Opinion
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Reading Is Not ‘Getting Meaning from Print’
Opinion -If you want to be promoted to the upper echelons of the U.S. education establishment, there is one big claim you have to repeat with endless enthusiasm: “Reading is about getting meaning from print. -
Heartland Education Experts React to Decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
Opinion -On Tuesday, March 29, the United States Supreme Court issued a one-sentence ruling in the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. -
Mid-Atlantic Eyed for Marine Reserve, Monument
Opinion -With less than one year left in office, President Barack Obama is moving forward with plans to restrict fishing in two areas off the Atlantic Coast. -
Chicago Charter School Creation Slowed by Board, Unions
Opinion -Charter school operators are asking the Chicago Public School Board of Education for permission to open more than 20 new charter schools over the next few years. -
This Year’s Presidential Politics Equals Continuing Big Government
Opinion -The daily and unending bombardment of political campaign reporting and news, with its “drama” about who will be the Republican and Democratic Party candidates for the U.S. -
North Carolina’s Green Schools Deserve a Failing Grade
Opinion -A new report by the John Locke Foundation (JLF) reveals efforts to reduce school energy costs by upgrading and refurbishing existing schools and building new schools using materials and designs recommended the U.S. -
A Fresh Look at the Great Depression’s Causes and Effects
Opinion -Review of The Midas Paradox: Financial Markets, Government Policy Shocks, and the Great Depression, Scott Sumner (Independent Institute 2015), 560 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1598131505; $36.05 on Amazon. -
Oklahoma Homeschooling Group, State University Make Athletics-Access Deal
Opinion -An Oklahoma government-supported university is working with a local grassroots homeschooling athletics organization to give home-educated children in the region the opportunity to play organized league sports with other home-educated teams. -
Heartland Experts React to South Dakota Governor Signing Scholarship Tax Credit Bill
Opinion -On Friday, March 25 South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) signed into law the Partners in Education Tax Credit Program (SB 189). South Dakota becomes the 29th state with an education choice program. -
Tax Dollars Given To Green Climate Fund
Opinion -The UNFCCC Green Climate Fund was established at COP 16, as described here on the UNFCCC web site:“At COP 16, Parties, in decision 1/CP. -
Google, the Barack Obama Administration – and Even More Questionable Policy
Opinion -Almost inarguably, no private entity is more enmeshed with the Barack Obama Administration – than is Google. This has been – in way too many ways for an allegedly free market economy – the Google Administration. -
Testimony: New U.S. Department of Education Head Opposes Washington, DC Scholarship Program
Opinion -Under questioning from lawmakers during U.S. Senate confirmation hearings, John King Jr. -
Illinois Lawmakers Propose State Supervision of Chicago Government Schools
Opinion -Illinois lawmakers took steps toward enacting state supervision of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), including proposing a bill that would strip Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel of his authority over the government school district and would launch a financial -
Environmentalists Wield Powerful ESA to Kill Jobs
Opinion -“Another one gone,” began the Lost Coast Outpost’s report in late January. A.A. -
Alternative to DOL Fiduciary Rule Proposed in Congress
Opinion -Lawmakers in Congress are proposing an alternative to a federal agency’s proposed regulation on the investment industry, which they say will balance consumer protection and address compliance cost concerns. The U.S. -
Education Secretary Nomination Unites Conservatives, Liberals
Opinion -John King was nominated for the position of secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March, replacing former DOE head Arne Duncan. -
Study: Science Teachers Giving Unbalanced Education on Climate Change
Opinion -A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. -
New Efficiency Standards Could Mean the End for Compact Fluorescent Lights
Opinion -The compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) may soon be extinct, thanks to a new rule imposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) that increases energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. -
Indiana Lawmakers Call for Constitutional Reforms
Opinion -The Indiana General Assembly approved a joint resolution calling for a national constitutional convention to draft and enact a federal balanced budget amendment, impose term limits on members of Congress, and create reforms that would reduce federal -
Climate Regulations for Show, Not Positive Impact
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #208 During March 22 hearings before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, under questioning by West Virginia Rep. -
A ‘No-Nonsense’ Manual for Downtown Revitalization
Opinion -Review of Successful Smaller Downtowns & Business Districts: What Every Businessperson, Property Owner, and Municipal Official Should Know, by John L. Gann Jr., CarpeHoram, 2015, 72 pp., $59.75 at http://www.salesjobsandtaxes. -
Coalition Tries to Block Parent Group’s Common Core Ballot Question
Opinion -A coalition of business organizations and government school leaders supported by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his nonprofit organization are suing to prevent a proposition that would repeal Massachusetts’ Common Core curriculum standards from being -
College Admissions Offices Adapt to Homeschooling Popularity Boom
Opinion -More parents than ever are turning to homeschooling as an alternative to enrolling their children in failing government schools, and colleges and universities are now adapting their admissions processes to better accommodate homeschooled children’s -
Pennsylvania School District, Union Sued Over Work ‘Release Time’
Opinion -A former member of the Allentown, Pennsylvania school board is suing the city’s government school district and the Allentown Education Association (AEA), the local chapter of the National Education Association teachers union, over “release-time