Opinion
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Good Idea But Costly Outcome
Opinion -President Obama has larded $50 million into his latest iteration of a health care bill, for grants to the states so they can "study" innovative ways of controlling medical malpractice costs. Please spare us. -
Utah Legislature Rejects National Monument Designations
Opinion -The Utah House and Senate have passed resolutions opposing the federal government designating any new national monuments in the state without the state’s consent. -
Online Education Efforts Grow Amid Regulation Fears
Opinion -Advocates of online education are praising a new national education technology initiative while touting the tremendous capacity of virtual schools to transform the K-12 system. -
Obama Creates Fiscal Commission, Taxpayer Advocates Advance Alternatives
Opinion -Taxpayer advocates are proposing alternatives to President Barack Obama’s executive order establishing the so-called National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a panel to recommend fast-tracked legislation making wholesale changes to -
2010 April InfoTech & Telecom News (full text PDF)
Opinion -The April issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports on Google’s relationship with China, which went sour January 12 when Google traced to Chinese government operatives a spate of cyberattacks and clandestine Web surveillance targeting the search -
Dems, Industry Back Away from Net Neutrality
Opinion -The resignation of a key figure in the Obama administration’s technology policy team may signal the White House is backing away from its previous strong stance that the Federal Communications Commission should enforce strict net neutrality -
Ralph Conner, R.I.P.
Opinion -Click here to play slideshowClick here for articles written by Ralph ConnerA memorial service was held Tuesday, April 20 at Chicago Temple First United, 77 West Washington Street, Chicago. -
EPA Prepares to Address ‘Ocean Acidification’
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will address so-called ocean acidification, making a deal with the activist Center for Biological Diversity to produce guidance on the topic by November 15. -
Heartland Institute Comment on National Broadband Plan
Opinion -James G. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-6
Opinion -Baby Talk Remember the Superbowl ad for E-Trade, in which a two-timing, macho, wolfman boy baby lies to his baby girlfriend? “Sorry about last night,” he says. -
Study: ‘Private Public’ Schools Exclude Poor, Minorities
Opinion -Nearly 3,000 public schools nationwide exclude low-income and minority students, a study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has found. -
Six States Plan $75 million Shot at School Turnarounds
Opinion -Six states are betting $75 million and three years of aggressive intervention can accomplish what No Child Left Behind and decades of reform efforts could not: Turn around their persistently failing schools. -
Charter School Co-Location Creating Tensions in NYC
Opinion -The high costs of building space in New York City fall hard on new charter schools, which have limited funds to pay rent. -
Report: Government Should Offer Range of School Choices
Opinion -A new report from a prominent think tank argues against favoring voucher programs and suggests concentrating on other options. -
Connecticut Misses First Cut in Race to the Top
Opinion -The Connecticut Department of Education and several Nutmeg State school districts failed to qualify for federal Race to the Top funding in the just-completed first round. -
Colorado Considers New Restrictions on Charter Schools
Opinion -The Colorado legislature is debating a trio of bills to tighten oversight of the Rocky Mountain State’s charter schools, while 38,000 children wait for a desk to open at one of the state’s 160 charters. -
Race to the Top Finalists Announced, Some Reforms Ignored
Opinion -The nation’s largest state was not among the 15 states and the District of Columbia chosen to advance in the competition for a share of Race to the Top funds, the Obama administration’s $4.35 billion pot of education-stimulus gold. -
Arizona Tax-Credit Scholarship Case Appealed to Supreme Court
Opinion -School choice activists in Arizona are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that found the state’s 13-year-old tax credit scholarship program unconstitutional. -
Congress Weighs Increasing Federal Funding, Oversight of Charter Schools
Opinion -Congress is considering how to expand charter schools as part of its revamping of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A bill by Rep. -
Key to Real Reform Is . . . Education
Opinion -From the intellectual, economic, and moral perspectives, school choice is so superior to the overpriced and underperforming status quo that its failure at the ballot box should raise questions about why such a good idea has had so little political -
Lawsuit: Pennsylvania School Spied on Students
Opinion -Today’s lesson: Students shouldn’t eat colorful candy in front of their computers. -
10 Disasters in Obamacare; 10 Real Reforms for Health Care
Opinion -The following analysis was written by Benjamin Domenech, managing editor of Health Care News, and designed by Senior Graphics Designer Kevin Leonard of The Heartland Institute as a flyer to handout during a tea party rally in Washington D.C. -
Federal Deficits Will Damage Tech Sector, CEA Chief Warns
Opinion -The head of the Consumer Electronics Association was not shy about criticizing rising federal budget deficits and sticking up for free markets when given a chance to publicly chide a member of the Obama administration. -
FCC Seeks to Direct USF to Broadband Support
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission is formulating plans to change the Universal Service Fund from supporting just traditional telephone service to also supporting buildout of broadband networks.
