State legislators across the nation have concerns about federal efforts to install common core standards in all American public schools. The American Legislative Exchange Council’s recent decision to table a resolution against common core standards generated discussion this week. Comments on the topic from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation Director of Education Studies, attracted attention from Education Week‘s “Curriculum Matters” blog and from Cato@Liberty. A Salisbury Post editorial cited comments from Roy Cordato, Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar, on the use of market pricing to allocate water. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted this week JLF President John Hood‘s columns on economic fact and fantasy, democrats and demagogues, problems associated with government debt, and some interesting Virginia Cavaliers. Fergus Hodgson, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies, discussed sexually biased insurance mandates in a commentary this week for the Future of Freedom Foundation. Hodgson’s most recent column on immigration policy has appeared in publications including the Santa Monica Daily Press, Terrebonne Courier, and Lafourche Parish (La.) Daily Comet.
