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There Are No Silver Bullets

June 19, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

When it comes to improving education whether we are talking student achievement outcomes or school improvement there are not silver bullets.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: centralization of education, education accountability, federalism, Gary Houchens, Louis Brandeis, top-down reforms

Utah Legislature Calls for Abolishment of U.S. Department of Education

April 6, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Utah Legislature passed a resolution calling for the repeal of mandates within ESEA and the abolishment of the U.S. Department of Education.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: 2017 Bills, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, federalism, HJR 017, Ken Ivory, U.S. Department of Education, Utah, Utah House, Utah Senate

Evan McMullin: Eliminate Federal Common Core Mandates

August 9, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

New independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin says local control, expanded opportunity and a return to fundamentals are vital to reforming education.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Evan McMullin, federalism, local control, National Review

Feds Bypass States to Get Local Districts to Sign “Future Ready District Pledge”

September 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Missouri Education Watchdog first reported today that the U.S. Department of Education has sent out a letter to Superintendents of local school districts explaining their “future ready district pledge.” You can find the letter here and I also have the text below: Dear Superintendent, As one of more than 16,000 superintendents leading school districts across […]

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Anne Gassel, federalism, Future Ready District Pledge, local control in education, Missouri Education Watchdog, U.S. Department of Education

Debunking Misconceptions: “The Common Core is State-Led”

January 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I thought that I would start a series on common misconceptions related to the Common Core State Standards.  I don’t know how frequently I’ll come back to this series, but as these misconceptions come up or as I hear them I want to address them.  The first is one that I hear quite frequently and […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Achieve, Arne Duncan, Boeing, Carnegie Corporation of New York, common core misconceptions, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, federalism, Gates Foundation, GE Foundation, IBM Corporation, Intel Foundation, local control in education, Massachusetts Education Standards, National Governors Association, Nationwide, NCLB waivers, Prudential Financial, Prudential Foundation, Race to the Top, State Farm Insurance, Texas Education Agency, Tony Bennett, U.S. Department of Education, Washington Mutual Foundation, William and Flora Hewett Foundation

Is Education a Massive Failure of Federalism?

July 20, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, complained in his op/ed in The Washington Post about the Obama Administration’s use of waivers in circumventing the law.  He wrote: The Obama administration is increasingly becoming known not for its legislative achievements but for its federal waivers to legislative achievements. It has exempted favored […]

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: federalism, Michael Gerson, No Child Left Behind Waivers

And Mitt Romney’s Education Plan Receives a D

June 14, 2012 By truthinamed

By our own Shane Vander Hart While there are some encouraging aspects to Governor Romney’s plan and I can point to specific improvements over what we currently see in the Obama administration.  The complaint that Obama has expanded federal education bureaucracy, (pg. 13) is countered with slightly less federal bureaucracy.  Given that the principles of […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, federalism, Mitt Romney, No Child Left Behind

Local Control Doesn’t Have to Be Sacrificed for School Choice

February 9, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education released a white paper this week entitled “Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education.”  I looked forward to reading what this conservative think tank based at Stanford University had to say.  I was disappointed. While I applaud their ideas as they relate to school […]

Filed Under: Federalized Education, School Choice Tagged With: Barack Obama, federalism, Fiscal Federalism, George W. Bush, Hoover Institution, Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, local control in education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, school choice

ALEC Education Task Force Approves Anti-Common Core Model Legislation

December 5, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) met last week in Scottsdale, AZ.  They are an organization whose mission is “to advance the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty, through a nonpartisan public-private partnership of America’s state legislators, members of the private sector, the federal government, and general public.”  They have […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Achieve, American Legislative Exchange Council, American Principles Project, Closing the Door to Innovation, Common Core State Standards, federalism, Jeb Bush, limited government, The Gates Foundation, The Goldwater Institute, Washington Policy Center

Tom Pauken on the Decentralization of Discretionary Spending

August 19, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Tom Pauken, author of Bringing America Home and chair of the Texas Workforce Commission, discussed the decentralization of discretionary spending during a speech at the Eastside Conservative Club in Altoona, IA.  He mainly discusses education spending. Texans seem to understand the federalist position in regards to education intuitively.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Bringing America Home, discretionary spending, Federal Department of Education, federal education mandates, federal education spending, federalism, Tom Pauken

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