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MacIver Study Shows Need for School Districts to Shop Around

Wisconsin taxpayers could save millions every year on teacher health plans   By Brett Healy, MacIver Institute Madison, Wis. A competitive health care marketplace can yield cost savings for school districts across Wisconsin if school board members don’t have a greater loyalty to a particular insurance company than they do to their taxpayers, a new…

Campus Chatter

Vegetarians, mind your own business by Joseph Dobbs Beautiful women are always found in the ranks of monumental movements. While I find myself unable to fetishize anyone whose name rhymes with para-sailing, there is no doubt that both the rise of Republican women and such opposition as the Obama Girl (and Michelle herself, to many)…

Might Wisconsin Be Next?

The Utah Pension Model As Illinois and New Jersey struggle to reform their broken public pension plans, it would be nice to hear a success story for a change. Witness Utah, which last March replaced defined benefit pensions with a 401(k)-style plan for new state and municipal workers, says the Wall Street Journal. As the…

MPS Shocker:

Dysfunctional Substitute Teacher System Wasting $4 Million Every Year MacIver News Service Milwaukee, Wis. _ The Milwaukee Public Schools system is so large and inefficient that it cannot accurately track the workloads and physical locations of its substitute teachers. In fact, the MacIver News Service has learned inefficient methods for hiring and placing substitute workers…

Don’t Hold Children Captive to Failing Public Schools

The following letter by Robert Holland was published in Letters To The Editor of the Indianapolis Star. Robert Holland Senior fellow for education policy The Heartland Institute Columnist Matthew Tully is bothered by the possibility that motivated parents would be the school patrons most likely to seek out the choices made possible by Gov. Mitch…

Scarce Money, Plenty of Enthusiasm Shape Wisconsin School Reform

By Joy Pavelski, The Heartland Institute Myriad reform proposals from new Republican legislators in Wisconsin are expected to wash away the state superintendent’s recent proposal to reorganize education funding. State Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers outlined a plan in mid-November to reduce schools’ share of local property taxes by increasing state expenditures to guarantee a…