School Choice Increases Student Safety
A newly released report by David Deming, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School for Education, shows that school choice doesn’t just foster academic improvement… Read More
Senators Demand Release of Head Start Data
Four years after data collection was completed, Americans are still awaiting the results of a study conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services… Read More
The Birth of a Mexican Education Reform Movement?
As we continue demanding increased accountability to improve the struggling U.S. educational system, a new documentary being released in movie theaters across Mexico about its… Read More
Book Review: “Obama’s Education Takeover”
In his newly published book Obama’s Education Takeover, The Pacific Research Institute’s Lance Izumi illustrates how Obama’s education policies – particularly his push to impose… Read More
National Standards: Costly in Dollars and Liberty Lost
Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s comments last week, in which he equated state lawmakers who question the Common Core national standards push with conspiracy theorists, are… Read More
More States Reconsidering National Standards Overhaul
Not so fast. That was the message from South Carolina leaders on Wednesday, concerned about their state’s involvement with the national standards education agenda. Despite… Read More
Obama Education Blueprint a Road Map to More Washington Control
On Monday, President Obama spoke to the National Governor’s Association (NGA), using the opportunity to reproach state leaders for not increasing education spending in their… Read More
South Carolina Resisting the National Standards Push
South Carolina legislators have introduced a measure to pull the Palmetto State out of the Common Core national standards. Senator Mike Fair, who introduced the measure,… Read More
Department of Education Gets Defensive on National Standards
In a press release issued late Thursday afternoon, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the following in response to skepticism on the part of South Carolina… Read More
Mississippi Charter Law Closes a Door for Online Schools
Mississippi legislators are considering a proposal to strengthen the state’s charter school law. This is great news for a state with the weakest charter school… Read More
More Pressure on the Higher Ed Bubble
Despite the fact that the “cost of basic knowledge is cheaper than ever before,” the cost of attending college continues to skyrocket. In large part,… Read More
Washington Takes Over School Lunches and Curriculum
It used to be that children had to worry about the school bully stealing their lunch money. Now they also have to worry about the… Read More
Online Chat on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
Obama’s new budget proposal that was unveiled on Monday includes increases budget of the Department of Education to $70 Billion, but it curiously cuts funding… Read More
Video: For the White House, Consumer Choice Only Goes So Far
This week, the White House announced its plan to boost taxpayer-funded subsidies for “green” energy vehicles like the Chevy Volt, offering buyers a $10,000 tax… Read More
D.C. Parents Say School Choice Gives Students a Chance at Success
“Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President… Read More
Lawmakers Rally for D.C. Scholarships, Promise to Fight Obama’s Funding Cut
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today promised to defend the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income families following President Obama’s decision to eliminate funding in… Read More
DCOSP: Obama Lets D.C. Families Down
Yesterday, I received notice that the Obama Administration’s 2013 budget cancels out the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program(DCOSP). I was reminded of how happy the families… Read More
Rich People Win, Poor Kids Lose, in Obama’s America
Want a clear indication of President Barack Obama’s priorities? Take a look at the spending decisions emerging from his Administration today. In the battle between… Read More
Obama’s Budget Ends Funding for D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
The Obama administration is once again standing with education special interest groups and against low-income children in Washington, D.C. His 2013 budget request zeros out… Read More
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds to Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal
Today, President Barack Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Experts from The Heritage Foundation are analyzing the President’s proposal and offer their reactions,… Read More
No Child Left Behind Waivers Surrender Education Control to Washington
The Obama Administration will announce later today that it is awarding No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers to 10 states: Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky,… Read More
Markets—Not Price Controls—Will Reduce College Costs and Improve Quality
Education entrepreneurs are about to do what President Obama’s proposed price controls on higher education never will: dramatically reduce the cost of attending college. In… Read More
Morning Bell: A Higher Education Revolution
Speaking on Friday at the University of Michigan, President Obama declared, “I want this to be a big, bold, generous country where everybody gets a… Read More
Education Secretary Duncan Wants to Overpay Teachers Even More
Education Secretary Arne Duncan called for dramatically raising teacher pay last Friday on MSNBC, declaring that the current average salary (about $55,000) should be doubled… Read More
Louisiana’s Plan to Empower Parents Through School Choice
According to Dr. Michael Walker Jones of the Louisiana Association of Educators, low-income parents “don’t have a clue” when it comes to making decisions about… Read More
Scribecast: Kevin Chavous on His Tireless Efforts for School Choice
Few legislators have done more to advance school choice than Kevin Chavous. As a city councilmember in Washington D.C. from 1992 to 2004, and a… Read More
Senator DeMint on National School Choice Week
Yesterday, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) spoke at The Heritage Foundation as part of National School Choice Week and to mark the release of the American… Read More
National School Choice Week: How School Choice Benefits Students
With a growing number of school choice programs comes a growing body of research on how educational opportunity benefits students. These benefits manifest themselves in outcomes such… Read More
Education News
School Choice: One Student’s Chance for a Better Life
Joseph Kelley knew something was wrong when his son Rashawn flunked first grade. “I knew he knew his alphabet forward and backward, he knew how… Read More
National School Choice Week: Winning the Battle for School Choice in D.C.
When the first National School Choice Week began just one year ago, the prospect of educational opportunity for hundreds of D.C. school children hung precariously… Read More
