Heartland Newspapers - Education

Are Pearson-Taught Students Getting an Unfair Testing Advantage?

Evelyn B. Stacey
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May 21, 2013
The largest education company in the world put reading passages from its new Common Core-aligned curriculum into sixth- and eighth-grade tests it administered in New York, prompting concerns that s

Common Core Withdrawals, Inflated Parent Trigger Opposition, and More: Tuesday's Ed News Roundup

Joy Pullmann
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May 20, 2013
Tuesday's ed news

Poll: 57 Percent of Public Opposes Government Preschool

Shelby Sims
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May 20, 2013
Government preschool programs have expanded greatly in the past decade, but a new poll finds 57 percent of Americans believe parents, not the government, should pay for preschool.

Schools Test New Ways to Deploy Teachers

Ashley Bateman
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May 18, 2013
Two years ago Romain Bertrand was a middle school math teacher, finishing his fifth year teaching in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenberg district and thinking he needed a way to reach more teach

Wisconsin Lawmakers Consider Two School Choice Proposals

Kathlyn Shirley
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May 17, 2013
In 1989, Wisconsin became the first state to implement school vouchers for poor families.

Education and Capitalism (podcast)

Joseph Bast, Herbert J. Walberg
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May 16, 2013
Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland Institute, and Dr.

Rubio Champions Federal School Choice Bill

Isabel Lyman
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May 15, 2013
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has gone on the road to promote a federal tax-credit scholarship bill aimed at helping poor children attend private schools.

Milwaukee to Voucher Schools: No Sale

M.D. Kittle
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May 14, 2013
MADISON – In January 2011, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett begged the state senate for legislation that would transfer control of vacant Milwaukee Public Schools real estate to the city of Milwaukee.

Indiana Governor Hits Common Core Pause Button

Joy Pullmann
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May 13, 2013
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill to reconsider Common Core national education standards and analyze its costs.

Study Finds ‘Troubling’ Lack of U.S. History Knowledge

Morgan Sweeney
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May 13, 2013
Comedian Jay Leno periodically devotes a few minutes of his TV show to “jaywalking” segments, where he and his camera crew take to the streets and quiz passersby about basic historical facts.
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