Last week I blogged about a series of videos developed by Jane Robbins and others at the American Principles Project. The videos explain how common core will change what our kids learn in the classroom and how common core transfers control of education from local communities and states to unelected officials in Washington and elsewhere. [...]
Miscellaneous Archives
Sen. Ron Johnson on the Debt
One of our featured CLC speakers, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), had a strong oped in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this week on the dangers of Washington’s wild spending: Washington’s permanent establishment has sold a toxic bill of goods to the American people, who haven’t read the fine print on the back of the contract. One major [...]
McCrory Statement: NC Should Not Expand Medicaid or Set up Exchange
Gov. McCrory’s office this morning issued a statement asserting the administration’s belief that North Carolina should not expand its Medicaid program per Obamacare nor establish a state-based health insurance exchange. “In light of recent Medicaid audits, the current system in North Carolina is broken and not ready to expand without great risk to the taxpayers [...]
The Real Story of Taxes and ‘Regressivity’
Brian Balfour has an oped in the News & Observer that explains why it is a mistake to assume sales taxes are always “regressive.” There is one talking point that has become the go-to objection to eliminating North Carolina’s state income taxes and replacing the revenue by expanding the sales tax: “This will shift the [...]
Common Core Standards: Little to like and a lot to worry about
We’ve been hearing much about the Common Core standards of late, and for good reason. The ideas that motivated the standards and the way the changes have been implemented have raised many important questions. For example: What are Common Core Standards and why are they necessary? Have the new standards been tested and how will they [...]
