Jason Bedrick is a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy.
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As America celebrates National School Choice Week, two states—Iowa and Utah—have made the first moves this year to empower families with a greater say in… Read More
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Iowa came very close to enacting an expansive education choice policy last year. This year, after supporting school choice advocates who successfully primaried incumbents from… Read More
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Kentucky long has lagged in giving families access to education choice. However, that changed dramatically in 2021 when, in the wake of school shutdowns over… Read More
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On Friday, opponents of education choice in Arizona declared a “historic victory.” But by Monday, they were conceding defeat. They had sought to gather enough… Read More
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The effort to block a massive expansion of education choice in Arizona appears to be running out of steam. Beth Lewis, executive director of the… Read More
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The New York Times is once again preparing to release a hit piece on Orthodox Jewish schools, also known as “yeshivas.” The attack comes just… Read More
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“This session, let’s expand school choice any way we can,” declared Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in his State of the State address on Jan. 10,… Read More
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At first glance, Nebraska’s K-12 education system seems to be doing fairly well. On the fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading components of the 2019… Read More
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The debate around school choice has shifted from whether states should enact education choice to how best to accomplish that goal. In a special report… Read More
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As we celebrate National School Choice Week, education-reform advocates would be wise to reflect on purpose of school choice as articulated by Milton Friedman, the… Read More
