Opinion
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Oklahoma’s Largest Online Charter School Sees Record Growth
Opinion -school-reform-news -Enrollment in Oklahoma’s first online charter school has grown by nearly 200 percent during the past three years. -
Climate Change 101: Evidence Humans Aren’t Destroying the Climate
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Evidence suggests human greenhouse-gas emissions are having only a very small impact on global climate, with virtually all the alarmists’ model predictions routinely failing to match reality. -
Education Policymakers Should Consider Kids’ Happiness by Giving Parents More Power
Opinion -Editorial -Winter has officially come, and children across the country will spend the next few months stuck in classrooms, gazing longingly out the window while they eagerly wait for spring break. -
Oregon Voters Approve Funding for Outdoor School
Opinion -school-reform-news -Fifty-thousand Oregon 5th and 6th graders will attend Outdoor School each year now that voters have approved a ballot measure allocating state lottery money to the program. -
Oklahoma Voters Reject ‘Teacher Caucus’ Candidates
Opinion -school-reform-news -Oklahoma voters voiced their support for education choice in November 2016, rejecting most of the candidates running on a platform of limiting choice to public schools. -
Restoring Educational Choice Means Ditching The Department Of Education’s Burdensome Regulations
Opinion -Editorial -For the Feds in the U.S. Education Department, 'flexibility' means there's nothing left to lose. -
Utah Governor Renounces Support of Common Core, Easily Wins Re-Election
Opinion -school-reform-news -Utah incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert (R) will begin his third term after switching positions on Common Core during a contentious campaign for the Republican nomination. -
New Year, New Administration: What to Expect
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #164 -
Oklahoma Leads Nation in Education Funding Cuts, Report Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Oklahoma has cut more from general education funding since 2008 than any other state in the nation, a new report has found. -
Heartland Weekly: Dear President-elect Trump: Don’t Listen to Ben Santer
Opinion -News -On December 22, Ben Santer – one of the climate scientists most responsible for politicizing and then corrupting climate science – wrote an open letter to Donald Trump once again pretending to speak on behalf of “science.” -
Chattanooga Couple Works to Open Charter School for Underprivileged Boys
Opinion -school-reform-news -Boys living in poverty in Chattanooga, Tennessee will be able to attend a new charter school in 2018, if a local couple’s plans receive government approval. -
Religious Education Has Benefits Secular Ed Lacks
Opinion -school-reform-news -Having students think about religion increases their political tolerance and ability to delay gratification, new research suggests. -
Lack of Worthwhile Content Is Ravaging Our Children’s Educations
Opinion -school-reform-news -Review of Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories, By E.D. Hirsch Jr. -
Anti-School Choice Governor Narrowly Wins Reelection in Montana
Opinion -school-reform-news -Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), who said during a campaign speech he is against “privatizing education,” won a tight reelection race in November. -
‘Free’ Community College Is a Reality in Some States
Opinion -school-reform-news -Several states have begun to provide students with access to tuition-free college, but the new programs have yet to show they help truly needy students in a substantial way or do anything to reduce overall tuition costs. -
Coalition of Professors Works to ‘Increase Viewpoint Diversity’ on Campuses
Opinion -school-reform-news -A budding coalition of professors has formed in an effort to protect free speech and foster a broader range of ideas and perspectives on the nation’s college campuses. -
Massachusetts Voters Reject Proposal to Lift Charter School Cap
Opinion -school-reform-news -Thousands of Massachusetts students will remain in schools they want to leave, after the state’s voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have increased the number of charter schools allowed in the state. -
Classroom Choice Could Relieve Many Parents’ Education Concerns
Opinion -school-reform-news -Little birds are flying around everywhere these days, tweeting “school choice” as the last hope for education reform. -
Cost of Texas High School Football Stadium Swells to $70 Million
Opinion -school-reform-news -The price tag for the Katy, Texas Independent School District’s (ISD) new high school football stadium has reached $70.3 million, far surpassing the $58 million bond voters approved in 2014. -
DOE Projects Further Increases in Federal K–12 Spending
Opinion -school-reform-news -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced federal spending on K–12 schools is projected to reach record highs in the next 12 years. -
DOE: Number of Homeschooled Students Has Doubled Since 1999
Opinion -school-reform-news -The number of homeschooled students in the United States more than doubled between 1999 and 2012, according to U.S. Department of Education (DOE) estimates. -
Tax Credit Scholarship Programs Save Taxpayers Billions, Report Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Publicly funded private school choice programs save taxpayers billions of dollars when students leave government schools, a study reports. -
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wants Elected Officials to Choose for Parents
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #163 -
‘Social and Emotional Learning’ and Other Nonsense Responsible for Dismal Test Scores
Opinion -Editorial -Whatever the SEL people’s motives, their agenda is a waste of time and money, and it obviously hasn’t helped improve academic outcomes.
