Opinion
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Heartland Education Experts React to Judge Denying Injunction against Croydon School Board
Opinion -Strafford Superior Court Justice Brian Tucker on Monday ruled against the New Hampshire Department of Education’s request for an injunction against the Croydon School Board for paying tuition to send five students to the Newport Montessori School. -
Ohio Teachers Union Officials Are Paid Twice As Much As Teachers
Opinion -Ohio Teachers Union Officials Are Paid Twice As Much As Teachers Ohio’s largest labor union is in the business of selling worker “solidarity,” and for union bosses, business is good. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on the Omnibus Spending and Tax Bill
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate came to an agreement late last night over a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill and a separate $622 billion tax bill. The House approved the tax package Thursday afternoon. -
Heartland Education Experts React to Gov. Abbott Appointment of Mike Morath as Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency
Opinion -On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) appointed Mike Morath as commissioner of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Morath has served as a trustee of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) since 2011. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Arizona College Student’s Lawsuit against Free Speech Zones
Opinion -Arizona community college student Brittany Mirelez filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging the free speech zone at Paradise Valley Community College violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on the University of Wisconsin System’s Support of Free Speech Rights
Opinion -The University of Wisconsin-System Board of Regents on Friday approved a resolution reaffirming freedom of speech rights on its campuses throughout the state. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to New York Common Core Task Force Report
Opinion -The New York Common Core Task Force released its report reviewing the Common Core State Standards. The task force recommended Gov. -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Release of Illinois PARCC Tests
Opinion -Illinois 2014–15 education test scores released Wednesday show only one-third of students are prepared for college and career. -
CFPB Expands Into College Education Accreditation
Opinion -Federal banking regulators are expanding the power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), demanding records and testimony from higher-education accreditation agencies as part of an investigation into possible “unlawful acts and practices in -
Where a Wrong Answer Can be Right and the Right Answer Can Be Wrong
Opinion -Another Common Core-aligned math problem is going viral. This time a 3rd grade math problem was marked as incorrect even though the student found the correct answer. On the other hand, submissions with the wrong answer have been counted right. -
Online Education to Disrupt College Tuition Costs
Opinion -Despite rapidly increasing college tuition costs in recent years, less-expensive online options have been slow to achieve mainstream acceptance, but Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, says that is going to -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to House Approval of the Every Student Succeeds Act
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives passed yesterday evening the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the re-authorization the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). -
Sage Grouse Restrictions Halt School, Cemetery
Opinion -Seemingly validating the concerns of critics of the Obama administration's plans to protect greater sage grouse populations from continuing decline would harm state and local governments, businesses and property owners in the Western states where the -
Lawmakers Urge Vermont Board of Education to Reverse School Choice Ruling
Opinion -A group of lawmakers in Vermont is urging the state’s Board of Education (BOE) to correct a ruling that threatens school choice in the state’s 90-plus tuitioning towns. -
Risky Missouri Teachers Pension Plan Proves Investment Return Assumptions Matter
Opinion -In Missouri, as in most states, teachers and other public employees belong to state-supported defined-benefit pension systems, which means when they retire these workers are guaranteed a specific amount of money annually for the rest of their lives. -
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Against Funding Charters
Opinion -On September 4, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled by a 6–3 vote public charter schools are not eligible for state funding. -
Lead Plaintiff of ‘Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association’ States her Grievances
Opinion -Co-Authored by: Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil As noted in our collaborative article published Monday, Nov. -
Montana Officials Propose Exclusion of Religious Schools from Scholarship Program
Opinion -The Montana State Department of Revenue heard testimony regarding a controversial proposed rule that would prevent state funds from a new tax credit scholarship program being used to pay for schools affiliated with religious institutions. -
Washington State Justices’ Ruling Ignores Election
Opinion -The Washington state Supreme Court on Sept. 4 rule the state's charter school law as unconstitutional. The justices dug deep to justify their decision, referencing a definition of public schools from a 1909 case, School District 20 vs. Bryan. -
Education Choice: Individualizing Education For Every Child
Opinion -Do you know a child with an individualized education plan (IEP)? You may know one and not even realize it, and if our education system were organized correctly, every child would have an IEP. -
Officials, Education Advocates Grapple with Improving Detroit Public Schools
Opinion -There’s no shortage of plans on how to fix Detroit Public Schools (DPS), which Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) recently called “the nation’s lowest performing urban school area. -
Survey: Black Voters Want More School Choice Options
Opinion -The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) released a new survey overwhelmingly indicating black families support school choice. The survey, which was released in November, polled 2,400 black voters in Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Tennessee. -
DC Homeschooling Rises by One-Third in Just Two Years
Opinion -Home-based education is gaining traction in the nation’s capital; the number of families choosing to homeschool their kids in the Washington, DC area has grown by roughly one-third over the past two years. -
California Public Employees Unions Join Forces to Oppose Charter Growth
Opinion -Teachers unions in Los Angeles (LA) and other public employee unions formed a coalition to fight the expansion of charter schools in California.
