Experts have debunked the Fraser Institute’s school rankings so many times, it’s easy to lose count. As of August 2020, SPN's membership totals 162. "On the strength of his reputation with the IEA, he was invited in 1975 to become co-director of the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, founded by the Canadian businessman Pat Boyle in 1974. Even private schools think the rankings aren’t credible. [citation needed], Other senior fellows of the institute have been deeply involved in political activity Preston Manning is the founder of the right-wing Reform Party in Canada, which later merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the new Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper who became Prime Minister in 2006. President of the BC School Trustees Association Gordon Swan said: “many disadvantaged students don’t perform well on the test.”. Buchanan, Salem Ben Nasser Al Ismaily, Board Member, T. Patrick Boyle, Founder and Honorary Chairman for Life. Patricia Dawson, head of Crofton House School, said: “we greatly appreciate that the public at large, and certainly a broader parent community, looks at those rankings and puts a lot of stock in them. As one of the richest people in the world, he is a key funder of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). During a 2015 trial in the Ontario Superior Court, a judge said the right-wing think tank’s rankings were “not admissible” as evidence. In 1999, the Fraser Institute sponsored two conferences on the tobacco industry: "Junk Science, Junk Policy? Exxon has given the Fraser Institute at least $120,000. Rather than acting like passive customers who buy finished products, she wanted each state group to show the enterprise and creativity needed to assemble the parts in their home states. SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told the Wall Street Journal in 2017 that the revenue of the combined groups was some $80 million, but a 2019 analysis of SPN's main members IR… She added that, often, 'the donors have a very specific idea of what they want to happen. Because the Fraser Institute’s rankings focus exclusively on average scores from the provincial Foundational Skills Assessment, which tests literacy and numeracy, many say the rankings discriminate against students from disadvantaged backgrounds who typically struggle on the test. Indeed, the Fraser Institute is all politics, all the time. Today's SPN is the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party. Managing Risk and Regulation" and "Should government butt out? Michael Harris, former Premier of Ontario, David R. Henderson, Professor of Economics, U.S. ‘This video has completely derailed the BC Liberal election campaign’, 'I do endorse Laurie Throness', Christian Heritage Party leader says. Rebekah Wilce, Center for Media and Democracy, American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD. His leadership team’s internal e-mails tell a different story. As reported in the Huffington Post, "The Fraser Institute received $120,000 from ExxonMobil in 2003-‘04. Site Web (Français): https://www.fraserinstitute.org/fr They discriminate against disadvantaged students. We need your help to keepmaking an impact. Es propagiert eine stabilitätsorientierte Finanzpolitik und wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerb ohne Beschränkungen. Alexander Moens, Professor of International Relations, Simon Fraser University, Robert Murphy, Research fellow on free markets, Robert Ouellet, Radiologist, Former President of the Quebec Medical Association, Filip Palda, Professor at l'École Nationale d'Administration Publique in Montreal, Sandra Peart, Dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies (University of Richmond), director of the annual Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought, Nigel Rawson, Pharmacoepidemiologist, pharmaceutical policy researcher, and President of Eastlake Research Group, Chris Sarlo, Professor of Economics at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, David Schmidtz, Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and a joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, Pierre Simard, Professor of Social Sciences at École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP), Aeon J. Skoble, Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Bridgewater State University, Cornelias "Kees" van Kooten, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate at the University of Victoria, Joel Wood, Associate Professor of Economics at Thompson Rivers University, former Associate Director of Environment and Risk and Regulation Policy at the Fraser Institute, Moin Yahya, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Alberta, Paul Zak, Professor of Economics, Department Chair, and founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, Michael Walker, President, Fraser Institute Foundation and Senior Fellow, Gerry Angevine, Senior Economist, Energy Studies, Jason Clemens, Director of Fiscal Studies and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Markets, Nadeem Esmail, Director, Health System Performance Studies, Heather Holden, Director of the Risk and Environment Policy Centre, Claudia R. Hepburn, Director, Education Policy, Amela Karabegovic, Senior Research Economist, Globalization Studies, Fred McMahon, Director, Centre for Globalization Studies, Rena Menaker, Policy Analyst, Health System Performance Studies, Milagros Palacios, Research Economist, Fiscal Studies, Mark Rovere, Policy Analyst, Health and Pharmaceutical Policy, Nicholas Schneider, Policy Analyst, Centre for Risk, Regulation, and Environment, Brett