Jason Bedrick is a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy.
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Education freedom is on the march. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed legislation making the Pelican State the 19th state in the nation to enact… Read More
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School choice is coming to Texas. Last year, efforts to pass a school choice bill in the state Legislature were stymied by a coalition of… Read More
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After three consecutive years of massive progress expanding education freedom and choice, 2024 is shaping up to be another banner year. This week, Missouri expanded… Read More
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Several states are making progress empowering their citizens with access to education freedom and opportunity. Earlier this month, Alabama became the 15th state in the… Read More
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In the midst of the school choice movement’s most successful legislative season last year, The Hill asked: “School choice won big in states this year…. Read More
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Republican primary voters in Texas sent a clear message on Super Tuesday: “We want school choice!” The Texas House of Representatives last year failed to… Read More
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Everyone agrees that American students need better civics education. Civic knowledge in America is abysmal. Fewer than half of American adults can name the three… Read More
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Florida long has been a pioneer in providing families with education freedom and choice. It was among the first states to enact both tax-credit scholarships… Read More
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A school choice revolution is sweeping the nation. Ten states have passed universal education choice initiatives in the past two years. In addition to private school tuition,… Read More
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National School Choice Week begins Sunday after the school choice movement’s most successful year ever and with the promise of more momentum going forward. But… Read More
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National School Choice Week begins on Sunday, and this year, there’s much to celebrate. In 2023, the school choice movement made more progress expanding education… Read More
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A new survey has exposed the extent of the moral rot that America’s universities and K-12 schools have wrought on society. According to a recent… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In a period of great darkness, Jews worldwide are preparing to celebrate Hanukkah, the eight-day Festival of Lights that begins Thursday night. Yet some are… Read More
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“There is only one solution: intifada revolution!” campus radicals chanted last week at Princeton University, Tufts University, the University of Maryland, and other collleges nationwide…. Read More
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib last week made clear that she supports the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state and, therefore, a second Holocaust. On Friday,… Read More
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Western media outlets reported on Tuesday night that Israeli air strikes had destroyed a Palestinian hospital, killing 471 innocent civilians. By morning, it was clear… Read More
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As state after state embraces policies that empower parents with more options in K-12 education, opponents of school choice are claiming that it is a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still.”—Isaiah 62:1 On Saturday, Israel suffered the worst attack on… Read More
EducationCommentary
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session to begin Oct. 9 to expand K-12 options for Texas families. In the past few… Read More
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Jennifer Wolverton has a plan for her child’s education: A great laptop, software programs for practicing writing and designing artwork, piano lessons, and art classes…. Read More
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On the occasion of his “eleventy-first” birthday, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins famously disappeared. On July 31, we celebrate what would have been the 111th birthday… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“I like Hitler,” New York Times columnist David French said in a recent podcast while explaining that there are “countless reasons” to read the German… Read More
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In a year when the school choice movement has racked up a string of victories in red states, Pennsylvania was on track to become the… Read More
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Just in time for Independence Day, Ohio families can finally declare independence from the district school monopoly. Over the weekend, Ohio lawmakers passed a state… Read More
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Virginia has trailed other states in adopting robust education choice policies. But after the results of last week’s GOP primaries in the commonwealth, that could… Read More
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The momentum for school choice is continuing to build nationwide. Eight states have enacted new education choice policies or have expanded existing ones so far… Read More
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Education choice is on the march. So far this year, four states have enacted education choice policies that will be available to all K-12 students…. Read More
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American interests require experts on international subject matter. We need diplomats, analysts, and spies with expertise in particular languages and cultures. But Congress made a… Read More
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As school choice sweeps across the country, opponents are getting more desperate in their attempts to stem the tide. Like those who spring October surprises… Read More
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Florida long has been a leading state for education freedom and choice. It was no surprise when Florida ranked first in the nation last year… Read More
