by Byron Schlomach | Oct 21, 2020 | Legal, Research
Professional Teacher Charter Schools: Proposal with Model Legislation Authors Byron Schlomach, Mike Davis Abstract This paper advocates for education practitioners – teachers – having the ability to start and run their own schools, competing for public...
by Spencer Cadavero | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog
Since the beginning of this pandemic, the 1889 Institute has argued against lockdowns even as “experts” advocated for them. Now, months after the weeks-long lockdowns were supposed to end, there are still states in various levels of lockdown. State and local...
by Brad Galbraith | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog
Throughout modern history, the “enlightened” few have sought to define the ideal city. Whether the brainchild of a visionary architect or a commission of prominent residents, the various means of comprehensive urban planning lead to the same end – the...
by Mike Davis | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog
Socialist types like to accuse rich corporate types of having “too much” wealth. Simple fairness, they claim, dictates that one person should not have so much when so many have so little. But if we’re going to talk about fairness, let’s really give it fair...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog
A principle I have learned over the years is that when accusations mainly founded in suspicions are made, the accusers are very often guilty of the very perfidy that they allege. Of this, I have no doubt when it comes to the accusations against Epic Charter Schools, a...
by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog
The deans of 150 law schools, including all three in Oklahoma, have written a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) asking the organization to require “every law school provide training and education around bias, cultural competence, and anti-racism.” These...
by Tyler Williamson | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog
Imagine that someone forcibly takes your hard-earned money and then simply gives it to a multi-billion dollar corporation such as Home Depot, Wal-Mart, or Boeing. You receive no benefit from this forcible redistribution of wealth, and the sole beneficiary is the...
by Tyler Williamson | Sep 30, 2020 | Research
Policymaker’s Guide to Evaluating Corporate Welfare Authors Tyler Williamson, Spencer Cadavero, and Byron Schlomach Abstract This paper describes what constitutes corporate welfare and what does not. It describes specific questions policymakers should ask in order to...
by Brad Galbraith | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog
The 1889 Institute has repeatedly expounded on the merits of educational choice. School choice lies at the heart of providing individual children with a high-quality education, and Oklahoma could use more of it. With the myriad of programs that have proven successful...
by Byron Schlomach | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
When was the last time you ate money? When did you last wear it? Ever shelter under it during a storm? Fact is, money is only useful for purchasing the things we need. That’s the problem with yet more talk of a federal government “stimulus” in the face of state and...
