Education

School boards have no control over teacher salaries?

• Nathan Benefield
• July 8, 2008

Tony Phyrillas laughs at school board members complaining about not having control over things like teacher salaries – you know, the salaries school boards establish (typically through labor contracts)…

Media

Clinton’s Hostile Preschool Takeover

• Nathan Benefield
• July 25, 2007

Darcy Olsen of The Goldwater Institute on Hillary Clinton’s Pre-K plan. This is in response to a question for Brett Lieberman, but others are free to read up…

Media

Poverty and Spending

• Nathan Benefield
• November 17, 2006

Report released Tuesday from the Goldwater Institute shows that states with the lowest taxes and spending reduced their poverty rates, while states with the highest taxes and spending saw…

Media

Education

Racial Bias in Pennsylvania Special Education

• February 17, 2004

If you are an African-American or Hispanic male in a predominantly White public school in Pennsylvania, there's a good chance you have been labeled as "Learning Disabled." That is the…

Commentary

Education

Racial Bias in Pennsylvania Special Education

• February 1, 2004

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