Opinion
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Idaho District to Provide Online Courses Free to Homeschool Families
Opinion -school-reform-news -An Idaho school district is partnering with a company that provides educational services to give homeschooling families free access to online courses. -
Pennsylvania College Provides a Different Higher Education Model
Opinion -school-reform-news -A Pennsylvania postsecondary institution provides male students a vocational education free of charge. -
Will a Quest of Judicial Collegiality Rob Some Parents of School Choice?
Opinion -Editorial -Interpreting a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court and explaining it in plain language is more difficult than fathoming the infield fly rule in baseball. -
How to Fulfill the Promise of Online Education
Opinion -Editorial -The promise is lower costs and greater access — but traditional colleges are slow to act boldly. -
Public Schools Are Breeding Grounds for Corruption and Violence
Opinion -Editorial -Some public school teachers are turning to violence to silence people with whom they disagree. -
Betsy DeVos: Let’s ‘Rethink School’
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #193 -
If Teachers Unions Are So Great, Why Aren’t Our Schools?
Opinion -Editorial -At least on Labor Day the damage they can do is limited. -
Republicans Losing Faith in Higher Education System, Pew Center Reports
Opinion -school-reform-news -Republicans and Democrats disagree about the value of higher education, new research has found. -
Ending Government Schools Does Not Mean Ending Public Education
Opinion -Editorial -Further limiting the influence of our current, failing, monopolistic education system would move us closer to the educational vision imagined by our Founding Fathers. -
Yearning for More Robust Choice Than Charters Can Provide
Opinion -Editorial -Charter schools are not going to disappear overnight from the menu of education-reform options. -
Michigan Reforms Pension System, Offers Teachers a 401(k) Plan
Opinion -school-reform-news -Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has signed a law reforming the state’s teacher pension system, which has ballooned to $29.1 billion in unfunded liabilities. -
Parental Rights Amendment Proposal Introduced in Senate
Opinion -school-reform-news -A group of U.S. senators have introduced legislation proposing a parental rights amendment be added to the U.S. Constitution. -
Georgia Applies to Expand Welfare Work Requirements
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Georgia state government officials have submitted a plan to the federal government for permission to phase in work requirements for more of the state’s food stamp recipients. -
New Florida Law Protects Religious Expression in Public Schools
Opinion -school-reform-news -A new law prohibits Florida public school districts from preventing or punishing students or employees for expressing religious beliefs. -
Teachers Union Likens Giving People Choice to a Bomb
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #192 -
Homeschoolers Save Fellow Taxpayers Billions of Dollars, Analysis Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -New analysis of federal education data reveals families who homeschool their children save their fellow taxpayers billions of dollars every year. -
Treating Teachers as Normal Employees Benefits Children
Opinion -Editorial -The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has been treating its teachers as though they are normal, private-sector employees, and it’s paying off for students. -
‘Goof-Off’ Time Key to Learning Process, Researcher Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Giving children free time “to have softly focused inward attention,” or goof off, helps them learn better, the author of a new psychology book says. -
Chicago Requires Students to Reveal Post-Grad Plans
Opinion -school-reform-news -Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will have to identify their post-graduation plans in order to receive a high school diploma. -
Number of Columbus, Ohio Students Failing to Pass State Reading Test Doubles
Opinion -school-reform-news -Nearly one in five Columbus City Schools (CCS) third graders failed to score high enough on last year’s state reading test to advance to fourth grade. -
Texas House Committee Dismisses Scholarship for Disabled Children
Opinion -school-reform-news -A committee of the Texas House of Representatives has eliminated a tax-credit scholarship program for disabled students from a bill a Senate committee passed. -
Schools Build Cell Towers to Generate Revenue
Opinion -school-reform-news -Facing shrinking budgets, some school districts are building cell towers to generate additional revenue. -
Illinois – Yes, Illinois – Passes School Choice Bill
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #191 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Reacts to Passage of Illinois Senate Bill 1947
Opinion -Press Release -"Illinois lawmakers will continue to fight over education funding until they learn to focus on students and not the school districts and teachers’ pension funds." - Lennie Jarratt
