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Download full textLadner, Matthew; Burke, Lindsey M. – Heritage Foundation, 2010
An education gap between white students and their black and Hispanic peers is something to which most Americans have become accustomed. But this racial division of education--and hence of prospects for the future--is nothing less than tragic. The good news is that the racial divide in learning is a problem that can be fixed. Of course, it can only…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice
Ladner, Matthew; Lips, Dan – Heritage Foundation, 2009
This paper reviews nationwide education reforms under No Child Left Behind and state reforms in Florida--comparing federal and state results. The paper examines the danger that federal regulations and incentives pose to testing and accountability systems in Florida and every other state. The limits of No Child Left Behind and the promise of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Success, Federal Legislation
Hickok, Eugene; Ladner, Matthew – Heritage Foundation, 2007
As Congress considers reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 a fundamental question in the debate is whether to continue to increase federal government management authority over education or to restore citizen ownership of America's schools. Testing requirements in NCLB are having unintended consequences: by requiring…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Testing, Political Attitudes
