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California School District Wrongly Tells Parents Homeschooling Is Illegal
Opinion -School authorities in California sent a letter to homeschool parents telling them homeschooling is illegal, which is not true. -
Texas Sues EPA for its Methane Clampdown
Opinion -The State of Texas sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 29, 2016, to block the agency’s new rules aimed at reducing oilfield methane emissions. -
Don’t Bee-lieve the Latest Bee-pocalypse Scare
Opinion -Now wild bee junk science and scare stories drive demands for anti-pesticide regulations -
62 Percent of States Have Dropped Out of Common Core Consortia, Study Finds
Opinion -The number of states participating in the consortia formed to develop tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has dropped sharply over time, a report has found. -
Kansas Counties Seek Sex-Ed Funding After State Declines Federal Grants
Opinion -Two of Kansas’ most populous counties, Johnson and Wyandotte, are looking for a combined total of almost $500,000 to continue funding their schools’ sex-education programs. -
FWS Removes Lesser Prairie Chicken from ESA
Opinion -Under a court order On July 20, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially delisted the lesser prairie chicken from the Endangered Species List. -
How to Get What You Want in Education Policy
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #149 -
Can’t The Feds Find, Like, Four Trillion Other Places To Cut First?
Opinion -Before cutting Medicare, why not take a swing at all the useless programs and studies the Government funds first? -
PRESS RELEASE: Convention of States Project Announces Historic Article V Convention Simulation
Opinion -“The Convention of States Project should be applauded for taking a giant step forward in its support of a growing grassroots movement calling for true constitutional reform in the United States.” - Kyle Maichle -
Heartland Weekly – Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles: A Homeschooling Success!
Opinion -If you don’t visit Somewhat Reasonable and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. But worry not, freedom lovers! The Heartland Weekly Email is here. -
Oregon Tax Proposal is ‘Gross’ Idea for Consumers, Prosperity
Opinion -In November, Oregon voters will head to the polls to decide whether to punish the very people employing over 83 percent of the state’s 1.8 million people with jobs: businessmen and businesswomen in the private sector. -
U.S. DOE Proposes Rules for Pilot Testing Program
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has proposed new regulations for a K-12 standardized testing pilot program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). -
Demand for Mississippi Education Savings Accounts Increases 70 Percent
Opinion -The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) awarded the remaining special needs education savings accounts (ESAs) by lottery this year, after demand for the program topped the number of ESAs available. -
NAACP Delegates Call for Moratorium on Privately Managed Charter Schools
Opinion -Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling for “a moratorium on the proliferation of privately managed charter schools.” -
Obama Signs GMO-Label Bill into Law
Opinion -President Barack Obama signed into law Senate Bill 764, known as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, requiring food produced genetic modification to be labeled. -
California District Gives Lessons in Water Policy
Opinion -Goleta Water District in California has some of the highest water rates in the country yet its residents still face shortages while its administrators and lawyers prosper. -
Heartland Daily Podcast – Chris Hughes: On the Front Lines of the FDA’s War on Vaping
Opinion -Chris Hughes, owner of Fat Cat Vapor Shop, former president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association or SFATA, joins the podcast to to talk about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new deeming rules on vaping. -
FDA Study: Cancer Risks Nearly Nil for 1-2 Cigars Per Day
Opinion -The FDA, which now regulates cigars, has taken the position that “cigar smoking carries many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking.” -
Democrats Now Want To Preemptively Punish Climate Change Pre-Crimes
Opinion -In the Tom Cruise-starring science-fiction-future-flick “Minority Report”: “A special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes.” These were called “Pre-Crimes.” Objection, Your Honor: Assuming facts not yet in evidence. -
Awaiting a Second ‘Dear Hillary’ Letter
Opinion -One constant in the education world over the past 25 years has been the periodic release of reports warning that American workers will be unable to compete in the global economy unless education becomes a seamless web of a government-managed workforce. -
New York Bails Out Nuclear Plants to Cut Carbon-Dioxide Emissions
Opinion -New York State’s Public Service Commission voted to adopt a “Clean Energy Standard,” which mandates the state get at least 50 percent of its electricity from renewable-energy sources and requires a 40 percent cut to greenhouse-gas by 2030. -
Social Media Users Score Lower on Tests, Study Finds
Opinion -A study examining the test scores of thousands of 15-year-old students found those who play online video games perform better than average in math, reading, and science, and those who use social media have worse-than-average scores. -
Take Heart, Liberty Will Prevail
Opinion -Election years are depressing experiences for friends of freedom. The campaign stump, invariably, brings out even more of the worst in mainstream politicians who make their living by making promises they cannot keep through spending other people’s money. -
Policy Diagnosis: A Telemedicine Pioneer and the New Health Care Frontier
Opinion -While on call to serve patients in six states by telemedicine, Dr. Jeffrey English explained how telehealth is the new frontier in medicine.
