Articles by Spencer Irvine

A pair of University of Maryland economists actually found themselves channeling supply side-icon Jack Kemp although they might be loathe to admit it.

The professor rationalized that today’s economy makes it essential to extend these benefits as employment is unstable.

Special needs students are often ignored in national education policy discussions, but are an important part of the American education system.

Immigration reform is one of the most important issues on President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda.

“Family instability is a leading cause of poverty in our society, and so these private decisions…have costs associated with them.”

The reason that European countries have not completely pulled out of their recessions is that their entitlement reforms “are a failure,” because “politicians rarely take the path of spending cuts.” Instead, “they take…a path that leans heavily toward tax increases.”

“Right-sizing the Classroom: Making the Most of Great Teachers.”

Today, 27 states and the District of Columbia require annual, yearly teacher evaluations when only 15 states had that requirement in 2009.

Inevitably, the discussion veered from teacher-evaluation criteria at the federal and state levels to upcoming requirements of Common Core.

Richard Lindzen, a former meteorologist at MIT, in his first presentation as the newest distinguished fellow at the libertarian think tank Cato Institute, tore into global warming alarmists.

This past Tuesday, Mrs. Obama told a group of sophomores at a local Washington, D.C. high school that they could follow her own path of graduating from high school and attending a top university.

Cecilia Munoz, the White House Domestic Policy Council Director, visited the National Journal and Bill and Melinda Gates-sponsored event on education, “The Next America” to give her take on education.