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The super-secret superintendent search

Clark County school board maneuvers around open-meeting laws

Karen Gray


While looking for a new leader, the Clark County school board is maneuvering around open-meeting laws.

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Bound and gagged

Union negotiations marked by compulsion, secrecy and predation

Geoffrey Lawrence


Union negotiations are marked by complusion, secrecy and predation.

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Challengers want sunlight

Non-incumbent candidates more favorable toward transparency

Geoffrey Lawrence


Non-incumbent candidates were much more likely to go on the record supporting transparency in government.

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Reid’s budget plan: positive, but flawed

Plan plagued by untenable assumptions, absent evidence

Geoffrey Lawrence


Rory's plan is plagued by untenable assumptions and absent evidence.

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Rory Reid is wrong on vouchers

School choice programs are both effective and affordable

Patrick R. Gibbons


Studies show school choice programs are both effective and affordable.

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Nevada schools' billion-dollar blind spot

Shouldn’t superintendents be subject to ethics-in-government laws?

Karen Gray


Why aren't superintendents subject to ethics-in-government laws?

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Feds fire warning shot over state pensions

New Jersey SEC case is harbinger of things to come

Geoffrey Lawrence


For the first time the SEC has targeted a state pension system — this time New Jersey's — for fraudulent accounting.

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Project (falling) STAR

An education study rife with flaws

Patrick R. Gibbons


An education study used to justify smaller class sizes was flawed from its start.

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Tax the rich, soak the poor

Ending Bush tax cuts would further cripple job growth

Geoffrey Lawrence


Despite unfounded claims from leftists that the Bush tax cuts were specifically targeted for "the rich," those who will be hurt most if the tax cuts are eliminated are working- and middle-class Americans.

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Poor-mouthing your way to obesity

Nevada higher ed actually suffers from bloat

Patrick R. Gibbons


Sadly, higher education in Nevada is about employing adults, not educating students.

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