Lindsey M. Burke is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy and Mark A. Kolokotrones fellow in education. Read her research.
View all authorsEducationCommentary
Imagine being a second grader in a major city right now. If you entered kindergarten during the 2019-20 school year, COVID-19 first closed your school… Read More
EducationCommentary
Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race is an indisputable vindication of the values-based case for school choice and parental empowerment. Voters had two… Read More
EducationCommentary
“Groupthink is the enemy of rigor … what we define to be excellence has become captive to a certain political agenda,” says Brown University economics professor Glenn… Read More
EducationCommentary
Fraud, abuse, poor outcomes, and high costs. Those aren’t exactly hallmarks of successful programs, and yet, those pushing for universal preschool and child care in… Read More
EducationCommentary
The massive, unprecedented $3.5 trillion spending bill making its way through Congress includes education spending on an equally unprecedented scale. In all, the plan would… Read More
EducationCommentary
To our knowledge, not a single state, school district, or individual school has banned students from wearing masks in the classroom. Yet, the ever-politicized Office… Read More
EducationCommentary
Periodically, it’s worth checking teachers union priorities. Such reviews find just how much these special-interest groups are disconnected from mainstream opinions on the role of… Read More
EducationCommentary
“Don’t lie to yourself about how much effort you’re putting in,” says Amisha, a student from New Jersey who scored a 1540 on her SAT,… Read More
EducationCommentary
President Joe Biden wants educators to teach students that racism is endemic in America. He and his “woke” allies think students should learn that our… Read More
EducationCommentary
If the Biden administration gets its way, the federal government will soon be alternatively bribing and threatening every school district in the country to push… Read More
