Press Releases: Education

Heartland Institute Experts Reacts to Parent Trigger Victory in Adelanto, California

January 09, 2013
Joy Pullmann
Ben Boychuk
Bruno Behrend
Noreen Lephardt

The Adelanto School Board Tuesday night voted unanimously to turn Desert Trails Elementary School into a charter school, marking the first time the “parent trigger” education reform was successfull

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Reacts to Passage of ‘Pre-K for SA’

November 07, 2012
Jeff Judson

Jeff Judson, a San Antonio resident and senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, was a leader of the opposition to the Pre-K proposition.

New Parent Trigger Study Shows Parents How to Reform Their Schools

October 29, 2012
Joseph Bast
Joy Pullmann

The Heartland Institute has released a new Policy Brief on the Parent Trigger, a public school reform adopted in seven states and proposed in some 20 others across the nation.

Heartland Institute Fellows, Policy Advisors React to Final Presidential Debate

October 23, 2012
Richard Vedder
Peter Ferrara
Clifford Thies
Joy Pullmann
John Coleman
S. Fred Singer
Paul Crovo
Marita Noon
Jonathan Steitz
Ben Boychuk

The following statements about Monday night’s final presidential debate from policy experts at The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.

South Texas Alliance for Progress to Release Research Opposing Pre-K 4 SA

October 18, 2012
Jeff Judson

Jeff Judson, a San Antonio resident and senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, has authored a policy brief released this week titled “

Heartland Institute Policy Brief: ‘21 Reasons Why the San Antonio Pre-K Tax Plan Is a Bad Idea’

October 02, 2012
Jeff Judson

Jeff Judson, a San Antonio resident and senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, has authored a policy brief released this week titled “

Heartland Institute Reacts to Mayor Castro’s Pitch for $7.81 for Pre-K Campaign

September 21, 2012
Jeff Judson

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro today released a YouTube video featuring children asking the public to support “Pre-K 4 SA,” an 1/8th-cent sales tax initiative that would fund full-day preschool for t

Heartland Institute Reacts to End of Chicago Teachers Union Strike

September 19, 2012
Joy Pullmann
Ben Boychuk
Bruno Behrend

The seven-day-old Chicago Teachers Union strike ended Tuesday night, sending 350,000 students back to class this morning.