Opinion
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Colorado’s Teacher Tenure Reforms Are a Good First Step
Opinion -The Colorado House of Representatives passed its heavily amended version of Senate Bill 191 on Wednesday. The Senate approved the bill on reconciliation late Wednesday afternoon. -
Analysis: FCC Regulation Plan for Internet Is Misguided
Opinion -Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has announced he wants to place the fast-moving broadband and Internet industry under a regulatory regime designed for monopoly-era telephone service. -
Colorado’s Teacher Tenure Reforms Are a Good, Small Step
Opinion -The Colorado House of Representatives passed its heavily amended version of Senate Bill 191 on Wednesday. The Senate approved the bill on reconciliation late Wednesday afternoon. -
Consumer Power Report #221
Opinion -I was in Louisiana this week giving talks to Baton Rouge and New Orleans health underwriters. -
Tech Industry Takes Steps to Protect Online Privacy
Opinion -As the Federal Trade Commission contemplates requests by Congress to impose strict privacy rules on the Internet, examples of market forces causing the industry to protect the personal information of their online customers abound. -
America’s Old K-12 Model Keeps Us ‘A Nation At Risk’
Opinion -Twenty-seven years have passed since A Nation at Risk, a seminal report on the state of education in America, famously concluded, “The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens -
House Bill Would Put Extra Burden on Bloggers
Opinion -A Michigan congressman is pushing a bill that would empower the Federal Trade Commission to impose fines on Web site operators if they fail to take down personal information posted on their sites.Rep. -
‘Cap and Trade’ Meets Skeptics in Chicago
Opinion -CHICAGO – As the U.S. -
California Again Mulling an ‘Amazon Tax’
Opinion -Scrambling to come up with ways to close an historic $20 billion budget deficit, California legislators are contemplating—yet again—imposing an “Amazon Tax. -
Report: Teachers Union Contracts Stymie Potential Savings
Opinion -Ohio’s teachers unions are standing in the way of needed reforms, a new report concludes, describing the union contracts as a “black hole of school spending. -
Supreme Court Nominee Kagan’s Inexperience Is Troubling
Opinion -U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan was nominated by President Obama today to fill the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court to be vacated by the June 30 retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. -
California City Votes to Buy Back Its ‘Free’ Wi-Fi Network
Opinion -Add Riverside, California, to the list of cities that have seen their plans to provide free wireless Internet access go not as well or as cheaply as planned. -
Oklahoma Legislature Advances Reform Bills
Opinion -A trio of school choice bills has accelerated Oklahoma’s progress toward expanding educational options for state students. -
Harvard Study: Cash Incentives for Students Can Spur Achievement
Opinion -A recent study by Harvard economist Roland Fryer Jr. suggests cash incentives could spur improvement in students’ grades, test scores, literacy rates, and even their behavior. -
Time Warner Offers Free Wi-Fi to NYC Customers
Opinion -Time Warner Corporation has begun offering free Internet wi-fi to its New York customers, in contrast to municipal wi-fi programs that end up costing taxpayers money. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-10
Opinion -The St. Louis City Museum, described as “a cross between a playground and a theme park,” is a magnet for tourists--and frivolous lawsuits. -
Illinois Governor Rethinks Tax on Digital Downloads
Opinion -Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) saw a tax on music and movie downloads as a great way to help plug a huge hole in the state budget—for one day. He quickly backed off the proposal after getting blowback from state legislators. -
SAT for Digital Skills Draws Mixed Reviews
Opinion -As employers increasingly seek candidates who can navigate, critically evaluate, and make sense of the wealth of information available through digital media, the Educational Testing Service, which administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test to college-bound -
Unions Oppose Seniority Reform Bill in California
Opinion -A proposed education reform bill in California would make it easier for budget-strained school districts to retain their most effective teachers. The bill’s author also touts SB 955 as a step forward for civil rights. -
Vermont School Consolidation Would End School Choice Option
Opinion -Legislation advancing slowly in Vermont would eliminate the school choice option that has been in place since 1869. Ninety of Vermont’s towns, known as tuition towns, do not have a local school or high school. -
Minnesota Prepares for Race to the Top’s Second Round
Opinion -Undeterred by his state’s poor showing in the first round of Race to the Top, Minnesota Gov. -
Austin Company to Provide Free Wi-Fi After City Failed
Opinion -An Austin, Texas, computer store is rolling out a plan to set up 50 free wi-fi hotspots throughout the city, stating it is frustrated with the city’s broken promise to blanket the community with free wi-fi using taxpayer money. -
Congress’ Earmark Tracking Site Plagued with Flaws
Opinion -Advocates of government transparency were pleased when Congress followed through on its 2009 promise to list online all earmarks stuffed into appropriation bills.
