March, 2015 - Independence Institute

Denver’s SchoolChoice Program Keeps Growing 0
- March 16, 2015
I love when people talk about school choice as a “movement.” The word just does such a good job of conveying a sense of momentum and highlighting the fact that an increasing number of families are looking for more options for their kids. A Chalkbeat story illustrated that kind of momentum this morning, reporting that […]
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Why the Senators’ Letter to Iran Was Both Appropriate and Legally Necessary 0
- March 16, 2015
This article first appeared at the American Thinker website. Suppose you are in a general partnership with Smith. Smith handles day-to-day management, subject to your approval. But recently, he’s been acting somewhat high-handedly. Without consulting you, Smith is busy negotiating a contract with Macropus International Corp., a company notorious for unscrupulous practices. Smith has made
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Myth-Buster Marcus Winter Blows Up Anti-Charter Talking Points… Again 0
- March 12, 2015
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for longer than I’ve been alive, then most likely you’ve heard of the show MythBusters. As the name would imply, the show’s hosts are out to disprove some commonly held misperceptions. What’s really cool is sometimes these guys get to crash things and blow up stuff to help […]
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Necessary Infrastructure or Technocratic Tinkering?0
- March 11, 2015
If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that debates between national education experts are good things. They are almost always interesting, often helpful, and unfailingly entertaining for little policy geeks like myself. Maybe that’s why I was so excited to see two of my favorites, Andy Smarick from Bellweather Education Partners and Jason […]
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Amy Oliver Show: Falcon 49 Forges Smarter Budget Path 0
- March 11, 2015
Falcon 49 Chief Business Officer Brett Ridgway explains how his school district’s unique model pushes important budget decisions down to the school level.
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Yet Another Multi-State Convention Uncovered 0
- March 11, 2015
For many years, opponents of a convention for proposing amendments argued that the law governing such a convention was unknowable because the only precedent for such a gathering was the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This was always an ignorant claim, since even high schoolers learn that Annapolis, Maryland hosted a “convention of states” the previous
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