Opinion
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Heartland Weekly: Embracing Trump is Key to Victory
Opinion -Week of November 12, 2018 -
Top-Down Education Policy Should Yield to Free Choice
Opinion -Two very different approaches to education reform began to take shape almost three decades ago, just one year apart -
Heartland Weekly – Heartland Reacts to the Midterm Elections
Opinion -Week of November 5, 2018 -
Heartland Weekly – Voters Consider Energy Price Hikes
Opinion -Week of October 29, 2018 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Marks National SAVE Day with Call for Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -“National SAVE day is a reminder that bullying and school violence remains far too prevalent. Hence, Child Safety Accounts are needed more than ever to ensure students attend safe schools.” - Lennie Jarratt -
Heartland Weekly: Trump Makes Bold Pitch for Climate Realism
Opinion -Week of October 15, 2018 -
Judges Strike ‘Millionaires Tax’ Question from Arizona Ballot
Opinion -Arizona voters will not decide whether to levy a wealth surcharge on high-income households. -
Popularity of Homeschooling Is Increasing Among Kentucky Parents
Opinion -Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Kentucky parents who want to improve their children’s education, according to a report presented to the Kentucky General Assembly’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. -
Proposed Treasury Rule May Hit Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs
Opinion -The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have closed the comment and testimony period for a potential revision to how federal income taxes treat payments to local and state tax credit programs. -
The Dressing-Down of America—Literally
Opinion -Can a school dress code be sexist? According to Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) officials, the answer is a resounding “yes.” -
Poll: Most Americans Support Expansion of School Choice
Opinion -More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll say parents with children enrolled in government schools should be given tax vouchers to facilitate “[enrolling] their children in private schools instead.” -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland’s Ferrara on Fox & Friends
Opinion -Week of September 17, 2018 -
Ivanka Trump Endorses College-Loan Payment Tax Exemption Bill
Opinion -President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump endorsed a bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R–IL) that would create federal tax incentives for private employers to pay student loan debt owed by their employees. -
Ohio Schoolteacher Sues for Freedom from Union Dues
Opinion -Lawyers representing an Ohio schoolteacher are suing the local teacher’s union, claiming the organization is continuing to violate her right to free association after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. -
U.S. Education Doesn’t Need More Money
Opinion -If only I had a dime for every time I have heard the claim America needs to spend more money on education. -
School Choice Can Enhance School Safety
Opinion -School choice would give families more relief from the bullying/harassing form of violence than a whole battalion of school resource officers ever could. -
Harvard Case Could End Affirmative Discrimination
Opinion -Harvard’s scandalous treatment of Asian Americans cannot be allowed to stand. -
The Founders Were Not Education Centralizers
Opinion -Some of the more zealous partisans of tax-funded schooling have resorted to a curious (and dubious) claim: “America’s Founders are on our side.” -
Heartland Weekly: Rebutting Climate Alarmism in San Francisco
Opinion -Week of September 10, 2018 -
Have Alabama Schools Found Free Lunches?
Opinion -Several dozen Alabama school districts are offering free lunches to all students this year. -
Homeschooling Gains Popularity with Oregon Parents
Opinion -Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Oregon parents who want to participate directly in their children’s education. -
Illinois School Principal’s Retirement Windfall Highlights Pension Problems
Opinion -The current structure of Illinois’ government pension and retirement plan may allow former Maine Township High School District 207 Principal Audrey Haugan to receive $7.137 million in benefits—almost 20 times more than she paid into her savings. -
Progressive Income-Tax Amendment Question Reaches Colorado Ballot
Opinion -Colorado voters will decide in November whether to approve a ballot measure that would replace the state’s flat income tax with a progressive tax and increase taxes on business owners and on individuals earning more than $150,000 per year. -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland Challenges AEI on Climate
Opinion -Week of September 3, 2018
