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Research & Commentary: Missouri Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Missouri legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. -
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The Leaflet – 2012 Emerging Issues Forum Videos
Publication -The Leaflet -On August 9, The Heartland Institute hosted its eighth Emerging Issues Forum, a gathering of state elected officials, public policy experts, and Heartland senior staff to discuss the issues likely to be on the agenda in 2013 and beyond. -
Research & Commentary: Digital Learning Possibilities and Pitfalls
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Harnessing modern technology to tailor education personally and make it efficient is new and greatly unsettled territory. States, schools, entrepreneurs, and families are testing variations on many programs to see what works for them. -
Research & Commentary: Obama Administration Education Policies
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As the 2012 elections approach, it is an appropriate time to review the president’s record on education policy. Several prominent observers have done so recently. The president’s education policies seem to please no one extremely well. -
Research & Commentary: Loosening Teacher Tenure
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Several states, including Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Virginia, are considering making teacher tenure more difficult to obtain or replacing it with rolling contracts. -
Research & Commentary: Florida Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Florida legislators have proposed an education reform that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California, is currently being drafted in a dozen other states. -
Research & Commentary: President Obama’s Student Loan Executive Order
Publication -Research and Commentaries -President Barack Obama announced in October 2011 he will issue an executive order changing the federal student loan system. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations, State Authorization
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The U.S. Department of Education will begin implementing two new regulations on for-profit colleges in July 2011. -
Advancing Student Achievement
Publication -Books -For the last half century, higher spending and many modern reforms have failed to raise the achievement of students in the United States to the levels of other economically advanced countries. -
Advancing Student Achievement
Publication -Books -For the last half century, higher spending and many modern reforms have failed to raise the achievement of students in the United States to the levels of other economically advanced countries. -
No Child Left Behind – The Debate Over Reauthorization
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Across the country, school is back in session. Will No Child Left Behind (NCLB) be re-enrolled? NCLB was initiated in 2001 with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.
