Publications
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Research & Commentary: Hawaii Should Move Forward on Tax-Credit Scholarships for Low-Income and Special-Needs Students
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Allows Qualifying Families To Pay For Tuition At Private And Parochial Schools -
Research & Commentary: Education Income Tax Credits Would Benefit Colorado Students
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Tax Credit Would Equal 50 Percent Of Previous Year's Average Per-Pupil Expenditure -
Research & Commentary: Voucher Program Consolidation, Expansion Would Benefit Ohio Students
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Three Income-Based Vouchers Would Be Combined Into "Opportunity Scholarship Program" -
Research & Commentary: Education Savings Grants Would Benefit Iowa Children
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Universal Program Would Take Effect Beginning With 2019–20 School Year -
Research & Commentary: Rhode Island Should Lift the Cap on Its Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposal Would Triple Funding To $5 Million -
Research & Commentary: Special-Needs, Universal ESA Bills Proposed in West Virginia
Publication -Research and Commentaries -ESAs Could Be Used For Tuition and Fees At Private And Parochial Schools, Tutoring Services, Educational Therapies -
Research & Commentary: Empower Georgia Parents and Students with Education Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Program Would Pay For Tuition, Tutoring Services, Educational Therapies, and Online Learning Programs -
The Leaflet: Americans Celebrate School Choice
Publication -The Leaflet -This week's Leaflet examines the events held in honor of National School Choice Week and the current status of school choice. -
Research & Commentary: Tax-Credit Scholarships Would Be a Good First Step for School Choice in Kentucky
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Special-Needs, Low-Income Students Would Qualify For The Program -
Research & Commentary: Time is Right to Empower Missouri Parents with ESAs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Program Could Save Missouri School Districts Over $39 Million Per Year -
Research & Commentary: Time is Right for New Jersey to Empower Parents with ESA
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Universal Program Would Take Effect Beginning With 2018–19 School Year -
Research & Commentary: Limited Tax-Credit Scholarship Program Would Be a Good First Step for Nebraska
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Scholarships For Low-Income Students Would Begin In 2019 -
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Ten State Solutions to Emerging Issues 2018
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet explores solutions to the top public policy issues facing the states in 2018 and beyond in the areas of budget and tax, education, energy and environment, health care, and constitutional reform. -
Research & Commentary: Popularity of Florida’s ESA Program Shows It’s Time for Universal Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Gardiner Scholarship Special-Needs Program So Popular It Has Exhausted All Funding -
Research & Commentary: Mississippians Eager for Universal Expansion of ESA Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Sixty-Five Percent Of Mississippians Support Expanding ESAs To All Students -
Research & Commentary: ESA Proposal Would Benefit Wisconsin’s Low-Income Gifted Students
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Beginning In 2018, Up To 2,000 Gifted And Talented Low-Income Students Could Receive ESAs -
Research & Commentary: Chronic Public School Teacher Absenteeism Underscores the Need for More School Choice Options
Publication -Research and Commentaries -One Out Of Four Traditional Public School Teachers Across U.S. Misses At Least 10 Days Of Work A Year -
Research & Commentary: National Survey Shows Parents Want School Choice
Publication -Research and Commentaries -55 Percent Think K-12 Education In U.S. Is On Wrong Track, 71 Percent Want ESAs -
Research & Commentary: New Report Shows the Positive Fiscal Effects of an Education Savings Account Program in Connecticut
Publication -Research and Commentaries -ESA Program Could Save Connecticut $25 to $127 Million, Depending On How Many Students Enroll -
Research & Commentary: Strengthening America’s Educational Safety Net
Publication -Research and Commentaries -1.5 Million High School Students Enter "Safety Net" Programs Each Year -
Research & Commentary: Financial Literacy Classes in K–12 Education
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, State Government Relations Manager Lindsey Stroud examines several states' legislation regarding financial literacy graduation requirements. -
The Leaflet: The Failures of the Educational Safety Net
Publication -The Leaflet -This week's Leaflet examines a new Heartland Policy Brief titled "Strengthening America's Educational Safety Net" by Carl Brodt and Alan Bonsteel. -
Research & Commentary: California Should Empower Parents with ESAs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -K-12 Public Education Takes Up 43 Percent Of California Budget, But Results Are Poor -
Strengthening America’s Educational Safety Net
Publication -Policy Briefs -All students have unique skills, face unique challenges, and have unique needs. For many students, such needs are not met in standard government school classrooms and settings. These students are often described generally as "at-risk."