Colorado State Board of Education, Part II
Ever wonder what the Colorado State Board of Education does? Tune in to this two-part iVoices.org podcast between Fiscal Policy Center Director Penn Pfiffner and former legislator and now current State Board of Education Chairman Bob Schaffer. In this second installment, Bob goes over what the board does, its functions, its impact, and how it shapes policy for all of Colorado’s schools.
Colorado State Board of Education, Part I
Ever wonder what the Colorado State Board of Education does? Tune in to this two-part iVoices.org podcast between Fiscal Policy Center Director Penn Pfiffner and former legislator and now current State Board of Education Chairman Bob Schaffer. In this first installment, Bob gives listeners news from board – what’s going on, what they’re planning, and information regarding the “Race to the Top” funds.
Ben DeGrow Talks TABOR, School Funding on Colo. Springs TV
Education Policy Analyst Ben DeGrow appeared yesterday on a televised segment for Colorado News First 5 (KOAA Colorado Springs / Pueblo) to explain the problems with the new “DECIDE” school funding proposal in the Colorado legislature.
The Obama Care Scam
ObamaCare is a scam. It further empowers politicians to dictate how you seek medical care and support charities. Politicians should protect, rather than violate, your right to make these choices. The bill is not reform. Rather, it spreads a disease that masquerades as its own cure: authoritarian politically-controlled medicine.
Innovation Cole and DSST Charter Talk Partnership
Parents and leaders at the K-8 innovation school Cole Arts and Science Academy have proposed a partnership with the successful charter Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) to share their northeast Denver campus starting in the fall of 2011. Cole principal Julie Murgel talks about the freedom that comes with her school’s innovation status and the promising possibilities of partnering with DSST.
Get Ready for Health Insurance Slumlords
If you dislike your health insurer now, just wait until politicians impose price controls that make your insurer act like a slumlord. Expect worse customer service, skimpier plans, and more claim denials.
Restoring Federalism and State Sovereignty: A Constitutional Path to Prosperity
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution provides: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”
Over the first century of our nation’s history the 10th Amendment was an important part of the Constitutional rules constraining the growth of the federal government.
3/10/10
Newsletter March 10 2010
Important New Education Tool for Parents
Colorado’s 9 News and the Piton Foundation have launched the Colorado School Choice website to provide parents with a new tool to examine the performance of Colorado’s public schools. Listen to Pam Benigno and Van Schoales discuss the new website and other tools available for parents.
Politicians Fail the Simple Economics of Prosperity
Isn’t economics the “dismal science”; that thing you had to suffer through in college with graphs and equations, none of which seemed to make sense? Economics is actually very simple. Human beings, by their nature, must be free to take action to achieve their goals. We don’t have fur, claws and instincts like lower animals. […]
“Reasonable Regulation” and McDonald
Originally published on Volokh.com The following exchange took place during James Feldman’s oral argument today, on behalf of the Chicago government, in McDonald v. Chicago: JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Would you be happy if we incorporated it and said, reasonable regulation is part of the incorporation? And how do we do that? MR. FELDMAN: Well, there is the […]
Apologize Now for the Burden Future Generations Will Bear
First, you should apologize to your children.
