Press Releases: Education

Heartland Institute Applauds Passage of School Voucher Bill in Louisiana

April 05, 2012
Joy Pullmann
Bruno Behrend

The Louisiana House of Representatives today passed the her program that allows low- and middle-income students in low-performing public schools to receive goStudent Scholarships for Educational Ex

Heartland Institute Comments on Arizona SB 1204 Parent Trigger Bill

February 16, 2012
Joy Pullmann
Bruno Behrend

On February 15, Arizona’s Senate Committee on Government Reform voted 5–2 in favor of Senate Bill 1204, which creates a “Parent Trigger.” If passed into law, the measure would create a petition pro

Jindal Embraces Version of The Heartland Institute’s Parent Trigger

January 31, 2012
Bruno Behrend
Ben Boychuk
John Nothdurft
Joy Pullmann

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal this month endorsed the Parent Trigger as part of his sweeping education proposals.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Voucher Bill Failure in Pennsylvania House

December 15, 2011
Joy Pullmann
Bruno Behrend

An effort in Pennsylvania to pass a school voucher bill, supported by Gov. Tom Corbett, failed in the state House Wednesday night.

 

Heartland Institute Reacts to Wisconsin Teacher Unions’ Votes to Disband

December 14, 2011
Joy Pullmann
Bruno Behrend

Two teacher unions in Racine County, given the first chance to vote to recertify under new state rules promoted by Gov. Scott Walker, have voted to disband.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Head Start Executive Order

November 09, 2011
Joy Pullmann

President Barack Obama Tuesday directed the Department of Health and Human Services to implement changes to the Head Start program – changes that have not been approved by Congress.

Heartland Institute Responds to Obama’s Student Loan Executive Order

October 26, 2011
S.T. Karnick
Bruno Behrend
Joy Pullmann
Matthew Glans

President Obama today announced a plan to provide relief of student-loan debt via executive order.

Heartland Institute Legal Expert Reacts to Layoff Notices at WEAC

August 15, 2011
Maureen Martin

The Wisconsin public school teachers’ union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, announced Monday it has issued layoff notices to about 40 percent of its employees, about 42 individuals.

Heartland Institute Comments on This Weekend’s Education March, Rallies

July 29, 2011
Bruno Behrend

The four-day-long ‘Save Our Schools’ rally began Thursday in Washington, D.C. and runs throughout the weekend.

Heartland Institute Corrects Record, Rebuts Education Blogger’s Attack on Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in Texas

June 14, 2011
Jim Lakely

On May 18, a Texas-based education consultant and blogger named Ed Fuller posted an essay titled “Vouchers? A Bad Idea and Here Is [sic] Several Reasons Why” on his blog. Fuller offers a variety of objections to the general idea of vouchers and specifically to a Policy Brief written by John Merrifield and Joseph L. Bast about a Texas proposal to use a Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program (TSGP) to help close the state’s budget gap.