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.
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Spending by Washington, D.C., public schools can be difficult to pin down. Estimates suggest spending is somewhere between $27,000 and $29,000 per child per year,… Read More
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When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law in 1965, he vowed the unprecedented new federal intervention in K-12 education… Read More
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Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced a proposal on Monday that would create well-deserved educational opportunities for military families. The Education Savings Accounts for Military Families… Read More
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In the wake of the recent horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a number of proposals involving federal grant programs… Read More
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The Trump administration released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 on Monday, and it contains some welcome requests in the sphere of education. The… Read More
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Liberal elites at universities, who rarely meet a tax they don’t like, finally seem to have found one tax proposal that is unacceptable to them…. Read More
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The GOP tax plan, released Thursday, would take the long-overdue step of allowing parents to use elementary and secondary education expenses under 529 savings plans. This… Read More
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House Republicans unveiled their plan to update the nation’s tax code on Thursday. If they are successful at passing the plan—known as the Tax Cuts… Read More
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In a remote village, deep down in the Grand Canyon, visitors will find one of the world’s most amazing environments. Havasu Canyon is best known… Read More
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Last year, 822 public school employees sat idle in “rubber rooms” in New York City. Well, perhaps not entirely idle. Some played Scrabble, others slept…. Read More
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Congressional efforts to reform health care include capping federal funding and streamlining Medicaid to refocus it on its original, neediest recipients and slow the rate… Read More
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When our Founding Fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congress adopted it on July 4th, 1776, they declared themselves a nation built… Read More
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This week, the nation’s highest court made two decisions that could profoundly affect the future of educational freedom in the United States. On Monday, the… Read More
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The Trump administration’s full budget for education for fiscal year 2018 would make some long-overdue cuts at the Department of Education. The proposal targets reductions… Read More
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President Donald Trump signaled his support for education choice at a Wednesday event celebrating the achievements of charter school students and school voucher recipients in… Read More
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In recent years, states have significantly increased the availability of private school choice options. Since 2011, nearly a dozen states have enacted new tax credit… Read More
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The evidence in favor of the positive benefits of school choice grew considerably stronger this month with the release of a new methodologically rigorous evaluation… Read More
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Last week, Arizona leaped to the front of the education choice pack. Already a leader in school choice, being the first state to create education… Read More
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For the first time in decades, an administration is significantly trimming the budget at the Department of Education. The Trump administration’s budget blueprint, or “skinny… Read More
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The Trump administration is reportedly considering working with Congress to establish a federal tuition tax credit scholarship program. Such tuition tax credit scholarship programs make… Read More
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On Tuesday night, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing for Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. Devos, a longtime proponent… 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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The nomination of school choice supporter Betsy DeVos for the post of education secretary has reignited a lively debate over the impact of school choice… Read More
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As the post-election dust settles, the incoming Trump administration now has the chance to consider some immediate policy goals for the new year. As a… Read More
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Giving parents control over their child’s education through personalized education savings accounts has transformed the lives of numerous underserved students. The story of Faith Kleffel… Read More
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“When you have a 50 percent graduation rate, you need to think outside the box,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared about his proposal to rehabilitate… Read More
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Homeschooling has been growing in popularity in recent years, and now accounts for about 3.4 percent of the school-age population. That’s more than double the… Read More
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For much of American history, education was decentralized, seen as a responsibility of families, communities, churches, and local governments. Parents in the mid-17th century, for… Read More
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A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening education choice in Nevada. The lawsuit revolves around a century-old law with a “shameful… Read More
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How many non-teachers does a school district need? Since 1950, public schools all across America have added staff at a rapid rate—much faster than their… Read More
