Poor Student Achievement Shows Centralized Education Policy Has Failed
Tomorrow, the highly anticipated math and reading scores of our nation’s 4th and 8th graders will be released as part of the 2011 National Assessment… Read More
Online Chat on No Child Left Behind
One of the main focuses of the Senate this week has been the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known in this iteration as… Read More
Steve Jobs’ Belief in School Choice
The death of Steve Jobs last week captured the attention of people not only around the nation but around the globe. While Jobs and his… Read More
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Urges Sec. Duncan to Obey the Constitution
Senator Marco Rubio (R–FL) urged Education Secretary Arne Duncan to remember the constitutional limitations placed on the executive branch in a letter to the Department… Read More
The Hidden Costs of the National Standards Push
“No Child Left Behind [NCLB] and the Race to the Top [RTTT] grants are likely to be the high water mark of federal involvement in… Read More
School Choice at Risk for Colorado Kids
In a momentous move in March of this year, a Colorado school board voted to implement its first private school choice program. The program allows… Read More
Back to School: More School Choice than Ever
It’s back to school time. And this year, students across the nation have more educational opportunity than in any previous year. 2011 has been named… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 23, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. The Year of School Choice –… Read More
“Saving Our Schools” or Maintaining the Status Quo?
If you happened to be in Washington, D.C., last weekend, you may have run into the “Save Our Schools Rally”—perhaps more accurately titled “Maintain the… Read More
Heritage Libertad Radio: Debt Negotiations, La Raza and School Choice
Be sure to tune in to Heritage Libertad Radio this Sunday at Noon ET, here. The first 30 minutes is in Spanish, covering President Obama’s… Read More
VIDEO: Education Spending Made Simple – Are You Getting What You Pay For?
What if a sports team continued to lose more and more games, even as it continued to spend more money on brand new uniforms, state-of-the-art… Read More
Lunch With Heritage Online Chat on Education Reform
Click here to join the chat! we are joined by Heritage’s Education expert, Lindsey Burke. She is taking your questions about the advances in school… Read More
Obama’s Twitter Town Hall in Pictures
President Obama had no shortage of things to say at yesterday’s Twitter town hall meeting, even if he didn’t always have firm grasp of the… Read More
Obama Acknowledges Importance of School Choice in Twitter Town Hall
Moments ago in his Twitter Town Hall chat, President Barack Obama said he “wouldn’t be president if someone hadn’t helped provide some scholarships for my… Read More
2011: “The Year of School Choice”
As individuals and families around the nation celebrated Independence Day and the blessings of freedom and opportunity as American citizens, families are also celebrating the… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 5, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. A decent military takes cash –… Read More
Lessons from Chile: School Choice Gets Results
Forty-five kindergarten children sit attentively in a cold classroom in a poor school on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. Bundled in blue and white uniforms,… Read More
School Choice on Its Way to North Carolina
Add North Carolina to the list of states making monumental moves forward on school choice. In the last two weeks, legislators in the Tarheel State… Read More
Guest Blog: Georgians Will Continue to Fight for School Choice Options
Better than 97 percent proficient in reading, 94 percent proficient in math, and a perfect 100 percent in writing: These are the most recent criterion-referenced… Read More
Wisconsin Presses Forward on School Choice
Wisconsin is home to the longest-running and largest school choice program in the nation. Now, state legislators are taking steps to open wider the doors… Read More
Morning Bell: School Choice Is the New Normal
Finding effective solutions to our nation’s education problems is one of the most pressing issues facing America today. Many children lack quality educational options and… Read More
School Choice at Risk in New Orleans
Over the last several weeks, students, families, and advocates of education reform have witnessed exciting steps forward by numerous states to expand education options. Arizona,… Read More
Lunch With Heritage Online Chat on Education Reform
We are joined by Education Policy Analyst Lindsey Burke and she will take your questions about what can be done about federal education policy. Ask… Read More
The Most Exciting Two Minutes in School Choice
The Kentucky Derby may be known as the “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” but developments in school choice over the past few months… Read More
Governor Mitch Daniels Champions Education Reforms
Yesterday, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed into law legislation to implement the nation’s largest school voucher program. And this week, the Governor visited Washington,… Read More
North Carolina County Wants to Give Parents a Better Option Than Busing
For years, Wake County, North Carolina, has had a “busing” policy aiming to create socioeconomic diversity in county schools. The district’s experiment to better integrate… Read More
School Choice Scores Another Big Win in Arizona
Arizona families won big last week when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state’s school choice program, the Arizona Private School Tuition Tax Credit program…. Read More
Pennsylvania Pushing for Educational Opportunity
Families and students in the nation’s capital won big over the weekend, as Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) secured language to reauthorize and… Read More
DC Teachers’ Union Aims to Muzzle the Messenger
If you don’t like the message, you might as well muzzle the messenger. Or at least that’s the strategy being employed by the Washington Teachers’… Read More
A Monumental Win for DC School Choice
Friday night, Speaker John Boehner secured a huge win for D.C.’s schoolchildren. In a vital triumph for low-income families in the nation’s capital, Speaker Boehner… Read More
