The Week That Was February 8th, 2014 Quote of the Week “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” – Socrates ******************************* Number of the Week 0.60 miles per day ******************************* This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) ******************************* Un-Science or Non-Science? Writing in…
General, Karen Schroeder
The Common Core Battle Turns Nasty in Wisconsin
By Karen Schroeder Wisconsinites have been censured, silenced, and threatened by school board members who protect a political agenda rather than serve the people who elect them. Although Wisconsin’s state statutes are intended to assure citizens the right to determine the academic standards taught in their schools, state laws have been ignored by school board…
General, George F. Will
Doubts Over Common Core
By George F. Will, Viewed from Washington, which often is the last to learn about important developments, opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative still seems as small as the biblical cloud that ariseth out of the sea, no larger than a man’s hand. Soon, however, this education policy will fill a significant portion…
Heartland Institute, Michael B. Horn
Successful ‘Edupreneurs’Reignite For- Profit Debate
By Michael B. Horn and Frederick Hess Julie Petersen’s piece, “For Education Entrepreneurs, Innovation Yields High Returns” in Education Next (full disclosure: we are both executive editors at the journal) ignited the familiar hand wringing and invectives about the proper role of for- profits in education in the Twitter-sphere this past week. The piece does…
Gary Wickert, General
Are President Obama’s Executive Orders Constitutional?
President Barack Obama has a new “go-it- alone” strategy which he highlighted in his recent State of the Union Speech. His tool will be something called “executive orders.” Also known as “proclamations”, these executive orders have been used by every president since George Washington to act decisively in times of war, respond quickly to natural…
Steve's Say..., Steven Welcenbach
Steve’s Say . . .
Income Inequality: The Latest Obama Horror Show Political magician Mr. Barack Hussein Obama* unwrapped a new shiny object to distract the American public from the falling I-beams and debris of his transformational destruction of the constitutional house our Forefathers built. The latest trinket, linguistically dubbed “income inequality” by the Left, is a surefire political winner.…