Opinion
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Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama’s Final Budget
Opinion -President Barack Obama yesterday submitted his proposed Fiscal Year 2017 federal budget, the last of his presidency. The $4 trillion plan includes a $10-per-barrel tax on oil; $1. -
North Carolina Panelists Break Ranks with Standards Commission
Opinion -After a year of study, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), a government commission tasked with reviewing state education standards, recommended continuing the state’s use of Common Core. -
Mississippi Governor Announces Second-Term School Choice Push
Opinion -At the inauguration ceremony marking the official beginning of his second term, Mississippi Gov. -
Minnesota School Officials Threaten Homeschoolers with Legal Action
Opinion -A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child at home was threatened with legal action by local government school officials over alleged violations of the state’s laws requiring compulsory attendance. -
Parents Cheer for School Choice at Mississippi Capitol
Opinion -School choice advocates in Mississippi held a rally at the Mississippi State Capitol to celebrate educational reform victories of the past, such as the passage of legislation that made available charter schools and education scholarship accounts, and to -
GOP Presidential Candidates Call for Common Core Repeal
Opinion -While campaigning for the Republican New Hampshire presidential primary in January, businessman and reality-television star Donald Trump joined other Republican presidential candidates in calling for an end to Common Core State Standards. -
Kentucky Lawmakers Propose Rebooting State Education Standards
Opinion -Kentucky lawmakers are proposing to reform the state’s education standards. -
‘Big Data’ Tries to Zero Out Parents in Common Core Review
Opinion -When grassroots parents discovered big-education elitists had kept them in the dark about the Common Core (CC) experiment being conducted on their children, they helped to shine a bright light on the gross deception perpetrated by some educators and -
Illinois Lawmaker Calls for School Funding Formula Change
Opinion -Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) called on his fellow lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) to reform the public education system’s funding practices. -
Texas Lieutenant Governor Calls School Choice ‘Top Priority’
Opinion -At a state think tank’s annual convention, Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced his commitment to promoting school choice in the state, calling education reform his “top priority. -
Nevada Judge Freezes State’s Education Savings Account Program Rollout
Opinion -A state judge in Nevada is siding with opponents of a groundbreaking achievement in school choice, agreeing to freeze implementation of the state’s education savings account (ESA) program until a final ruling can be made on its legality. -
Pennsylvania Governor Plays Hooky with Charter School Funding
Opinion -Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) has unilaterally redirected $8 million of taxpayer money designated for the funding of charter schools to traditional government schools. -
Textbook Vendor: Common Core Standards ‘All About the Money’
Opinion -An undercover journalist for a nonprofit organization captured candid video of a national textbook company’s sales executive making inflammatory remarks about federal Common Core standards and textbook companies’ support of them. -
Heartland Institute Panel Discusses the Urgency of School Choice
Opinion -National School Choice Week is held every January. This year's event took place from January 24 – 30, 2016. Throughout the U.S. over 16,000 events were held, with Illinois having 918 events, the most of any state. -
California Education Board Approves New Charter School
Opinion -California’s State Board of Education (CBOE) unanimously approved a request to transform an alternative education program at a local traditional public school into a public charter school, now called the Ross Valley Charter School. -
Federal Reforms Hit Sweet Note for Music Educators
Opinion -Reforms passed by lawmakers in Congress as part of legislation that has replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), a law that gave the national government significant influence on education and curricula at the local and state levels, include a -
Parents, Children Celebrate National School Choice Week
Opinion -Parents, children, and educators rallied at events across the nation to celebrate the progress made over the past five years in the school choice movement and to promote pro-liberty school reform and parent empowerment. -
School Choice Means Not Asking Politicians For Permission To Educate Your Child
Opinion -Parents, students, educators, and pro-liberty activists across the nation will be celebrating National School Choice Week, which began on Sunday and will wrap up on January 30. -
‘Tis the Season for Parents to Explore School Options
Opinion -Exercising school choice is at or near the top of parental to-do lists as the new year starts rolling. -
Supreme Court Hears Landmark Forced-Unionism Case
Opinion -Lawyers representing a group of California teachers challenging the constitutionality of deducting union fees from government teachers’ paychecks have presented their opening arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). -
Why We Need the Legislature to Rein in CPS
Opinion -Co-authored by Timothy Benson and Lennie JarrattThe administrators who run Chicago Public Schools, the taxpayers who fund the district and CPS parents have a real mess on their hands. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute to Host National School Choice Week Event
Opinion -Event on Saturday, January 30 features AM 560 The Answer’s Joe Walsh,state Rep. -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Plan to Put State in Charge of Chicago Public Schools
Opinion -Illinois Republicans have introduced legislation to allow state oversight of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and allow CPS to declare bankruptcy. Outside of Chicago, the state law already provides state oversight for school districts in financial distress. -
Thanks to Teacher’s Union, Chicago Public Schools are a Perpetual-Motion Machine of Mediocrity
Opinion -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has voted overwhelmingly to go on strike during the 2016 spring semester, with a walk-out tentatively scheduled for late March.