J. Skinner, Manager of Pharmaceutical and Health Policy Research, Niels Veldhuis, Senior Research Economist, Annabel Addington, Director of Educational Programs, J. Kristin McCahon, Director of Publication Production, Dean Pelkey, Associate Director of Communications, Professor James M. Buchanan|J.M. After all, some readers might be interested to learn that many education experts have described the right-wing think tank’s rankings as “not objective” and even as “discriminatory” against disadvantaged students. [20], The Fraser Institute has published material skeptical of climate change science since at least 2001, which marks the publication of Global Warming: A Guide to the Science by Willie Soon and Sallie L. Baliunas The abstract states: "There is no clear evidence, nor unique attribution, of the global effects of anthropogenic CO2 on climate. [29], Vancouver Office: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FraserInstitute/ Naval Postgraduate School & Hoover Institution, Roberta Herzberg, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Steven Horwitz, Professor and Department Chair of Economics, St. Lawrence University, Jerry Jordan, President, Pacific Academy for Advanced Studies, Lynne Kiesling, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Economics, Northwestern University, Erik Kimbrough, Assistant Professor, Economics and Co-Director of the CRABE Experimental Economics Laboratory, Simon Fraser University, Stephen Kirchner, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Rainer Knopff, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary, Yanick Labrie, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Malcolm Lavoie, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Marc Law, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Vermont, Robert A. Lawson, Professor of Economics, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Danny LeRoy, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Lethbridge, Kristina Lybecker, Associate Professor of Economics, Colorado College, Preston Manning, President & CEO, Manning Centre for Building Democracy, Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics, University of Guelph, Jean-Luc Migué, Professor Emeritus in Economics, École nationale d'administration publique, Lydia Miljan, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor, Alexander Moens, Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Robert P. Murphy, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Dr. Robert Ouellet, Former President, Canadian Medical Association, Liya Palagashvili, Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Purchase, Filip Palda, Professor, École nationale d'administration publique, Sandra Peart, Dean, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Joseph Quesnel, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Dr. Nigel Rawson, President, Eastlake Research Group, Christopher A. Sarlo, Professor of Economics, Nipissing University, David Schmidtz, Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic, University of Arizona, Kathleen Sheehan, Assistant Professor of Economics, Creighton University, Pierre Simard, Professor of Social Sciences, École nationale d'administration publique, Aeon J. Skoble, Professor and Chairman of Philosophy, Bridgewater State University, Cornelis "Kees" van Kooten, Professor of Economics, University of Victoria, Deani Van Pelt, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Michael Walker< Chairman, Fraser Institute Foundation & Founding Executive Director of the Fraser Institute, William Watson, Professor of Economics, McGill University, Joel Wood, Associate Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Moin Yahya, Associate Professor of Law, University of Alberta, Paul Zak, Professor of Economics, Department Chair, and founding Director, Center for Neuroeconomics, Claremont Graduate University, Ben Eisen, Director, Provincial Prosperity Studies, Fraser Institute, Steve Lafleur, Senior Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute, Charles Lammam, Director, Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute, Niels Veldhuis, President, Fraser Institute, Michael Walker, Chairman, Fraser Institute Foundation & Founding Executive Director of the Fraser Institute, Taylor Jackson, Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Natural Resource Studies, Fraser Institute, Fred McMahon, Resident Fellow, Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom, Fraser Institute, Elmira Aliakbari, Senior Economist, Fraser Institute, Jason Clemens, Executive Vice President, Fraser Institute, Angela MacLeod, Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute, Kenneth P. Green, Senior Director, Center for Natural Resource Studies, Fraser Institute, Milagros Palacios, Senior Research Economist, Fraser Institute, Bacchus Barua, Senior Economist, Health Policy Studies, Fraser Institute, Josef Filipowicz, Senior Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute, Peter Cowley, Director, School Performance Studies, Fraser Institute, Michael Walker, President, Fraser Institute Foundation, Gerry Angevine, Senior Fellow in the Centre for Energy and Natural Resource Studies, Sonia Arrison, Senior Fellow in Technology Policy and analysis, Professor Eugene Beaulieu, Dept. © 2020 Fraser Institute. In SourceWatch, key articles on Charles Koch and his late brother David include: Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Stand Together, Koch Family Foundations, Koch Universities, and I360. Even leaders from private schools that rank top of the Fraser Institute’s report card think the right-wing think tank’s methodology is bogus.