The Education Year in Review – 2010

Lindsey Burke / December 31, 2010

As we enter a new year, education reformers will look back on 2010 as the year when education in the United States began to return its focus to the needs of students instead of to the demands of adults. During this past year, public attention to the barriers of educational opportunity created by special interests groups grew, and educational opportunities made possible by school choice made significant strides.

An array of movies—including Waiting for Superman, The Cartel and The Heritage Foundation’s own Let Me Rise—not to mention the courage of state and local leaders to stand up to teachers unions, increased public awareness of the failing status quo of an education system meant to serve the nation’s children. (more…)