This Free Market Minute is a carryover from the previous FMM, which discussed some of the issues surrounding a federal energy policy to increase the use and production of ethanol for fuel. Key ideas, missing in energy policies such as the new ethanol proposal, are that authentic market information as well as incentives matter in creating economic opportunity, wealth and prosperity throughout a nation. It's part of the mystery of capital and capitalism.
It's time for North Carolina to reconsider its most engimatic, confusing, illogical, bizarre tax.
To regain the public trust, and to set right at least some of what has gone so horribly wrong, state policymakers must be forthright, resolute, and bold.
Dueling reports released last week by the National Center for Education Statistics will do little to quell confusion over high school performance. Darvin Winick, chair of the independent National Assessment Governing Board, sums up the data imbroglio this way: “The results don’t square.”
With the Chinese economy back in the news, thanks to a stock-market drop, it's interesting to look back at the contrasting philosophies of Chinese dynasties.
RALEIGH — Unfortunately for North Carolina’s students, most of the debate over schools has focused on funding construction of new schools to accommodate a growing student population. Lost in this discussion is the fact that buildings don’t teach students anything.
The most-recent study, by JLF education analyst Terry Stoops, found that North Carolina’s teacher compensation was $1,000 higher than the national median and $2,700 above the national average.
Ready for a presidential primary season that ends on Feb. 5, 2008? Ready or not, that may be precisely what we get.
People can learn about innovative ways to improve education during a March 6 meeting in Raleigh.
An increasing share of JLF's work – as measured by staff time, published materials, public events, and web traffic – is devoted to matters unrelated to legislative debates or the daily news cycle.
Just how much is a teacher worth? Ask this question in education policy circles, and you’re sure to generate lots of opinion, but few easy answers. When it comes to compensating teachers, political leaders are hard-pressed to bridge the gap between unfettered generosity and budgetary reality. This task is complicated by the fact that accurate, unbiased feedback on teacher pay is generally difficult to come by.
