Stanley Kurtz recognized at National Review that school lunches is just the tip of the iceberg with federal overreach into education. He brings up the work our partner, Heather Crossin, is doing in Indiana and how Obama could spark a 2nd Tea Party Awakening. I just came back from a conference where I heard a […]
Relatively Little Federal Funding Equals Lots of Federal Control
John Hill, a senior policy analyst at the Alabama Policy Institute, wrote an excellent op/ed for the Tuscaloosa (AL) News. An excerpt: The federal government stands to gain tremendous sway in Alabama’s education through the implementation of a common national education standard, and many Alabamians may be shocked to find out what a sweetheart deal […]
Race to The Top IV: District-Level Race to the Top
Making school districts directly beholden to the federal Department of Education undermines, rather than advances, local control. Announced by the US Department of Education (USDOE) on May 22, 2012, this program is designed to bypass states and go directly to local districts to persuade them to accept strings-attached federal grants. In this way, USDOE can […]
Speaker Gingrich, We Like Local Control As Well
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich was asked about his support of President Obama’s Race to the Top program during tonight’s NBC-POLITICO debate. He said he supported it because it talked about charter schools. He said he wants to promote school choice. The problem Mr. Speaker is that this program doesn’t promote true school choice, it may […]