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Heartland Weekly: Kamala Harris’ Health Care Heresy
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 29, 2019 -
To the Left, Dodgeball Has Become a ‘Tool of Oppression’
Opinion -Editorial -Wouldn’t you think if someone had a problem with dodgeball being too rough for some kids, they would just say so? Talk it out. -
West Virginia Enacts State’s First Charter School Legislation
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -A previous school choice bill passed the state Senate but was stopped in the state’s House of Representatives after a statewide, two-day strike by teachers’ unions. -
The Teachers Unions’ Spotty Progressivism
Opinion -Editorial -When it comes to public charter schools and any meaningful education reform, the teachers unions are staunch reactionaries. -
Congress, Trump Administration Consider Student Borrowing Changes
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Payments on 6.2 percent of the total amount of outstanding federal loans are delinquent or in collection, not including cancelled loans or deferred repayments. -
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Heartland Weekly: Frank Lasee Elected President of Heartland
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 22, 2019 -
New Texas Law Expands School Security Measures
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Texas has enacted a law allowing more personnel to carry guns in schools and expanding threat assessment and campus security measures. -
Blaine, Busing and Educational Freedom
Opinion -Editorial -Thanks to Kamala Harris and the state of Montana, school choice is back in the news. -
Heartland Weekly: ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ 50 Years Later
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 15, 2019 -
Report: Wealthiest Colleges Receive Billions in Federal Aid
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The 25 colleges and universities with the largest endowments in the country reaped $6.9 billion in Department of Education funding despite holding a quarter-trillion in existing assets, collectively. -
Florida Establishes Another School Choice Program
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Family Empowerment Scholarships are designed to ease the 14,000-student waiting list for other programs funded by tax credits for donations to scholarship funds. -
Forced Collection of Teachers’ Union Dues Contested in Federal Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -A federal district court in California is considering a case to decide whether teachers have to pay union dues if they are not informed membership is voluntary and they are waiving certain First Amendment rights by joining. -
Pennsylvania Governor Says He Will Veto Education Tax Credits Expansion
Opinion -budget-tax-news -H.B. 800 would raise the tax credit cap by $100 million and the ceiling on the income of families qualifying for the scholarships. -
Opportunity Scholarships Act Would Have Helped Thousands Of Nebraska Students
Opinion -Editorial -When it comes to parental choice in education, Nebraska is a 77,000-square-mile desert. -
The Janus Decision and Teacher Freedom: One Year Later
Opinion -Editorial -What has happened, what hasn’t happened, and why. -
U.S. Department of Education Proposes Ending Ban on Religious Contractors
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -In its 2017 Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held religiously affiliated schools cannot be excluded from programs available to other private entities. -
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Heartland Weekly – Oregon Senate Republicans Strike Back
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 24, 2019 -
Organization Spreads Pro-Freedom Ideas in Medical Schools
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In a time when 51 percent of millennials say they have a positive view of socialism, there is an organization spreading the word of free markets and capitalism in one of the sectors most vulnerable to government command and control: health care. -
No Fight to the Finnish
Opinion -Editorial -Finnish schools are unionized. American schools are unionized. The similarities end there. -
Sen. Cruz Calls for Expansion of Education Savings Plans
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -The SECURE Act retirement bill passed unanimously by the House Ways & Means Committee included the provision, but the language was stripped out of the bill before passage by the House. -
Florida Enacts Law Allowing More Teachers to Carry Firearms
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -The new law implements recommendations of a state commission formed after the Parkland shooting. -
School Safety Must be a Top Priority — Here’s What Parents Can Do
Opinion -Editorial -Debates continue to rage over the goals of education and methods used to achieve them. -
Here Is a Way Strike-Stricken Parents Could Find Reliable Education Providers
Opinion -Editorial -It is about time someone in authority spoke up for parents and children who are the victim of teachers showcasing their demands by shirking their duties.
