Opinion
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Heartland’s Horace Cooper on The O’Reilly Factor!
Opinion -heartland-weekly, News -If you don’t visit Freedom Pub and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. But worry not, freedom lovers! The Heartland Weekly Email is here! -
First Amendment Rights or Graduation?
Opinion -George Leef examines the conundrum many college kids today run into at public universities. -
What Presidents Can (And Can’t) Do about Education
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #156 -
Virginia Homeschool Co-op Flourishing
Opinion -school-reform-news -Homeschool cooperatives have flourished in Virginia during the past two decades. Faith-based and secular, small and large, these parent-driven learning communities bolster the growing and unique needs of home educators while increasing access to expert in -
More Michigan Students Are Using School Choice Programs, Study Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -More than one in five Michigan public school students enrolled in charter schools or crossed district lines to attend a different public school last year, a statewide study shows. -
School Choice Is Greedy Teachers Unions’ Kryptonite
Opinion -Editorial -It’s strike season for teachers unions across America, and people are waking up to the destruction the unions’ juvenile behavior inflicts on children, parents and taxpayers. -
Obama Administration Urges Schools to Limit Police Force
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Obama administration sent letters to colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts recommending how to use law enforcement officers in educational environments. -
Public Dissatisfied with Learning Standards, Disagrees on Goal of Education, Poll Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -Less than half of the public say they’re satisfied with the educational standards in the public schools in their community, a poll found. -
A Rigged Election: How the Left Blatantly Violates Election Law
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Florida Teachers Union Appeals Tax Credit Scholarship Ruling to State Supreme Court
Opinion -school-reform-news -Florida’s largest teachers union is appealing to the state Supreme Court a decision a lower court made upholding the state’s tax credit scholarship program. -
Western Governors University Praised for Reducing Student Debt
Opinion -school-reform-news -Western Governors University (WGU), an online, nonprofit university, is receiving praise for its Responsible Borrowing Initiative (RBI), a program to reduce student loan debt. -
Massachusetts Voters to Decide on Charter School Cap
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #155 -
Charter Schools Are Private Corporations, National Labor Relations Board Rules
Opinion -school-reform-news -The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled charter schools are private corporations, not public organizations, and has ordered charter school employees organizing unions to organize under private-sector rules. -
Emmanuel Uses Charter Children as Bargaining Chip to Placate Teachers Union
Opinion -Editorial -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s administration reached a tentative agreement to avert what would have been the second teachers strike in Chicago in four years. -
Common Core: Bad for Catholics, Bad for Everybody
Opinion -Editorial -A new academic study finds the Common Core State Standards undermine the premises behind Catholic education. -
Connecticut School Funding System Ruled Unconstitutional
Opinion -school-reform-news -A Connecticut judge ruled the state’s funding system for public schools is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide every child an adequate education. -
Heartland Weekly – Wikipedia Is Broken, Biased, and Corrupt
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Nevada ESA Ruling Is a Win in More Ways than One
Opinion -Editorial -The teachers unions’ cruel streak is helping no one. -
Oklahoma Rep. Continues Push for Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -school-reform-news -State Rep. Jason Nelson (R-Oklahoma City) says he’s confident Oklahoma lawmakers will continue to introduce legislation for education savings accounts (ESAs) in the state legislature. -
University of Pennsylvania Rejects Fossil Fuel Divestment Pressure
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The University of Pennsylvania (UP) has joined a growing list of major universities to reject calls by environmental groups to divest fossil fuel investments from their endowments. -
The School Choice Generation Wants a Full Educational Menu
Opinion -Editorial -Millennials favor all forms of school choice at a greater rate than older generations, which indicates demand for private and in-house public alternatives to government-assigned schools is bound to persist, no matter how the political winds may shift. -
Bill to Bring Education Savings Accounts to DC Students Sits in Committee
Opinion -school-reform-news -A bill to bring education savings accounts (ESAs) to students in Washington, DC is waiting to be approved by a congressional committee before it can come before the full House or Senate for a vote. -
Most Major Textbooks Not Fully Aligned with Common Core
Opinion -school-reform-news -Most of the major textbooks used in U.S. schools do not meet expectations for alignment with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a study has found. -
Nevada Supreme Court Rules ESAs Constitutional, Orders Funding Change
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Nevada Supreme Court declared the state’s education savings accounts (ESA) program constitutional and ruled the legislature must find a different way to fund the program.
