The Heartland Institute

On Monday, April 27, 2009, The Heartland Institute filed an Amicus brief in the California Supreme Court supporting the defendants in the case who argue California cities and counties ought to be barred from hiring contingent fee lawyers to prosecute public nuisance cases. The Supreme Court ruled about 23 years ago that such ...

As unions begin to target charter schools, James Moss in his doctoral dissertation for the University of Southern California describes the effects a unionizing workforce has on charter teachers, administrators, and students' educations. Union agreements, even the "contracts lite" usual for newly unionizing schools, tend to tie administrators ...