations
A new report written by one of the nation’s leading authorities on groundwater hydrology and nuclear energy says uranium mining in Virginia can take place safely and with minimal environmental impa
A Winning Plan for Entitlement Reform
This essay is the first of a series of Heartland Policy Briefs by the author on entitlement reform.
The Streetcar Fantasy
Plans to build streetcar lines in San Antonio are based on several critical fallacies, including claims that streetcars are superior to buses in their ability to attract riders and that streetcars
22 Reasons Why Free-Market Think Tanks Are More Effective than Anyone Else in Changing Public Policy
Jeff Judson, past president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a senior fellow of The Heartland Institute, makes the case for free-market think tanks as the most effective drivers of public









