Strategies 360′s “Protect Your Care” spreads ObamaCare’s biggest falsehood
The Denver branch of the PR firm Strategies 360 has helped spread the biggest falsehood of Obamacare supporters: the before Obamacare, insurers could legally cancel people’s policies after they get sick. Both Federal Regulations and state laws forbid this. Continue reading
Colorado Initiative’s Early Success Raises the Math and Science Bar (Gulp)
I occasionally get accused of being some kind of verbal prodigy. Less often do I get asked about my math and science skills. And frankly, it’s fine with me not to go there. But I get the scope of the problem associated with not enough students qualified and ready for careers in science, math and […]
Do Charter Schools Create Real Competition?
Young Harris College Professor Nathan Gray discusses his study of Ohio charter schools that offers some new insights into the effects of competition in K-12 education and the importance of quality charter school policies. In Gray’s study, the threat of charter competition yielded significant learning gains for students in district schools.
New II Issue Paper Rebuts Myth that Citizen Review of Laws and Taxes Violates the Republican Form
If you are exposed to enough politics, sooner or later you’ll hear the old saw that the U.S. is “a republic and not a democracy.” Along with that saying goes the following claim: Allowing voter initiatives and referenda is unconstitutional: If a state lets voters enact laws or veto tax hikes, the state is too […]
Teachers Union Offices Need to Improve Information on Member Political Dues
What happens when local Colorado teachers union offices take phone calls wanting to know how member dues are spent on political campaigns? Read and watch the results, which show the need to improve customer service. CEA can do better providing teachers complete and accurate information about how the union spends money on politics, as well as the Every Member Option (EMO) refund.
What Do Actual Doctors Think About Obamacare Now?
Last month, in answer to the question “Which of the following best describes your feelings about the ACA?” 55 percent of more than 3,000 doctors chose “repeal and replace” whereas 40 percent said “implement and improve” it. Continue reading
Taken for a Ride
Here is a 20-minute news report on the California high-speed rail project in four parts. I can think of several lessons people should learn from this fiasco. First, don’t vote to partly fund a project. The government agency in charge will spend all of the money even if there is no chance to get the […]
Amy Oliver Show: Boosting Math and Science Success in Colorado
The National Math and Science Initiative’s Gregg Fleisher talks about his group’s remarkable success helping students pass AP tests, a result that’s beginning to show up in the Colorado schools where they work. He discusses the attention given to student cash incentives in NMSI’s program, but focuses more on the critical training and support given to teachers.
K-12 Education System as Jobs Program? Let’s Agree on Something Better
In a lot of the debates Colorado has had about school funding (and more are sure to be had), the question lurking in the back of my mind is: What do we want our education system to be? What do we want it to do? Well, a new study from the Friedman Foundation for Educational […]
The Auto Bailout Failure
A new paper from the Buckeye Institute affirms what the Antiplanner has said about the Obama administration’s “bailout” of the auto industry: it did more harm than good. “The auto bailout transferred over $25 billion in taxpayer dollars to the United Autoworkers labor union,” says the paper, “while actually hindering the kind of ‘fresh start’ […]
Parent Trigger Concept Doesn’t Need Discrimination against For-Profit Operators
A few weeks ago I shared with you about a “parent trigger” debate triggered by the release of the movie Won’t Back Down. In that discussion, New Schools for New Orleans’ Neerav Kingsland argued that “the best parent trigger is parent choice between non-governmental school operators.”
Yesterday another division erupted in the “parent trigger” discussion between […]
Democrat Evan Bayh exposes ObamaCare’s dangerous medical device tax
The industry that gave us stents, replacement joints and defibrillators will get a dose of bad fiscal medicine. Continue reading
