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.
View all authorsWhen the 112th Congress convenes in January, the House Education and Labor Committee will have a new chairman with a strong record of reform: Representative… Read More
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week on the fiscal accountability of D.C. Public Schools (DCPS). While their analysis suggests that DCPS… Read More
According to British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the United Kingdom will put into place “a radical new welfare state where it always pays… Read More
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the winners of $110 million worth of grant money for sex education programs for adolescents…. Read More
You know that guy who steps into a picture at the end of an event, making it look like he was there all along? This… Read More
Greater federal control is not the answer to improving the nation’s education system. And Rep. John Kline (R–MN) agrees. Speaking of the current push for… Read More
An increasing rate of young adults in the United States seems to have cold feet when it comes to marriage. For the first time in… Read More
It’s 2010, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the American school system. Technological advances that we all take for granted in our homes,… Read More
Today, the much-talked-about film Waiting for Superman will make its premier. The movie, produced by David Guggenheim, reveals the gridlock created by school district bureaucracy,… Read More
It’s back to school time for students across the United States, and no doubt parents and students are hoping for a successful year. But what… Read More
