School choice
Why does Sharon Dattoli decide where your kids go to school?
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DC vouchers work
Milwaukee shows school choice works
Milwaukee's school-choice program is the grandfather of voucher programs in the United States. As such it is often a target of left-wing anti-choice groups (primarily teacher unions) that work very hard to prove that school choice fails.
AZ Supreme Court strips school vouchers from parents
The Arizona Supreme Court, citing the state's Blaine Amendment — the bigoted anti-Catholic constitutional amendment adopted by several states in the late 19th century — has struck down two parental choice voucher programs.
Socialist Sweden's universal voucher program
As mentioned previously, the empirical evidence supporting school-choice programs is mounting, and public opinion in the United States is swiftly growing in favor of parental-choice programs.
Will Horsford stop the NSEA from preventing true ed reform?
In a recent Las Vegas Sun article, Nevada State Education Association President Lynn Warne criticizes State Senator Steven Horsford (D). "If he represents the children," said Warne, "why has he represented them in such a way that has left them sitting in overcrowded classrooms with lack of supplies and teaching materials?"
Questions that should be answered at Saturday's town hall meetings on Nevada's budget
Tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, is a chance for residents in Las Vegas and Reno to tell some of Nevada's legislative leaders what they think about the state's budget and the third largest tax increase in Nevada's history. The best part is that you don't have to go to Carson City. You can participate in a town hall held in Las Vegas or Reno.
Assemblywoman Koivisto: Please close the schools that fail to educate children
At a recent legislative hearing, a witness remarked that Nevada should cut taxes and spending. Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto (D, Clark County 14), however, responded briskly. She asked, "Which elementary, middle and high schools we should close because we have no money to keep them open?"
Education experts break down Obama’s speech
Dr. Matthew Ladner (vice president of research at the Goldwater Institute and policy fellow at the Nevada Policy Research Institute) critiques and criticizes President Obama's idea that everyone should attend college. Ladner notes that fewer than 30 percent of all jobs in 2004 even required a college degree.
