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Commentaries
The super-secret superintendent search
Clark County school board maneuvers around open-meeting laws
While looking for a new leader, the Clark County school board is maneuvering around open-meeting laws.
Read moreBound and gagged
Union negotiations marked by compulsion, secrecy and predation
Union negotiations are marked by complusion, secrecy and predation.
Challengers want sunlight
Non-incumbent candidates more favorable toward transparency
Non-incumbent candidates were much more likely to go on the record supporting transparency in government.
Reid’s budget plan: positive, but flawed
Plan plagued by untenable assumptions, absent evidence
Rory's plan is plagued by untenable assumptions and absent evidence.
Rory Reid is wrong on vouchers
School choice programs are both effective and affordable
Studies show school choice programs are both effective and affordable.
Nevada schools' billion-dollar blind spot
Shouldn’t superintendents be subject to ethics-in-government laws?
Why aren't superintendents subject to ethics-in-government laws?
Feds fire warning shot over state pensions
New Jersey SEC case is harbinger of things to come
For the first time the SEC has targeted a state pension system — this time New Jersey's — for fraudulent accounting.
Project (falling) STAR
An education study rife with flaws
An education study used to justify smaller class sizes was flawed from its start.
Tax the rich, soak the poor
Ending Bush tax cuts would further cripple job growth
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.
Poor-mouthing your way to obesity
Nevada higher ed actually suffers from bloat
Sadly, higher education in Nevada is about employing adults, not educating students.
