The Heartland Institute

... However, new data on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program show that even charity vouchers demonstrate the reforming potential of school choice. Reform advocates shouldn’t give up on vouchers, Clowes concludes. Quick Links News Release (html) Executive Summary (html) Executive Summary (pdf) ... ...

This study examines the sustainability of cars and trucks in the first decades of the twenty-first century. The authors find that private ownership of cars and trucks produces benefits that far exceed their costs to society. Moreover, concern over future shortages of oil, loss of farmland, air quality, and global warming does ...

In his January 1996 State of the State address, Governor Jim Edgar told legislators: " We rely too heavily on property taxes to fund education in Illinois. It is time to squarely address these issues. And I am optimistic you and I can do so during this legislative session." One month later, the Governor's Commission on Education ...

In Part 1 of this report , we replied to the March 1996 report of the Governor's Commission on Education Funding. In this second and final part of our report, we advance an alternative set of principles for school finance reform in Illinois. In many ways, these principles follow the lead of the Governor's Commission. For ...

... interest to legislators, citizens, educators, and parents. This report presents such a ranking based on four indices of school performance: 1. learning; 2. efficiency; 3. standards; 4. overall performance. This report brings the information together and uses it to grade the states according to learning progress, progress in... ...