Lindsey Burke
Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC, United States
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DeSantis Exposes Marxist Slant of African American History Course, Demands Rewrite
It turns out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was once again right to take a stand against woke ideology when he banned a course ostensibly devoted to African American studies. → Read More
Seizing the Moment: A State Education Agenda for 2023
K–12 public education is a state responsibility and a federal interest, which means that state lawmakers have the primary responsibility for adopting and revising the laws governing public schools as well as scholarships, education savings accounts, and other private learning options. State officials also have significant authority over the laws concerning higher education, and given the dismal… → Read More
DeSantis Tackles Divisive “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Programs on College Campuses
The average American university has more than 45 individuals with jobs devoted to promoting so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI programs push divisive identity politics as well as distorted narratives about American history. But Florida Gov. → Read More
An Education Road Map for the 118th Congress
The 118th Congress will open its doors on January 3, 2023. A new class of Congressmen provides new opportunities to right-size federal intervention in education and give parents more choices about where and how their children are educated. A host of issues—from preschool through college affordability, to education choice and parental rights—require Congress’s attention. Early Childhood Education… → Read More
New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions.
In a predictable, yet nonetheless shocking outcome, the latest scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress record the biggest decline in math in three decades. → Read More
New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions.
The latest scores on NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, record the biggest decline in math in three decades. → Read More
Iowa in the Middle of the Pack on New Education Freedom Report Card
Gov. Kim Reynolds has made education choice a top priority—and she’s right to do so. Among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., the Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2022 Education Freedom Report Card ranks a middling 22nd in education freedom. → Read More
It’s Time for States To Break Up With Education Colleges
Colleges of education instill in aspiring teachers the values and capabilities they want them to exhibit in the classroom. But what if those values and pedagogical approaches don’t serve students well? What if colleges of education are training teachers to impart divisive content and in particular critical race theory? Colleges of education enjoy a long history of credentialing teachers in the… → Read More
4 More Reasons to Be Mad About Biden’s Student Loan Debt Amnesty
With every passing day, the scope of the Biden administration’s regressive, expensive, unfair, and potentially illegal amnesty for student loan debt becomes clearer. Some 43 million borrowers will be eligible for the loan cancellation, courtesy of the millions of Americans who did not, or could not, attend college. → Read More
Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Boondoggle Is on Shaky Legal Footing
The Biden administration’s decision to transfer the debt of college graduates onto working Americans—euphemistically called loan "forgiveness"—brings with it a host of policy and legal questions. → Read More
Why Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Is Unfair
In unilaterally “canceling” up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually, the Biden administration on Wednesday put into motion a plan that will further inflate college costs, hinder economic growth, reward upper-income earners, and provide a major handout to woke institutions of higher education. → Read More
Seven Reasons Why President Biden’s Student-Loan Debt Transfer Is Bad for America
On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced a plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt for each borrower earning less than $125,000, up to $20,000 for each borrower under the income cutoff if that borrower received a Pell grant, and $250,000 if the borrower files taxes as married or as head of household. → Read More
The Data Prove Education Choice Is a Winner for Students and Taxpayers
When economist Milton Friedman first proposed the idea of school choice in his 1955 essay “The Role of Government in Education,” the Nobel Prize winner hypothesized that it would “ quicken the pace of progress ” in education. He was right—rigorous research proves as much. → Read More
School Districts Have Tools They Need to Address Alleged Teacher Shortages
Special-interest groups and some members of Congress claim public schools across the country are suffering from crisis-level teacher shortages in the wake of COVID-19, and they are demanding more money from taxpayers as a solution. → Read More
Youngkin Wants to Close Wide “Honesty Gap” in Virginia Schools
Virginia is home to the largest education “honesty gap” in the country, according to a new report released by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 4-month-old administration. → Read More
Biden’s Student Loan “Forgiveness” Plan Is a Raw Deal for Taxpayers
The Biden administration has extended the “pause” on student loan payments for a sixth time. By the time the latest pause ends, those who took out student loans will have been able to go 30 months—two-and-a-half years—without making a single payment nor accruing any new interest. It’s a raw deal for taxpayers. The Department of Education estimates that, each month, they are losing over $200… → Read More
Protecting Children and Families with Parents’ Bills of Rights
Between 2019 and 2021, a Gallup poll asked Americans whether they were satisfied with K–12 education. The results looked like a pair of scissors. The percentage of respondents who were dissatisfied jumped from 48 percent to 54 percent, while the percentage who were satisfied dropped from 50 percent to 46 percent.REF → Read More
More COVID-19 School Closures Spell End of Teachers Unions Empire
Despite minimal COVID-19 transmission in schools and billions sent to districts for mitigation, teachers unions still push for closing schools → Read More
More COVID School Closures Spell the End of Teachers Unions Empire
Imagine being a second grader in a major city right now. If you entered kindergarten during the 2019-20 school year, COVID first closed your school in March, potentially offering "remote learning." As you prepared to enter first grade the following fall, you were one of more than half of students nationwide for whom the school doors were still shut, again having access to remote instruction… → Read More
Dropping 'F' Grades for Kids Creates 'Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations'
A new grading system will no longer reflect student behavior or assignment proficiency since grading perpetuates systemic racism. → Read More