(NCAP) Recent reports state that due to over-estimated discount rates, the public employee retirement pension liabilities of many state and local governments have been under-estimated by 75-86 percent.
Financial Regulation Bill Exempts SEC From FOIA Requests
(Fox Business) Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.
D.C. teachers pressed to perform
(NCAP) With a new union contract under her arm Chancellor Michelle Rhee, of the the District of Columbia, has fired 241 under-performing teachers. Recent teachers’ union negotiations have given teachers their own report cards, with large raises and the boot on either ends of the scale.
New Orleans Schools After Katrina
Sixty percent of students in New Orleans now attend charter schools. It’s expected to rise to 70 percent next year.
The politics and policy of online education
(Reason Magazine) While online education offers some great opportunities for kids, the traditional monopolies across the states are fighting to limit its growth.
Audio: The Ideology Behind Federal Health Care Reform
Burke Balch explains how the federal health care law was passed to avoid a two-tiered system and about The Darthmouth Atlas and how it is used to justify health care rationing.
It begins: Some insurers won’t issue new policies for children
Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law.
‘Slacker’ health insurance now mandatory
‘Slacker’ health insurance now mandatory