Antonucci Deconstructs Chicago Teachers Union President’s Post-Strike Answers
Call me lazy. Call me a copycat. Call me whatever you want (“sticks and stones,” and all that…). Just read this insightful piece by Mike Antonucci that unpacks the answers of Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis in a post-strike retrospective interview. His piece reminds us that democracy applies more broadly than to union actions, […]
Obamacare’s Rationing by Another Name: The Independent Payment Advisory Board
How the Independent Payment Advisory Board gives sweeping powers to an unelected and unconstitutional board of bureaucrats. Continue reading
Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
Private Transit in Detroit
The Detroit Bus Company, a private operator, is offering $5 door-to-door service in inner Detroit. So far, the service only operated from 6:00 pm to 2:00 am on Fridays and Saturday nights, but if this is successful, it will no doubt expand. Service area for Detroit Bus’ door-to-door operation. Within a certain operating area, the […]
Obama's "American Jobs Act" Ploy Convinces Some, Anyway
The Obama administration’s “American Jobs Act”—a token measure forgotten by all but a few—is back in the news. Just over a year ago, I reported on the constitutional defects of President Obama’s “American Jobs Act” (AJA), a bill clearly designed to force Republicans to vote against it, thereby giving the President political “cover” on his […]
ObamaCare’s perverse incentives harm those with pre-existing conditions
There’s no need to turn the entire system upside down to help the people who can’t buy private insurance. Continue reading
Fighting the Hackers
This web site was infected with some type of virus a few days ago. I’ll try to fix it today; in the meantime, comments and other features may not work. I hope to have more posts Monday.
Amy Oliver Show: DPS Removes Controversial Evaluation Language
Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno tells how Denver Public Schools has backed away from language promoting student social activism, and highlights the opportunity for others to expose absurdity in the education system and win a scholarship through the Citizen Journalism project.
Colo. Teachers Union Members Automatically Funding False, Malicious Political Ads
Many Colorado teachers may be unknowingly funding a political group under government investigation and private legal complaint for creating multiple “negative ads were filled with outrageous and unfounded claims.”
An article by Colorado Media Trackers highlights the detestable activities of the 527 group Colorado Accountable Government Alliance (CAGA). The Colorado Education Association’s small donor “Public […]
Backpack Funding Could Bridge Colorado’s K-12 Digital Learning Divide
Checker Finn and Michael Horn take on the chicken-and-egg question: Will the transformative technology of digital learning unleash itself, or does major work need to be done overhauling K-12 policies and institutions first? Wherever you place the emphasis, at the end of this Education Next debate, we ought to be able to agree the time has come to let the money follow the student to the course level.
Will They Ever Learn?
Arizona Shuttle offers 19 buses a day between Tucson and Phoenix. Greyhound offers at least eight. But that’s not good enough for some people, so the state is spending $6.3 million studying the idea of running passenger trains between the two cities. The state’s first guess is that the start-up cost would be a mere […]
