education choice
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Economics
Heartland on the Air: Lennie Jarratt on the Illinois Channel
by Billy Aouste August 25, 2017On August 16, Lennie Jarratt, project manager for the Center for Transforming Education at The Heartland Institute was interviewed on the Illinois Channel.
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This holiday weekend, Americans will celebrate the 241st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Education choice advocates will have an additional cause to celebrate with the wins in education independence…
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EducationFeatured
Celebrate Education Choice During National Charter Schools Week
by Lennie Jarratt May 10, 2016The first week in May is National Charter Schools Week, a time to celebrate the advancements made in the charter school movement over the past 25 years. Because of the nation’s hundreds of new and developing charter schools, thousands of parents and their children now have the opportunity to enroll in a school that better meets children’s specific education needs.
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EducationFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Bruno Behrend: Homeschooling Blazing the Trail for Education Choice
by Bruno Behrend April 14, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, we listen in as Bruno Behrend, Heartland Senior Fellow for education policy, speaks in front of the Great Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. He discusses Education Choice and How Homeschooling is blazing the trail.
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Embers Elementary School in Niles, IL held rallies every morning during National School Choice Week (NSCW). Each day finished with the modified NSCW dance, shown in the video below. I…
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EducationFeatured
Who Will Protect Parental Choice in Post-Scalia Era?
by Robert Holland March 14, 2016Over the past 25 years, parents and children have won many hard-fought battles for the right to choose the best schools, public or private, to meet their educational needs. A majority of states now have programs providing some degree of access to K–12 private schools.