Narratives vs. Facts with Congressman Ted Budd and Jonathan Butcher

COMMENTARY Education

Narratives vs. Facts with Congressman Ted Budd and Jonathan Butcher

Oct 13, 2020 1 min read
COMMENTARY BY
Mary Clare Amselem

Former Policy Analyst, Education Policy Studies

Mary Clare was a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.
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Let's talk about real solutions. What can be done to fix our broken education system and offer real options to American families? On this episode Mary Clare is joined by Congressman Ted Budd (NC-13) to discuss the Republican Study Committee's new report, "Reclaiming the American Dream: Proposals to Empower the Workers of Today and Tomorrow."

Then Mary Clare talks to The Heritage Foundation's Jonathan Butcher about the issue of disparate impact in our schools. Jonathan poses an important question: should public policy be based on political narratives or facts?

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