Education

Tax cuts are important but so are spending cuts, and it will take a lot of them if we aren't going to grow the federal debt.

As broken as education funding in Texas is, school choice is poised to be the carrot legislators need to make substantive changes to the current system.

As broken as education funding in Texas is, school choice is poised to be the carrot legislators need to make substantive changes to the current system.

You know what means: The American Civil Liberties Union and other liberals are doing everything they can to stop it.

Challenging times require bold reforms, but very few political candidates have proposed any. With this paper we try to fill that gap by identifying five reforms that would solve current problems, spur economic growth and return power and money to the states and the people.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Republican candidates are looking for bold policy reforms. IPI has responded with proposals that reduce the size and scope of government, empower people and states to make their own decisions, and keep more money in the private sector rather than the public sector.

With the possible exception of tax reform, very few conservatives will accuse the GOP presidential candidates of bold policy proposals. So maybe the candidates could use some suggestions.

There are so many problems with her plan it’s hard to know where to start grading.

Clinton's proposal, which would be paid for in part by taxing wealthier Americans and demands states pick up a greater share of higher ed costs, has many of the same trappings as Obamacare, according to Merrill Matthews, resident scholar with IPI.

Hillary Clinton wants to throw $350 billion at higher education to buy votes, er, make college more affordable. But we have pumped billions of dollars in federal money to higher education and it has only gotten more expensive.