Lindsey Burke is the director of the Center for Education Policy and the Mark A. Kolokotrones Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
View all authorsSen. Harry Reid’s (D–NV) comments yesterday about cowboy poetry may have received the most attention on the Senate floor yesterday morning, but his pleas for… Read More
On Tuesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee held a full committee hearing on the impact of the federal government’s role in education; the… Read More
This Friday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will join President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan at Miami Central High School to discuss President Obama’s… Read More
Early yesterday morning, the Wisconsin assembly passed Governor Scott Walker’s (R) budget repair bill, which includes language requiring public employees to contribute 5.8 percent of… Read More
The Wisconsin assembly agreed at 6:00 a.m. this morning to end debate on Governor Scott Walker’s (R) budget repair bill and to finally move to… Read More
Last week, students in several Wisconsin school districts were unable to attend school when classes were cancelled due to thousands of striking teachers throughout Madison… Read More
In 1990, Wisconsin set an education reform example for the nation with the passage of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). Twenty years later, Governor… Read More
Today’s Washington Post highlights an important outcome of yesterday’s hearing on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP): U.S. Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman and Susan Collins… Read More
If there existed a company that for nearly half a century had failed to improve upon its product, had watched as other companies passed it… Read More
The new makeup of the House of Representatives has brought with it new leadership on the House Education and Workforce Committee, and fresh ideas about… Read More
Like high school or college graduation, the end of National School Choice Week marks the commencement of a nationwide push for parental control over education…. Read More
The first-ever National School Choice Week is underway! This week, January 23rd – 29th, school choice advocates from across the country will host events and… Read More
A new study published by School Choice Wisconsin finds that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP)—the largest voucher program in the country with… Read More
In Monday’s Washington Post, Education Secretary Arne Duncan was confident that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB),… Read More
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… Read More
For Indiana families, 2011 is already promising to be an exciting year for educational opportunity. Governor Mitch Daniels recently told the Courier-Journal that he will… Read More
Since last January, every parent in California of a child in a failing public school has had the legal right to petition and invoke one… Read More
Lost in the framework agreement between the Obama Administration and congressional Republicans on extending tax relief is the future of Coverdell IRAs, savings accounts designed… Read More
The education establishment is pushing back against common-sense education reforms that have proved successful in Florida. Dr. Madhabi Chatterji, a professor at Columbia Teachers College,… Read More
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R–OH) made quite a statement on Monday when, on his first day back in office post-elections, he took time out… Read More
As a result of last week’s election, 2011 could be a watershed year for education reform and school choice. Many conservative candidates in the states… Read More
The results of Tuesday’s election sent a clear message about the direction voters want the federal government to take. The recently released 2010 Phi Delta… Read More
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Tuesday’s election results aren’t the only outcomes this week likely to impact the future of school choice across the country. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard… Read More
Yesterday, Media Matters tried to refute a blog post in which I point out, among other things, that the impact of voucher use in the… Read More
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Waiting for Superman has left moviegoers rightfully outraged at the state of America’s education system. It’s an accurate portrayal. In many of the nation’s largest… Read More
Today, Michelle Rhee is expected to announce her resignation as D.C. Schools Chancellor. While speculation had been growing about her fate as the D.C. public… Read More
The Goldwater Institute has released a new report, authored by Dr. Jay Greene of the University of Arkansas and researchers Brian Kisida and Jonathan Mills,… Read More
Yesterday, President Obama traveled to New Mexico to deliver remarks on education at the home of a local Albuquerque family. According to the Associated Press,… Read More
This morning on the Today Show, host Matt Lauer sat down with President Obama to discuss his Administration’s policies on school reform. Toward the end… Read More
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker appeared on the Oprah show last Friday to accept a $100 million gift from Facebook… Read More
