Don’t Pay Twice for Public Education
Last week, the American College Testing organization (ACT) released the results of its…
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Will Parent Rebellion Spell Doom for Common Core?
If one asked most people a couple years ago about the Common Core national education standards, the response would have been a blank stare. Now, Common Core is a front-burner political issue because parents are discovering that their children are struggling under the new standards.
Read Blog DetailCharter Schools Achieve Superior Outcomes with Unequal Funding
The University of Arkansas has published a first-ever comparison study of cost effectiveness…
Read Blog DetailWill the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Subsidies Be ObamaCare’s Downfall?
By Sally C. Pipes The battle over ObamaCare has shifted to the courts….
Read Blog DetailJoin a Union or Pay? Not So Fast, Say Oregonians
A public opinion poll released this week reveals that 84% of Oregonians agree…
Read Blog DetailThe Demise of the Highway Trust Fund: A Market Solution
In the 1967 film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman plays a nerdy twenty-something…
Read Blog DetailEight Out of Ten Oregonians Agree: Let employees choose whether or not to join a union or pay union dues
Because of a deal struck by Governor John Kitzhaber, Oregonians won’t have the opportunity to…
Read Blog DetailNew Poll Shows 84% Percent of Oregonians Support Employee Choice
Eighty-four percent of Oregonians support allowing union employees to leave their union without…
Read Blog DetailSustainability Is Fine, Unless There’s Nothing Left to Sustain
The University of Oregon may hire four new “hot shot” sustainability professors whose…
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