Abstract: President Obama’s FY 2013 budget request includes another major spending increase for the Department of Education—2.5 percent more than last year—to nearly $70 billion. American taxpayers are calling for spending restraint in Washington, yet President Obama’s proposals would exacerbate the existing bureaucratic maze…
In this week's Scribecast, former DC Councilman Kevin P. Chavous discusses school choice and education reform, in the District and around the country. Lachlan Markay hosts. Click here to subscribe to Scribecast, the weekly podcast of the Center for Media and Public Policy. …
Abstract: 2011 has been a milestone year for school choice, setting the bar high for state legislatures across the country to increase families’ educational options. What began with a crucial re-authorization of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program continued…
In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Lindsey Burke discusses what the Wall Street Journal has dubbed "the year of school choice." David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our RSS feed or subscribe on iTunes. To listen to more…
Carmen and Ronald Holassie discuss Ronald's educational opportunity with the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. …
Placing their bets on the failed status quo, the White House yesterday issued a preemptive statement opposing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. It moved one step closer to revival today, however, when the House passed the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act by a vote of 225 to 195.…
Lindsey Burke discusses the SOAR Act for school choice in Washington, DC. …
Waiting Long Enough for Superman America’s Education System Is Broken: In many…
Executive director of DC Parents for School Choice, Virginia Walden Ford, discusses the new documentary on school reform, "Waiting for Superman," with Jennifer Marshall. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our RSS feed or subscribe on iTunes. …
Congress put school vouchers to the test in 2004 when it authorized the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP), a federally funded voucher program serving low-income students in the nation’s capital. It has awarded $7,500 scholarships to more than 3,700 students over the past six years. Congress…
EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: …
Name the speaker: "The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can." No, not Descartes. Not Benjamin Franklin. Not even Mark Twain. It was a wise young man named Ronald, who attends school on an Opportunity Scholarship in Washington. The federally funded program…
This week, The Heritage Foundation launched an ad campaign to highlight congressional hypocrisy. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program provides scholarships for more than 1,700 District children to attend schools of their choice. But the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress are phasing it out. Students…
Name the speaker: "The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can." No, not Des-cartes. Not Benjamin Franklin. Not even Mark Twain. It was a wise young man named Ronald, who attends school on an Opportunity Scholarship in Washington, D.C. …
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers today promised to defend the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income...…
Few legislators have done more to advance school choice than Kevin Chavous. As a city councilmember in Washington D.C....…
Joseph Kelley knew something was wrong when his son Rashawn flunked first grade. “I knew he knew his alphabet forward...…
Friday night, Speaker John Boehner secured a huge win for D.C.’s schoolchildren. In a vital triumph for low-income...…
In a sweeping victory for school choice, a bill to reauthorize and expand the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship...…
The budget battle has yet to be worked out. Does a government shutdown loom? Also, gas prices are on the rise. So why...…
In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, children suffer in a public education system rife with violence and ranked among the...…
Today, a bill that would restore and expand the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP)—the flagship school choice...…
I've spent most of my life working to advance school choice -- to give all parents the power to decide where their...…
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