EDUCATION - Publications - Independence Institute

Assessing Colorado Rural Public School Performance 0
- November 14, 2008
Author Paul Mueller analyzes performance data from the School Accountability Reports for all 86 rural Colorado school districts, and compared them to demographic factors traditionally associated with lower achievement. Two school districts – Sargent and La Veta – are cited as examples of “beating the odds” with effective instruction despite a high-poverty or high-minority student population.
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Unions: Minority Rule 0
- August 25, 2008
Some pundits and hopeful partisans speculate that our upcoming national election may see less apathy among younger voters.
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A Second Look at K-12 Cash: Updating the Facts about Per-Pupil Spending in Colorado 0
- June 12, 2008
A follow-up to the 2006 report “Counting the Cash”, this publication highlights reported statistics to provide needed context to the debate about K-12 education funding.
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Ties That Bind 0
- February 11, 2008
A Denver school looking to overcome some steep challenges has asked to be liberated from the bureaucratic rules holding it back. Only one very formidable roadblock remains before this burgeoning freedom movement: the teachers union.
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Consumers as Smart as Economic Busybodies 0
- December 10, 2007
There are still two weeks of shopping until Christmas, but the nagging has already started. Everybody’s got an opinion on how I shop. They may argue with each other, but they agree on one thing: I’m doing it wrong. Some economists worry I’m not spending enough. These economists are sniffing the fumes of something called Keynesian economics. John Maynard Keynes revamped economic theory in the early 20th century. Economics as a science is still reeling from the blow.
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Low Expectations Won’t Help Anybody 0
- October 3, 2007
Grades, professional careers, and academic excellence are in the news thanks to the President of the National Urban League. In an interview that made national news, Marc Morial talked about law firms and diversity. It turns out that lawyers at the best firms want to hire only applicants who got good grades in law school. This, apparently, is bad.
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