Here’s Hoping for a Real Common Core Debate… and Some Real School Choice

by Eddie | 4:29 pm, April 8, 2013

More than two-and-a-half years ago, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted the Common Core standards. Just this last December the State Board took another careful look at the decision, as this School Reform News article by my Education Policy Center friend notes. For a number of reasons, the issue has gained greater national notoriety [...]

Research Ought to Give Second Thoughts about Government Preschool Programming

by Eddie | 4:35 pm, February 14, 2013

It’s been almost two years since I last brought your attention to the overwhelming research findings that the nearly-50-year-old Head Start program has not made a real difference in education outcomes. But a new Wall Street Journal story by Stephanie Banchero points out that some federal officials appear intent on doubling down. In an article [...]

Use Real School Funding Facts and Tell the Story that Empowers Families

by Eddie | 12:36 pm, February 13, 2013

A few weeks ago an article by the I-News Network (“an independent, nonprofit journalism project that creates long-form investigative reports, in partnership with major daily newspapers and has recently accepted significant funding from wealthy Democrat activist Tim Gill”) portrayed Colorado minorities as victims of inadequate tax funding of education: Regardless of which way the causal [...]

Can CEA Leaders Fight for Kids without Advocating Entitlement Reform?

by Eddie | 3:54 pm, December 10, 2012

All the big people are talking about these days seems to be the coming “fiscal cliff,” and some tough decisions leaders in Washington, D.C., have to make. For anyone who has common sense, a big part of the solution has to be for Congress to stop spending more money than it takes in. You know, [...]

Liberty Common HS Principal Bob Schaffer Honored for State Board Service

by Eddie | 1:37 pm, December 5, 2012

Not many students can say their principal has served in Congress and chairs the State Board of Education. Perhaps even fewer can say their principal also has been a great champion for parental choice and positive educational transformation. In fact, that’s probably a unique distinction that belongs to the chartered Liberty Common High School in [...]

I Agree with Bill O’Reilly for Once!

by Bob Adelmann | 6:16 pm, November 4, 2012

I watch Bill O’Reilly on TV for one reason and one reason only: to see who his guests are. I like John Stossel and Dick Morris. If they aren’t going to appear, I turn him off. My usual viewing time: about three minutes. But in this online blog by O’Reilly, he really has something to [...]

Obama Set to Unleash Tsunami of Regulations after the Election

by Bob Adelmann | 2:22 pm, November 3, 2012

“Presidents come and go but bureaucrats go on forever.” I said that at the end of this article, but I don’t really believe it. They operate with taxpayer dollars and if/when the flow of those dollars end, so do the bureaucrats. One can dream…

A Fool’s Reasons to Vote for Romney

by Bob Adelmann | 10:47 am, October 24, 2012

Somehow John Hawkins (a self-styled “professional blogger”) got his article published at Townhall.com, giving independent voters five good reasons why they should vote for Romney over Obama. They are ridiculous. Mitt is from a blue state and understands how to work with the other party.Hawkins said that Romney was able to “pass legislation and balance the [...]

Welfare Tops $1 Trillion for the First Time

by Bob Adelmann | 6:11 am, October 23, 2012

The government is spending itself into bankruptcy by trying to be all things to all people, using other peoples’ money. Until the money runs out, that is…

Is FEMA Anticipating a Catastrophe? Is Congress?

by Bob Adelmann | 11:04 am, October 22, 2012

The NaturalNews.com website is deceptive. It talks about food and nutrition and health and well-being. But it’s also powered by authors like Mike Adams (its founder) and Ethan Huff who have a lot to say about what’s happening outside that realm. Huff raises an important question: is there something going on that we don’t know [...]

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