From School Reform News: School authorities in California sent a letter to homeschool parents telling them homeschooling is illegal, which is not true. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reports all of its members in…
Topic: Heartland Institute
Poll: Public Support for Common Core has Fallen by 40%
From the School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute: The survey, titled “Ten-Year Trends in Public Opinion from the EdNext Poll,” conducted by Education Next, a journal published by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program…
Arkansas Launches First-Ever School Voucher Program
Our friend Cheryl Chumley noted how the state of Arkansas started a school voucher program specifically for special-needs children: Arkansas recently launched the Succeed Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities (SSPSD), a school voucher program…
School Choice Extension Bill Blocked by California Democratic Assemblywoman
California lawmakers are looking at whether to extend the school choice program an additional five years, but one lawmaker is taking a stand against it: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) has halted extension of…
Rebranding Common Core
The unpopularity of the Common Core educational standards is not causing it’s proponents to rethink it but to rebrand it. “In 2010, every state but Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia adopted Common Core State Standards,…
End Common Core, say California Scholars
Government mandates are not looked upon in a good light in America, and Common Core is one manifestation of such animosity between citizen and government: The California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education (CAREE), which…
Globally Warm Public Schools
Global warming alarmists who claim that the science is settled on climate change are partially right: Public schools have reached a verdict on it. “A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. middle and high school science…
Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming
Craig Idso, Robert Carter and S. Fred Singer tackled climate change alarmism in the book, “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Scientific Consensus,” published by the Heartland Institute. As much as…
Common Core: Show Me the Money
It turns out that Common Core’s creators might be demonstrating the same ethos Cuba Gooding’s character demonstrated in the film Jerry Maguire when he said, “Show me the money.” “An undercover journalist for a nonprofit…
School Choice Round-Up
There is good news and bad from the states on school choice, as compiled by the Heartland Institute in its School Reform News. First, the bad news: “A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child…