Milton Friedman: The Father of School Choice
Policy Analyst Ben DeGrow interviews Education Policy Center Director Pam Benigno about Economist and School Choice Advocate Milton Friedman’s impact on School Choice.
Union Bill Attacks Workers’ Rights
Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno interviews policy analyst Ben DeGrow regarding Colorado House Bill 1072. If the bill becomes law, what does it mean for Colorado businesses and workers’ choices?
HB 1072: Empowering Union Leaders, Not Workers
House Bill 07-1072 threatens to unsettle the balance of power between employers and unions established by the 1943 Colorado Labor Peace Act. The Act requires a majority vote of secret ballots cast to approve union representation. But the bill would eliminate a second election in which employees decide whether to force dissenting co-workers to pay union dues or agency fees. Under HB 1072, workers could only reject a coercive all-union agreement by also rejecting the entire negotiated union contract. Because it limits choices both for union members and for non-union member workers, the bill is at odds with basic fairness.
Medicare-negotiated prices lead to shortage of prescription drugs
The latest fairy tale floating out of Washington claims that the federal government will do a better job than the private sector in negotiating low prices for Medicare drugs. Backers rely on the Costco Fallacy to support their case. It asserts that big buyers always get the best prices.
Washington Education Association goes to Court
Education policy analyst Ben DeGrow discusses the important Washington Education Association case before the U.S. Supreme Court and the effects a likely ruling may have on Colorado.
Prison Spending in Colorado: Anatomy of a Fiscal Train-Wreck
After decades of an ambitious incarceration campaign, Colorado’s booming prison population requires thousands of new prison beds.
In other words, Colorado faces a prison spending meltdown that will likely require Governor Ritter and the Democrat Legislature to put aside any grand new spending plans in order to pay for a hugely expensive long-term prison expansion project.
Government Negotiated Prices Creates Drug Shortage
The latest fairy tale floating out of Washington claims that the federal government will do a better job than the private sector in negotiating low prices for Medicare drugs. Backers rely on the Costco Fallacy to support their case. It asserts that big buyers always get the best prices.
Top Performing Schools
Education policy analyst Ben DeGrow explains why Colorado’s top performing
Romanoff Task Force Should Hear from Wide Range of Voices
Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff has focused his sights on a long-term overhaul of the state’s public education system. Yet any serious conversation to transform K-12 education in Colorado should include more than the list of usual interest group suspects.
