Opinion
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Minnesota District Forces Kindergarteners to Analyze ‘White Privilege’
Opinion -A Minnesota school district has instituted an aggressively political curriculum requiring students to begin thinking about race in kindergarten and sustain that emphasis all the way through high school. -
New York DoE Orders Failing District to Develop Improvement Plan
Opinion -The New York State Department of Education ordered a school district that has been failing students for nearly 30 years to create an improvement plan. -
Ronald Rotunda, R.I.P.
Opinion -A distinguished and influential voice in debates on a wide range of topics, Ron Rotunda will be sorely missed. -
If A Great Many Trees Fall – And They Don’t Have To – DC Will Mandate They Fall Anyway
Opinion -Someone get me the environmentalists. I have something on which we can work…together. -
California, Activists Sue Trump To Enforce Obama Era Fracking Rules
Opinion -The state of California and others are suing the Trump Administration seeking to force it impose Obama-era rules regulating fracking on federal lands requiring operators to disclose chemicals used in fracking and setting standards for well construction. -
New York to Require Mental Health Education in K-12 Schools
Opinion -New York has become the first state to require schools to provide mental health education, with curriculum changes to go into effect this fall. -
Schools Receive Washing Machines and Dryers to Clean Kids’ Clothes
Opinion -A few dozen schools around the nation are receiving washing machines and dryers so school staff members can wash children’s clothes for them. -
California Sues Over Global Warming, Judge Orders Climate Lesson
Opinion -The descent of climate science into the surreal is about to take another comedic slide. -
New York Gov. Cuomo Pushes Ambitious Offshore Wind Energy Plan
Opinion -New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a comprehensive “New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan” to guide the development of 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. -
Charter Schools Have Positive Impact on Nearby Schools, Study Finds
Opinion -Charter schools positively affect neighboring schools’ student achievement, a new study finds. -
Indiana, Colorado Ranked at Top for Charter School Laws
Opinion -Potential for growth and a high degree of autonomy helped place Indiana and Colorado at the top of a new ranking of states’ charter school laws. -
Heartland Institute Supports House Passage of Right to Try Bill
Opinion -Expected passage in House will be next step in freeing patients to help save their own lives -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Florida Passing Hope Scholarship Expansion for Victims of Bullying and Violence
Opinion -“The signing of this bill is a great step to protect students.” - Lennie Jarratt -
Colorado Supreme Court Takes Up Childrens’ Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -the Colorado Supreme Court hears opening arguments in a lawsuit pitting a group of six children backed by an environmental activist group against the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. -
Great Hearts Charter Network Makes Classical Education More Accessible
Opinion -An increasingly popular network of classical schools illustrates why the number of charter schools across the United States is now nearing 7,000, serving more than three million school children across the nation. -
Can’t We Do Something About School Shootings?
Opinion -The recent tragedy at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High has sadly raised this question again. The failure to prevent the loss of young lives reflects both an unpleasant reality and some problems of politics. -
Protecting American Workers?
Opinion -Will tariffs on imported steel and aluminum protect US workers? -
Book Dismissing Value of College Marred by Excess Data
Opinion -Review of The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, by Bryan Caplan (Princeton University Press, 2018), 416 pp.; $20.04 on Amazon.com: ISBN-10: 0691174652, ISBN-13: 978-0691174655 -
Bad Medicine: How Politicians Jack Up Medicaid and Medicare Prices
Opinion -The other day a reporter asked me to explain why the government cannot negotiate the price of Medicare drugs lower than private drug plans run by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). -
Heartland Weekly: Pruitt Leading EPA Toward Greatness
Opinion -Pruitt has served a full year as EPA administrator, and so far, so great when it comes to overturning wrong-headed Obama-era policies. -
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Plan Clears Key Regulatory Hurdles
Opinion -North Carolina and West Virginia have approved key environmental permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project. -
Kentucky Lawmakers Reintroduce Tax-Credit Scholarship Legislation
Opinion -Kentucky lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to bring tax-credit scholarships to the state, after the same bills failed last year. -
Federal Disciplinary Policies Lower Wisconsin Students’ Achievement, Study Finds
Opinion -Disciplinary policies imposed by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) have reduced student achievement in Wisconsin, researchers have found. -
A Fact-Based Review of American Political Theory
Opinion -Review of Unstable Majorities: Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate, Morris P. Fiorina (Hoover Institution Press, 2017), 264 pages, ISBN-13 978-0817921156, $24.81 on Amazon.com.
