Public shouldn't fund teachers' union activities
Recent revelations surrounding the alleged misuse of public school funds by a union leader shed light on a deeper problem. School officials should not release control of taxpayer funds to a private organization.
Iowa Expands Tax Credit Program
Iowa’s existing tax credit program for donations to Scholarship Tuition Organizations (STOs) has been expanded with Governor Chet Culver’s signature.
Real problems with Real ID
Near the end of the 2007 legislative session, the Colorado House of Representatives enacted a joint, non-binding resolution against the looming federal takeover of state driver’s license standards and issuance. But Montana recently took its own opposition a step further by passing a law outright refusing to implement the federal Real ID Act.
Hanky-Panky in Colorado Springs Union
Jon Caldara interviews education analysts Ben DeGrow regarding the Colorado Springs Education Association dipping into taxpayers’ wallets.
Georgia Enacts Special Needs Scholarships
Today Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship program. The law gives current Georgia public school students with disabilities the option of attending an out-of-district public school or non-public (private) school, beginning in fall 2007.
Republicans in math class?
Director of Operations Amy Oliver details the troubling test that labels Republicans as liars” and the RMHS administration’s response to her inquiries.”
Do the math: Political correctness equals a double standard when math teacher bashes Republicans
Of all things, a math test from Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins provides another example of the double standard for political correctness.
The road to Darfur runs through the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
The Communist government in China just can’t help but show its true colors.
The same authoritarian regime that is desperately trying to put on a friendly face for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing recently detained and then deported Colorado resident Kirsten Westby and four other Americans for peacefully displaying a banner saying “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008” on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest.
Implicit Compensation for Career Public Employees
The Colorado Division of Human Resources (DHR) conducts an annual compensation survey to support a state policy that provides competitive total compensation to ensure a qualified and competent workforce. Because this survey is significantly flawed in its estimation of retirement compensation, the comparison between private and public sector compensation is distorted. In particular, DHR substantially understaes retirement compensation for career public employees in Colorado. To indicate the magnitude of understatement, our study of PERA retirement benefits provides an historical baseline from which to evaluate retirement compensation. Improved estimates of implicit retirement compensation would allow a more realistic comparison between private and public sector compensation, and would support better decision making about allocation of scarce tax dollars for public employee compensation.
Benigno Warns of Threat to School Accountability
May 3, 2007 Update: H.B. 1345 passed the legislature with an amendment that requires schools to “provide to the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the public school…with a printed copy of the report.”
