Opinion
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FL’s Bennett Resigns, Arizona Prices Out Common Core Tests, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsFlorida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett resigns amid a school grade-changing scandal. The departure threatens one of two national Common Core testing groups. -
It’s Time for ‘Zero for Zero’ Farm Subsidies
Opinion -We are approaching the DC’s sleepy season. Congress will soon adjourn for the summer. President Barack Obama will take that opportunity to jet off on his monthly vacation — this time in middle class Martha’s Vineyard. -
New Mexico, Other States Crush Jobs Through Licensing Requirements
Opinion -Does New Mexico really need somebody to have two years of experience and take two exams before the person can repair a door? Or two years of training to install a security alarm? -
North Carolina Cuts Teacher Certification Requirements for Charter Schools
Opinion -North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that lets charter schools hire more elementary-level teachers without teaching certificates. -
Obama Administration Delays Enforcement of Income Eligibility for State Exchanges
Opinion -President Obama’s administration has been forced to abandon the massive data verification system designed to check eligibility for its health information exchanges for at least the first year. -
Separate Courts Dismiss Dodd-Frank Lawsuit, Reject Debit Card Limits
Opinion -A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Dodd-Frank financial reform law Congress enacted after the credit crisis of 2008. -
All Eyes on Board of Ed as Indiana Drops Common Core Tests
Opinion -Effective August 12, Indiana will withdraw from a national Common Core testing coalition as state policymakers reconsider the national standards and tests. -
Jellyfish Blooms: Rising or Falling? … or Doing a Bit of Both?
Opinion -A lot of researchers with a lot of data provide the best answer to date, finding that the results of their study do not support the view that the global abundance of jellyfish is increasing as a result of “the deterioration of the world’s oceans. -
Ending Tax Deductions In Right Way Could Boost Economy: Study
Opinion -The deduction of state and local income taxes or general sales taxes on federal returns is one of many “tax expenditures” being considered for elimination as part of a major tax reform effort in Congress. -
Streams Are Cooling, Peer-Reviewed Study Shows
Opinion -Streams throughout the Pacific continental United States cooled during the past two decades, scientists report in the peer-reviewed Geophysical Research Letters. -
Defending Google Fiber’s Reasonable Network Management
Opinion -Google got it right. In a filing to the FCC, Google Fiber rightly asserts that its terms-of-service do not violate the FCC’s Open Internet order and is simply reasonable network management allowed under the FCC’s rules. Mr. -
Oklahoma Critics of Obamacare Skeptical of Medicaid Recommendations
Opinion -An evaluation of Oklahoma’s health-care provisions for the poor conducted by a prominent health care consultancy found much to applaud, particularly in the insurance premium-assistance program the state pioneered in 2004. -
The Revised Definition of GDP Concerning R&D and its Connection to Human Capital
Opinion -Along with today's release of the preliminary estimate of second quarter GDP, we have a new definition of GDP involving the recognition of R&D as investment. -
Obamacare Leads to More Part-Time Employees
Opinion -In order to avoid paying for insurance benefits mandated by President Obama’s health care law, employers are moving rapidly to shift their workforce to more part-time and temporary employees. -
Social Conservatism’s Last Stand: Ken Cuccinelli’s Virginia race is make or break time for social conservatives.
Opinion -Terry McAuliffe is a crony of the Clintons, as a former major Democrat Party fundraiser, 2008 Hillary Clinton for President Campaign Manager, and former National Chairman of the Democrat National Committee. -
Taxpayer Millions Squandered on EV Charging Study Project
Opinion -An audit by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General found that the persistent weak demand for electric vehicles harmed the deployment and timeliness of a $135 million-plus taxpayer funded charging network, which spun a cycle of excessive grants and -
President Obama’s Climate Plan Would Kill Hundreds Of Millions Of Birds And Bats
Opinion -A newly published peer-reviewed study reports U.S. wind turbines kill 1.4 million birds and bats every year, even while producing just 3 percent of U.S. electricity. -
Missouri to Seek Special-Needs Grants for Families
Opinion -Missouri has a new law to foster scholarships for families with autistic children that get them services from private facilities or public schools outside their district. -
Political Left and Right Say ‘No Sale’ to Obama’s ‘Grand Bargain’
Opinion -President Barack Obama in July proposed a “grand bargain” on taxes with Republicans which he said would spur jobs and income growth, especially for lower- and middle-income Americans. -
Wegmans to Cut Health Insurance Plans, Send Part-Timers to Government Exchanges
Opinion -The popular Wegmans grocery chain is cutting health benefits for its part-time employees and plans to send them to President Obama’s health insurance exchanges where they may get more generous benefits and subsidies than the company offers. -
Confusion Over New Obamacare Fee
Opinion -A new annual fee charged to health insurance plans and companies that self-insure took effect July 31. -
The Real Lesson of Detroit: Change or Die
Opinion -One thing that has become evident about Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing is that the city’s problems, though dire, are by no means unique and are in fact just a more extreme case of the situation that faces many other big U.S. -
New Studies Debunk Alarmism, Included in the 97 Percent
Opinion -The current issue of Climate Change Weekly reports on two peer-reviewed studies that illustrate the duplicity by which agenda-driven global warming alarmists falsely claim 97 percent of scientists believe humans are creating a global warming crisis. -
MEDIA ALERT: Heartland Expert Will Testify Tomorrow Before Michigan Legislature on Common Core
Opinion -Joy Pullmann, education research fellow for The Heartland Institute, will testify before the Michigan State House Education Committee in opposition to the national Common Core education standards.