A few weeks ago I got a chance to watch a sneak preview for the first installment of a film trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I did not have high hopes for the adaptation, given that much of the “action” in the gargantuan novel occurs in the heads of characters, the heads of…
Guess which is the worst-run state in America? If you said California, you would be …. wrong!
THE THIRD GRADE! Psst: Age 18 dropout laws probably won’t fix this! “Third grade is a kind of pivot point,” says Donald J. Hernandez, sociology professor at Hunter College, at the City University of New York. “We teach reading for the first three grades and then after that children are not so much learning to…
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” –James Madison, “The Federalist, No. 45”
Even worse than the fact that this year’s special legislative session was unproductive is how expensive it became. According to numbers I obtained from the LRC, politicians have cost taxpayers nearly $2 million during the past two years just because they could not get their work done on time. Last year’s special session to address…
I spoke with Utah’s new U.S. Senator Mike Lee yesterday and asked him what federal spending is beyond the proper scope of federal involvement. His answer is worth hearing.
Now that the special session has ended, the governor and the Health and Family Services secretary have begun their work to move all Medicaid enrollees to managed care in the commonwealth. Yesterday, CHFS Secretary Janie Miller released a statement announcing that her cabinet had issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking proposals from managed care…
Here’s just another reason why Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, is right in wanting to shut down the U.S. Department of Education: Since 2000, the department’s budget has increased by 57 percent — and that’s adjusted for inflation!
Great news! A news release passed along by the Kentucky Department of Education says the Bluegrass State is about to get its first group of Teach for America (TFA) teachers. They are heading for some of our most demanding Appalachian area schools. Who are these teachers? They are graduates from some of the nation’s most…
“We have lowered our expectations to a level where getting by is considered acceptable,” wrote Hank Bond, publisher of the Greenup Beacon, in a recent column addressing problems with Kentucky’s education system. Bond, who worked as a public relations professional with a school district for a few years, offers the close-up view of one who…