Backward Sovereignty If you were to ask most Americans what the highest level of… Eric GoransonSeptember 13, 20114 minute read
Terry Branstad’s Education Summit: A Good Start, Now Let The Hard Work Begin During Iowa Governor Terry Branstadās Education Summit, I was struck by the… Eric GoransonJuly 27, 20114 minute read
Why Has Education in Iowa Declined? What’s the Way Forward? The Iowa Department of Education released a 28 page report today detailing… Shane Vander HartJuly 21, 20113 minute read
Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds to Hold Education Town Halls This Week Prior to Iowa Governor Terry Branstadās Iowa Education Summit on July 25-26th,… Shane Vander HartJuly 11, 20112 minute read
The Great State Acquiescence In Education? Over the last number of years, there has been an under-the-radar effort… Eric GoransonJune 12, 20114 minute read
American Principles in Action: Obama Dept. of Education Quietly Stripping Students’ Privacy Rights Proposed Rule Changes Would Share Personal Info with Federal, State Agencies Washington,… Caffeinated ThoughtsMay 20, 20112 minute read
Arne Duncan and DOE’s End Around Congress to Change FERPA, Invade Student Privacy Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the educrats at the U.S. Department of… Shane Vander HartMay 20, 20115 minute read
Mitch Daniels Supports Obama’s Education Takeover Indiana’s Gov. Mitch Daniels went to Washington last week to give an… Emmett McGroartyMay 13, 20115 minute read
Mitch Daniels Jumps The Shark on Education Just when the Indiana Legislature gives Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) a gift… Shane Vander HartMay 6, 20112 minute read
Arne Duncan Fails to Defend Constitutionality of President Obama’s Education Wish List Anyone else find it ironic that on the same day President Barack… Shane Vander HartMarch 14, 20111 minute read
Iowa Should Explore Educational Decentralization in Massachusetts Not Just Its Standards and Tests Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds gave this weekās press conference for the… Shane Vander HartMarch 14, 20113 minute read
Keep Duncan Out of State Education Here is an op/ed at Politico co-authored by Joe Mack, who is… Caffeinated ThoughtsFebruary 17, 20111 minute read