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Butcher, Jonathan; Burke, Lindsey M. – Heritage Foundation, 2023
K-12 public education is a state responsibility and a federal interest, which means that state lawmakers have the primary responsibility for adopting and revising the laws governing public schools as well as scholarships, education savings accounts, and other private learning options. State officials also have significant authority over the laws…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education
Butcher, Jonathan; Burke, Lindsey M. – Heritage Foundation, 2022
As Washington prepares to welcome a new Congress in January 2023, incoming policymakers who want to improve education for every student and give parents more control over where and how their children are educated have many policy options at their disposal. New Members of Congress who want to protect taxpayers and rein in college costs also have…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Legislators
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Burke, Lindsey M. – Journal of School Choice, 2016
The assumption that rational choice dynamics will lead to diversity of school supply is at the heart of K-12 school choice arrangements. Yet as the field of school choice becomes more established, there will be the "inexorable push toward homogenization." If vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarships, and education savings accounts become…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Tax Credits