Pam Benigno Addresses Grassroots Leaders at D.C. Meeting
On July 19 Education Policy Center Pamela Benigno addressed a group of state grassroots education leaders at a National Coalition of Public School Options meeting in Washington, D.C. Her presentation on the importance of parent power was well-received by the audience.
Price for State Board to Adopt Common Core Standards Is Simply Too High
Well, Monday is the State Board of Education’s moment of truth: the decision whether or not to adopt Common Core standards. What once looked like an outcome not in doubt has changed in recent days. A great Ed News Colorado story today by Todd Engdahl lays it out well.
Some of the decisions made by the […]
Friedman Legacy for Freedom Day
Celebrate Freedom! By Sharing the Legacy and Ideas of Milton Friedman! July 31st, 2010 would have been Milton’s Friendman’s 98th birthday. Now, more then ever we need his vision. To honor the impact he has had on our society, and to help clarify his moral framework for freedom and free enterprise, we will celebrate […]
Pay your doctor cash, get better treatment
Jay Parkinson, M.D. writes:
If we really want to find out how to damn near perfectly manage any medical problem as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, we should be studying how doctors manage the medical problems of the cash-paying doctors they see in their own practice.
Dr. Parkinson relates his experience […]
Server Problems
Readers may have noticed that the Antiplanner was down Wednesday morning and almost all day Thursday. Apparently, our web host was completely down as I couldn’t even access their web site. Does anyone have any recommendations for a new web host? I am backing up the entire web site so I don’t have time to […]
Michigan: Just Another Case of Phony Alternative Teacher Certification “Reform”
From Michigan comes today’s reminder that education “reform” does not always mean real reform. History teacher Ryan McCarl writes for the Education Report that a new bill in his state designed to promote alternative teacher certification, well, really does very little or anything of the kind. In fact, he calls it “meaningless”:
The text of House […]
Whaddya Know
It turns out that urban planners really did cause the housing bubble. What’s more, even leftist bloggers like Matthew Yglesias appear to be persuaded by the evidence.
Michelle Rhee Inspires Me Again: Special Ed Vouchers, Teacher Dismissals
Washington D.C. school chancellor Michelle Rhee has done my heart good again — she who has helped to inspire my radical education reform side. She remains serious about getting the job done, and even the big Time Magazine cover story a year and a half ago hasn’t slowed her down. Given one of the toughest job assignments out there, Rhee continues to do great things.
ObamaCare’s broken promises
Michael Tanner reviews a few of Barack Obama’s promises about the health control legislation (HR 3590) in a New York Post article:
“The bill doesn’t come close to giving “everybody” access to coverage.”
“Even further from reality is the president’s continued insistence that the new law is ‘reducing costs.’”
“Anyone who thinks that their insurance premiums will be […]
Growing Interest in Driverless Cars
As the nation’s transit industry slowly implodes from the weight of political control, the replacement for transit is getting some attention in the press. Researchers from the University of Parma are sending two driverless cars from Italy to Shanghai. Researchers at Ohio State University have received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to develop […]
iVoices: Rural School “Chief” Gerald Keefe Sounds Off Against National Standards
Well, we’ve reached the week leading up to Colorado’s critical final decision about whether to adopt the Common Core Standards. This decision could end up marking a significant crossroads concerning K-12 education in Colorado.
A few weeks ago I pointed out that the Denver Post had caught up to me in noticing the whole Common Core […]
Jane Norton on health care
If you’re looking for the latest drama in Colorado politics, or a accusations that Jane Norton is a liar, you have the wrong post. This post is about what Norton says about health care policy.
Jane Norton is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate this Fall. The Denver Post’s eidtorial board interviewed […]
