Opinion
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Colorado Producing Fewer Teachers, State Reports
Opinion -school-reform-news -The number of people in Colorado becoming teachers and education administrators has decreased for the sixth consecutive year, the state reports. -
Grizzlies, Guns, and Games of Gotcha: How the Left Whiffed on Betsy DeVos
Opinion -Editorial -Who is “smarter than the average bear?” -
DOE Spends $103 Million More on ‘Investing in Innovation’ Competition
Opinion -school-reform-news -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will grant $103 million to 15 organizations as part of its Investing in Innovation (i3) competition. -
Thousands Celebrate Record-breaking National School Choice Week
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #166 -
States Prepare Plans for Incorporating Final School Accountability Regs
Opinion -school-reform-news -In the waning days of the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released final regulations on school accountability, state plans, and data-reporting. -
Parents, Not Government, Should Hold Schools Accountable
Opinion -Editorial -It's high time the U.S. government, especially the Department of Education, looked to parents for some advice on how to run things, rather than the other way around. -
Student Loan Programs Will Cost Taxpayers at Least $108 Billion
Opinion -school-reform-news -Federal programs to help individuals cope with their college loans will cost the nation’s taxpayers at least $108 billion during the next few years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports. -
Federal Lawmaker Starts Work on Trump Childcare Tax Incentive Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A federal lawmaker announced plans to collaborate with the president’s daughter to use federal tax policy to encourage parents to return to work and place their children in daycare centers. -
At College of the Ozarks, Students Work Off Tuition Debt
Opinion -school-reform-news -One Midwestern college is fighting off the specter of lifelong debt for its students by providing them the opportunity to work in return for tuition. -
Teachers Unions Know School Choice Would Be A National Game-Changer
Opinion -Editorial -The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest labor union, sent a mass e-mail last week urging supports to “Tell your senators: Vote NO on Betsy DeVos.” -
With DeVos Hearing, School Choice Finally Takes Center Stage
Opinion -Editorial -To be followed next week with National School Choice Week. -
Heartland Weekly – Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on Trump’s Inaugural Address
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Trump is changing the tone and substance of the national debate over public policy, and it is a change that is long overdue -
California Gives School Districts More Power to Teach Bilingual Education
Opinion -school-reform-news -California public school districts will have more power to offer bilingual education when the California Non-English Languages Allowed in Public Education Act takes effect in July 2017. -
Students and Faculty Push for ‘Sanctuary’ Campuses
Opinion -school-reform-news -Faculty and students at nearly 200 colleges and universities have petitioned their administrations to make their schools “sanctuaries,” to prevent the deportation of students who are illegal immigrants. -
How Left-wing and Racist Radicals Are Infiltrating Our Children’s Minds
Opinion -Editorial -Once upon a time in America, parents could send their children off to school—even to public schools—and presume accurately their little ones were being taught simply “the three Rs.” No longer. -
Homeschooling Booming in South Dakota
Opinion -school-reform-news -The number of families homeschooling in South Dakota increased by 40 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to data provided by the South Dakota Department of Education (DOE). -
Voucher Bill Proposed in Tennessee
Opinion -school-reform-news -Tennessee Rep. Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) says he plans to reintroduce a bill to bring school vouchers to the state in 2017. -
Kentucky Board of Education Issues Charter School Guidelines
Opinion -school-reform-news -Kentucky is one of seven states that do not allow charter schools, but the state’s board of education recently approved a set of charter school guidelines, signaling its anti-choice policy may change soon. -
Yes, New York Times Commenter Maggie Mae, ‘The Heartland’ Matters
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -The New York Times produces a weekly “Top 10” list of its favorite comments appearing on its website. One of those comments from last week was by a reader calling herself “Maggie Mae” who wrote, “the entire concept of ‘the Heartland’ needs to be scrapped. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Urge Trump, Lawmakers to Expand Education Choice
Opinion -Press Release -Latest Paper – Documenting How Education Choice Boosts Student Achievement and Economic Growth – is Part Seven of a Multi-part ‘Roadmap for the 21st Century’ Series. -
Nashville Public Schools Expands Free-Dinner Program for Students
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Metro Nashville Public Schools district announced it is expanding its after-school program to include dinner for students at 35 locations. -
New Mexico Mandates Districts Consider Attendance in Teacher Evaluations
Opinion -school-reform-news -The New Mexico Public Education Department has changed its teacher evaluation system to mandate teacher attendance as a factor in rating teachers. -
Teachers Unions Given an Extra Week to Criticize Betsy DeVos
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #165 -
School Choice Must Continue To Be A Local Decision
Opinion -Editorial -The morning after the Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, a more important development on the choice front came from down Florida way.
