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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On Wednesday, families got one step closer to finally being able to access the most expansive education choice option of any state. A trial court… Read More
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Congress could soon find itself with a chance to radically improve the lives of thousands of children currently trapped in crumbling and failing schools now… Read More
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National School Choice Week has just kicked-off, and there is much to celebrate this year. National School Choice Week will feature over 16,000 events across… Read More
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Nearly all schools in Detroit were closed Wednesday due to a massive teacher “sick out,” preventing students from attending class. Teachers have complained about over-crowded… Read More
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Good government should always take account of human nature: one aspect of human nature is that you are more careful about conserving resources when you… Read More
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“It’s like Christmas Day,” exclaimed Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. García was referring to passage of… Read More
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The 1,061 pages of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (currently known as No Child Left Behind)… Read More
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Monday morning, Congress released a proposed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, currently known as No Child Left Behind. The proposal, known as… Read More
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There isn’t much for conservatives to love in the policies put forward in the proposed rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization currently… Read More
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week, and details about an agreement struck… Read More
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“Dismal.” “A train wreck.” That’s how people have characterized the results of this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress. The NAEP assesses fourth and eighth-graders’… Read More
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New results are in from the test known as the “report card” for the nation’s schools, and they’re not good. The U.S. Department of Education… Read More
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From the administration that brought you Common Core national standards and tests comes the news that the White House and Department of Education now are… Read More
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“[F]or every young person willing to work hard, I want two years of community college to be as free and universal as high school is… Read More
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has just filed a lawsuit intended to block students from participating in Nevada’s groundbreaking near-universal education savings account (ESA)… Read More
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A few years ago, the Obama administration caught backlash after the Department of Education released suggested lesson plans to schools in conjunction with a national… Read More
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The Senate has begun floor consideration of a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB)…. Read More
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Imagine being able to create a tailored, made-to-order education for your child. Perhaps you know that the private school one neighborhood over has an excellent… Read More
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made education reform history last week when he signed the nation’s first universal education savings account program into law. The accounts are… Read More
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The Silver State just struck gold. Nevada has just become the fifth state to enact groundbreaking education savings accounts (ESAs), which will enable families to… Read More
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The Obama administration has zeroed-out funding for any new scholarships in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, meaning the program, which provides scholarships to children from… Read More
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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) has just vetoed an “anti”–Common Core bill. He was right to do so. The bill didn’t do what its backers… Read More
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States continue to wrest their way from the Common Core national standards and tests. Considering the problems that have plagued implementation, along with ongoing concerns… Read More
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Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., have released a draft of their No Child Left Behind rewrite, which is slated to be considered… Read More
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The Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act (APLUS) proposal would allow states to completely opt out of the programs under No Child Left Behind… Read More
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In late February, the Student Success Act, a rewrite of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), was pulled from consideration on the House floor. Conservatives had… Read More
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Education savings accounts (ESAs) have become the way forward for states wishing to adopt innovative school choice measures. ESAs enable parents to completely customize their… Read More
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The Student Success Act, currently under consideration in Congress, consolidates several dozen programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as No… Read More
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The current proposals in both the House and Senate to reauthorize No Child Left Behind are working through Congress. Although the proposals eliminate and consolidate… Read More
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Congress is currently considering reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, the largest federal law governing K-12 education policy. The current House version of the reauthorization,… Read More
