Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

November 4, 2009
School Choice in America 2009: What it Means for Children's Futures
By Lindsey Burke
(Backgrounder #2332)
School choice -- what does it mean for American's daily lives? It means that more and more parents are able to send their children to ...

April 20, 2009
How Members of the 111th Congress Practice Private School Choice
By Lindsey Burke
(Backgrounder #2257)
A Heritage survey of the Members of the 111th Congress revealed that 44 percent of Senators and 36 percent of Representatives had sent their children ...

April 15, 2009
A New Approach to Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education
By Dan Lips and Jena Baker McNeill
(Backgrounder #2259)
American leaders have emphasized the need to improve performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Instead of focusing on federal solutions and increasing ...

April 10, 2009
D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Boost Reading Scores, Family Satisfaction
By Dan Lips
(WebMemo #2391)
Now that an evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is complete, questions about this program's effectiveness are resolved.

February 18, 2009
D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: Study Supports Expansion
By Lindsey Burke
(WebMemo #2297)
A new evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program highlights how the program is benefiting families, adding to the reasons why Congress and the Obama ...

January 9, 2009
Key Questions for Arne Duncan, Nominee for Secretary for U.S. Department of Education
By Dan Lips
(WebMemo #2200)
Senators should ask these questions of Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan as they consider his confirmation.

December 12, 2008
Federal Education Bailout Is Not the Answer
By Dan Lips
(WebMemo #2171)
Earlier this week, leaders of the Miami-Dade school system and Broward County school board in Florida called on the federal government to provide a “bailout” ...

October 29, 2003
What Congress Can Do to Get a Better Head Start
By Krista Kafer
(Backgrounder #1701)
Since its inception, Head Start has enrolled over 21 million children at a cost of over $66 billion, but there is little evidence of long-term ...

July 17, 2003
The Promise of No Child Left Behind
By Krista Kafer
(Testimony )
It has been about 18 months since the passage of the No Child Left Behind bill, and much has happened.

May 1, 2003
Draft Background Information Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress
By Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Testimony )
Discuss of the future research potential for the NAEP, followed by some thoughts on how to improve the NAEP background questionnaire.

April 29, 2003
Parental Choice in Education for Special Needs Students
By Krista Kafer
(WebMemo #234)
During floor consideration of H.R. 1350, the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Congress should heed the Administration's recommendation to provide disabled ...

November 5, 2002
Special Education 101
By Krista Kafer
(WebMemo #169)
Comprehensive primer on the history and future of special education programs.

September 10, 2002
Making Good on Promises to Increase Funding for Special Education
By Krista Kafer
(Backgrounder #1585)
Members of Congress often give lip service to their desire to increase funding for special education, yet in legislative decisions, Congress continues to siphon off ...

April 12, 2002
What the Harvard/Mathematica Study Says About Vouchers and Low-Income African-American Students
By Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Krista Kafer
(Center for Data Analysis Report #02-03)
Research reveals that voucher-style approaches offer the greater satisfaction among parents who use those vouchers to send their children to a school of choice.

March 13, 2002
Federal Law Requires Changing Maryland's Academic Assessment Program
By Krista Kafer
(Testimony )
Federal Law Requires Changing Maryland's Academic Assessment Program