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Michael Barba discusses education quality on The Lars Larson Show
Center for Education Freedom Policy Analyst Michael Barba discusses educational choice and quality on The Lars Larson Show.
March 1, 2016
Economy
Trade deficits can be a good sign
Free trade allows Americans the ability to satisfy their desires by purchasing goods and services of better quality or lower price elsewhere.
March 1, 2016
Health Care
Texas lags behind the country in telemedicine
Texas is dead last in the nation in access to health care and in expanding the use of innovative technology, like telemedicine, to meet that need.
February 29, 2016
Taxes & Spending
The Texas borrowing binge: What’s another $30 billion in local debt?
Among the top ten most populous states in the nation, the principal amount owed by Texas is $225 billion and is the 2nd largest total next to only California who is $268 billion in the hole.
February 26, 2016
Taxes & Spending
State-governed pension plans showing signs of weakness
As the Foundation and many others have argued in the past, putting Austin between Texans and the pension plans that serve them is poor public policy, and an entirely new approach is needed.
February 25, 2016
Taxes & Spending
“Living wage” proposal wrong for SAISD
Moving forward with a living wage proposal will only end up worsening the district’s fiscal position and possibly force more students to leave the district. SAISD would be better off scrutinizing its budget for efficiencies that can be redirected to merit-based raises for deserving employees thereby helping employees, taxpayers, and students.
February 24, 2016
Taxes & Spending
Texas’ $60 billion+ pension problem
The key to returning Texas’ state and local retirement systems to sound footing is the elimination of defined benefit plans for new employees and transitioning the state’s workforce into a defined contribution-type system. By changing how Texas offers public pensions, we can achieve a system that is sustainable system for all.
February 24, 2016
Local Government
Debunking the myths surrounding an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments
A recent Gallup nationwide poll, which asked respondents to choose among big government, big labor and big business, found that 69% of those surveyed identified big government as the 'biggest threat to America’s future.'
February 23, 2016
Higher Education
A small nonprofit’s big remedy for the plagues of today’s college students – debt and dropout
If you can somehow manage to go to school full time while holding down a job, there is less than a 15 percent chance that you’ll ever earn your degree.
February 22, 2016
Other
Brooke Rollins’s American-history lesson on The Bill Bennett Show
This morning Bill Bennett read aloud TPPF President and CEO Brooke Rollins' thoughts on American history in the wake of the South Carolina primaries.
February 22, 2016
Energy & Environment
The advice to states is clear: Stop work on the Clean Power Plan
Simply put, the President’s Power Plan has no legal effect whatsoever during the entire judicial review process, and states and agencies should 'put their pencils down.'
February 22, 2016
K-12 Education
Focus on quality of education instead of structure
Nothing is more important to the future of our society than the education of our youth.
February 17, 2016