Teacher unions lose the ‘drain resources’ argument
School choice opponents like the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers often argue that vouchers, education savings accounts, ...
Read More >Project Nickel: A new search engine to help parents learn what public schools spend
In the 2019 feature film “Miss Virginia,” a working mother in the nation’s capital struggles to help her teenage son...
Read More >New evidence that disadvantaged children need better preschool options signals need for parental control of child care funding
A federal watchdog is warning that there may be lead in the drinking water in federally funded child care centers...
Read More >Commentary: Where the nation’s largest school districts stand on reopening
Editor’s note: redefinED guest blogger Dan Lips wrote this analysis on school reopenings amid the coronavirus pandemic for The Foundation...
Read More >How children’s savings accounts can promote equal opportunity
Editor’s note: In this commentary, Dan Lips revisits an opinion piece Robert Reich wrote 20 years ago about progressive school...
Read More >Reducing inequality in outside-of-school learning opportunities by investing in, expanding children’s savings accounts
The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on one of the significant barriers to equal opportunity in American education. Children...
Read More >The state of equal opportunity in American K-12 education
Editor’s note: Like many education policy experts, redefinED guest blogger Dan Lips closely monitored recent results of the National Assessment...
Read More >Education savings accounts: a vehicle for parental choice
Executive editor’s note: This is the first in a short series of articles documenting the origins of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship...
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