The myth of the underpaid teacher
Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters wrote this in a piece published today in the Philadelphia Daily News: “WHEN ADULTS think of public schools, they usually trot out the clichés. Perhaps the most…
Read MoreEducation
Full disclosure is bad news for the public school’s big spenders
It’s that time again when school districts around the state cry poor and go begging to the taxpayers for more money. Well, it’s not quite begging anymore. Nowadays they actually threaten the taxpayers. If…
Read MoreIt’s not “for the children,” it’s for the adults
One of the biggest news stories of late has been the funding “crisis” experienced by Illinois public schools. The single most amazing aspect of this story has been the total lack of debate about…
Read MoreWhy we need action from citizens on behalf of school reform
American schools need to be transformed, and to accomplish that, many ideas need to be repudiated. But to attack ideas is not to attack the human participants in what Harriet Tyson Bernstein has termed “a…
Read MoreThe meaning of the word education
Bill Clinton once told us it depended upon what the meaning of “is” is. For Illinois citizens it depends upon what the meaning of “education” is. Let us see if we know what the…
Read MoreGovernment workers very well-paid: no kidding
David Denholm, who is the president of the Public Service Research Foundation, recently analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics and reported his findings in the Heartland Institute’s Budget & Tax News….
Read MoreThe IL GOP discovers Milton Friedman
When the giant Milton Friedman died this past week we were tempted to express our condolences to the Republican members of the Illinois General Assembly on their having lost a great friend. Of course we’d be…
Read MoreWho says public education in Illinois is under-funded? We’ve Got the Answers
One of the most enduring and popular Illinois myths is that government-run “public” education in this state is under-funded. We’re regularly reading reports of a “budget crisis” here or a “shortfall” there – and calls for…
Read MoreRecommended School Reform Links
IllinoisLoop.com From their website: “The illinoisloop.org website helps to provide information on issues in Illinois education to the parents who are consumers of that education, to the taxpayers who pay for it, and to…
Read MoreFree to Choose: After 50 years, education vouchers are beginning to catch on
By Milton Friedman: Little did I know when I published an article in 1955 that it would lead to my becoming an activist for a major reform in the organization of schooling.
Read MorePerestroika and the Illinois public school system
Kevin Killion of www.illinoisloop.org reported it this way: As expected, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s engineered takeover of the ISBE [Illinois State Board of Education] is now a reality. Robert Schiller is out as the Illinois state…
Read MoreAdolescent Brains are Works in Progress
By Sarah Spinks
Read More