Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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The “super committee’s” failure to reach an agreement to reduce federal spending is supposed to trigger automatic spending cuts—some of which could decrease funding for… Read More
A most remarkable “year of school choice” may be edging to a close, but the momentum for school choice is far from over. On the… Read More
Children in Indiana born to single parents are more than six times more likely to live in poverty than children born to married parents. In… Read More
In September, the Census Bureau reported that 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty, a steep increase from the previous year’s report of 43.6 million…. Read More
Just in time for Halloween, big government education advocates are rolling out frightening new education policies. On the K-12 front, Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and… Read More
If you think No Child Left Behind (NCLB) isn’t working, what Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and Mike Enzi (R–WY) have in mind for the nation’s… Read More
The death of Steve Jobs last week captured the attention of people not only around the nation but around the globe. While Jobs and his… Read More
While the House is moving to put greater control of education into the hands of parents, the Obama Administration is working to tighten the federal… Read More
Fifteen years ago, Congress voted to “end welfare as we know it.” As a result, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was created… Read More
Wyoming is having second thoughts about adopting Common Core education standards. Concerned with the federal strings that are beginning to appear, some state legislators are… Read More
