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Dear Colleague,
Welcome back. We are excited to share the latest from The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy.
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National Review, Jay Greene
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Texas policymakers have repeatedly tried and failed to expand school choice within their state, but this upcoming legislative session will be different. Jay Greene explains, "As Texan parents are mobilizing to demand more school choice and advocacy organizations are ramping up their efforts to recruit and fund primary challenges in rural districts, the grip of rural school-district superintendents on their state representatives is loosening and the door to empowering parents is opening."
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The Commonwealth Foundation, Jonathan Butcher and David Hardy
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Pennsylvanians are desperate for fresh leadership that will finally prioritize students above special interests. Bought off by government unions, current politicians want to force families to send their students to their zip-code-assigned public school—all while they benefit from the best private education that money can buy. As Jonathan Butcher and the Commonwealth Foundation's David Hardy explain, "If politicians exercise educational choice for their children, they should support giving their constituents access to the same opportunities."
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Fox News, Jason Bedrick and Lindsey Burke
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Proponents of empowering parents with education choice should feel encouraged by the outcome of the midterm elections. States that went big on choice policies in the last two years overwhelmingly re-elected the policymakers who made it happen. Jason Bedrick and Lindsey Burke write, "As education choice becomes more widely available to more families, policymakers are waking up to the reality that it needn’t be a partisan issue."
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Washington Times, Jonathan Butcher and Madison Marino
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Last summer, when Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law that made Empowerment Scholarship Accounts an option for all children in the state, special interest groups panicked. Jonathan Butcher and Madison Marino explain, "Allowing every child the chance to apply for an education savings account did not divide families in Arizona. It gave parents something to agree on: that allowing parents and students to choose how and where children learn gives every child the chance to succeed."
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The Daily Signal, Madison Marino
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You may not believe it, but the federal government funds a child care program called Head Start, which a recent inspector general report found to have more than 1,000 documented incidents in which children were abused, left unsupervised, or released to an unauthorized person. Madison Marino argues, "Parents want the best for their young children and shouldn’t be relegated to distant—sometimes unsafe—federal Head Start programs. Families shouldn’t have to wait around for the unlikely prospect that Head Start reforms itself from within."
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Wall Street Journal, Jason Bedrick and Lindsey Burke
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Opponents of school choice have long claimed that voters would punish lawmakers who pass legislation that gives families more choices in education. Jason Bedrick and Lindsey Burke write, "The message of the 2022 midterms for lawmakers interested in expanding school choice: Be not afraid."
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Heritage Expert Reports:
An Education Road Map for the 118th Congress
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Heritage experts Jonathan Butcher and Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D., provide policy recommendations to incoming policymakers about how to allow more choices among existing preschool and K–12 programs and to curb government spending and higher education handouts.
Read the full report here.
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Giving Every Child an Excellent Future with Education Savings Accounts
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Heritage experts Jonathan Butcher and Jason Bedrick find that education savings accounts not only are the most inclusive learning option but they also empower parents to meet their child’s unique education needs.
Read the full report here.
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Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education
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Heritage expert Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., and the Educational Freedom Institute's Ian S. Kingsbury, Ph.D., find that empowering parents with expanded school choice while remaining vigilant against regulation will significantly reduce woke indoctrination in education.
Read the full report here.
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