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Effective education policy includes returning authority to the states and empowering parents with the opportunity to choose a safe and effective education for their children.
 

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Here’s How Biden Admin Is Evading SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action Ban

Aug 22, 2023 3 min read

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K–12 Choice and Opportunity for Rural Texas Students and Teachers

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Test Scores Unchanged After Decades of Federal Intervention in Education Lindsey M. Burke, PhD

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A Beacon of Hope in the Nation’s Capital Lindsey M. Burke, PhD

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Why College Costs Are Out of Control

American colleges and universities are failing in one of their most basic missions: to equip students with the tools they

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Lindsey Burke
Lindsey M. Burke, PhD
Director, Center for Education Policy
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Jonathan Butcher
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