Opinion
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Fast Facts: The Rise of Mobile Banking
Opinion -Fact: Mobile banking usage is expected to grow from 10 million active users in 2009 to more than 53 million active users in 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 51.8 percent. -
Online AP Courses Save Districts Dollars
Opinion -Cash-strapped schools are increasingly turning to online delivery of Advanced Placement classes for high school students seeking college credit, a change that could be a boon to students and policymakers by expanding access to high-level instruction -
Self-Reliant Populism
Opinion -Illinois and Missouri are among the 10 states that do not oblige home educators to register with the state, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association. -
Michigan Study Heralds Virtual Learning Gains
Opinion -Online teaching provides equal—and sometimes superior—outcomes with face-to-face instruction, reports a study by the nonpartisan Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Michigan-based research and education institution. -
2011 Looks Good for Reformers
Opinion -In political terms 2010 may have been the year of the Tea Party movement, but in policy terms it was the year of school choice. And with courageous reformers at the helm of several states, 2011 could be even better. -
Texas Legislators Rethink Class Size Rules Amid Budget Shortfall
Opinion -In an effort to ease financial pressures on the state budget, Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs is suggesting the legislature replace the current cap of 22 students in each K-4 classroom with a maximum average of 22 students for the entire -
On Wisconsin: The Dairy State’s Domination by Government Employment
Opinion -Can one feel schadenfreude for the problems of an entire legislature?Consider Wisconsin. Like most states in trouble today, the Cheese State has been a land of hefty taxes and regulations for years, causing it, over decades, to leak capital and labor. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Bill to De-fund FCC Net Neutrality Rules
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed an amendment to the continuing resolution that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from using any federal funds to enforce the net neutrality rules it approved in December. -
Public Broadcasting: Should Congress Cut Off Funding?
Opinion -President Barack Obama's fiscal 2012 budget includes $451 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which oversees PBS and National Public Radio. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Government Worker Protests in Wisconsin
Opinion -Thousands of public employees in Wisconsin marched on the state capitol Thursday to protest a bill that would force public employees to pay more for pension and health benefits while limiting their union’s collective bargaining power. State Sen. -
QE2’s Link to Tunisia, Egypt and Middle East Protests
Opinion -The Federal Reserve has been busy pumping up the money supply by $300 billion in three months, with much more promised in the months ahead. Some of the results have been painfully predictable, others less so. -
Nevada Governor Calls for Amendment to Permit Vouchers
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) is proposing education reforms aimed at boosting student achievement while saving taxpayers money. -
Brown Asks for Tax-Hike Extension to Sustain CA School Budgets
Opinion -California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is asking voters to extend a sales- and income-tax increase for five years to help close a $25 billion state budget deficit this year and spare the state’s public schools from deep budget cuts. -
Opportunity Scholarships Overcome Crucial Hurdles in New Jersey
Opinion -A key New Jersey state Assembly panel has cleared the New Jersey Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill to aid low-income students in the state’s worst schools. -
Heartland Institute Expert: Federal Reinsurance Tax Proposal ‘Just a Bad Idea’
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE — Rep. Jeff Brandes (R-St. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s Budget, Press Conference
Opinion -President Barack Obama released his 2012 budget on Monday and defended it at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The following comments from staff at The Heartland Institute may be used for attribution. -
Indiana Lawmakers Propose ‘Dramatic’ School Reforms
Opinion -Indiana Democrats are balking at votes on several labor and school reform bills winding through the state legislature. Despite a walkout, in which some House members reportedly fled to adjacent Illinois, Gov. -
Obama ‘No Child’ Reforms Would Eliminate School Choice Options
Opinion -President Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan have renewed their call for Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act this year, proposing, among other changes, that the 2001 law be stripped of public school choice provisions. -
Kentucky Senate Passes Historic Charter-Schools Bill
Opinion -The Kentucky state Senate has passed a bill opening the state to charter schools, overcoming opposition from the state’s teachers union and culminating nearly a decade of work by school reformers in the Bluegrass State. -
California Judge Approves Class-Action Status Against Wal-Mart, Netflix
Opinion -A federal judge in California granted class-action status this past December to a group of Netflix subscribers who allege the company and Wal-Mart conspired to monopolize the DVD market.Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. -
Extreme Weather and Global Warming
Opinion -In "Clean Air Act" (Feb. 10), Miranda Carter of Environment Illinois claimed global warming is causing more extreme weather. -
#259: Keeping an Eye on CMS Head Don Berwick
Opinion -On Thursday, C-SPAN chose not to broadcast live the Ways and Means subcommittee hearing with Don Berwick, the controversial head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in his first appearance before the House. -
Property Insurance Reform: Living on Borrowed Time
Opinion -Sometime soon, maybe even this year, the run of good luck that has brought Florida five consecutive hurricane-free years will end. When it does, the state could face a fiscal crisis that would make this year’s $3.6 billion budget gap appear trivial. -
A $53 Billion High-Speed Rail Program to Nowhere
Opinion -Vice President Joe Biden has announced a plan to spend $53 billion over the next six years on passenger high-speed rail projects that will help reach the goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years.
