Education
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Education
September 2009
2009 DOE Trim the Fat Contest Exposes Waste: THE WINNERS!
Contestants Help Hawaii's Education System by Identifying Waste and Inefficiencies
THE 2009 WINNERS! Contest ends with over 100 money saving ideas generated to help DOE trim its budget. (more)
Education
June 2009
Hawaii State Teachers’ Union Clamps Down on Teacher Dissension
Concerned teachers believe they now need protection, because delegates to the April 2009 HSTA Convention approved bylaw amendments that take away members’ right to counsel during the grievance process... (more)
Education
May 2009
Elementary Principles of Monopoly
Government-run Schools Get Less with More
For years most economists have been arguing for market-like reforms in K-12 schooling. Market-like reforms would unleash competitive forces that reward innovation. The purpose of this study is to provide additional empirical evidence of the need for those reforms. (more)
Education
November 2008
Truly Progressive Education Reform
Does Sweden Have an Answer?
Curiously, the idea of using government money to help send children to private schools is considered a very right-wing, conservative notion. Granted, in the U.S. it is mostly Republicans who support the concept, with Democrats against. Thus we have the odd situation of liberals opposing a government hand-out that has the potential to mostly benefit the poor and minorities. Not very progressive of them. (more)
Education
June 2003
Making Public Schools Work
Applying a business organization model that allow schools and parent...gasp! control over funding as Hawaii moves towards decentralization
Nationwide, a failed public school system has provided the impetus for theoretical proposals and valiant efforts to establish charter schools and vouchers as the chosen methods of reform. These attempts can be likened to salmon swimming upstream, where the stream is the force of unions and status quo administrators protecting their turf, and the salmon, surprisingly, are not the parents of children in failing schools, but economists, businessmen, attorneys, think tanks, and the federal government. (more)
Blogs
Rooted in Reason
Grassroot Institute's Official Blog
The Mystery of Hawaiian History
Correcting historical revisionism and misconceptions promoted by the Akaka Bill.
Hawaii Spendometer
How Fast Does The State Government Spend Your Money?
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