Reason.tv: Special Interests Make Schools Worse—Q&A with Heritage Foundation's Lindsey Burke

Lindsey Burke is a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, who has written widely about the need to change the incentive structure in public education to better serve kids.

Reason.tv sat down with Burke at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C. to talk about the biggest obstacle to school choice.

This interview is part of National School Choice Week, a non-partisan initiative to raise awareness of how competition and choice can transform K-12 education.

Approximately 1.30 minutes. Filmed by Jim Epstein and Meredith Bragg, and edited by Epstein. Interview by Nick Gillespie.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

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These couples didn’t have children to do more work, they had them to do less work (e.g. lawn mowing). And also because of peer pressure and fear of having nothing to do but sit and stare at each other into old age. Also, faulty birth control.

[Old Mexican]

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[Corporate Drone]

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[Old Mexican]

Re: Corporate Drone,

Are ‘policy analysts’ forbidden to put on makeup or something?

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[BakedPenguin]

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[Old Mexican]

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[sloopyinca]

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[BakedPenguin]

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[Joe M]

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[Lith Ping]

Purty new. I haven’t noticed one before, and I was on the site this morning.

[Corporate Drone]

Mustache disappears.
New intarweb comment policy appears.

You don’t have to be James Burke to know these events are (wait for it) CONNECTED.

[Old Mexican]

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[Meh]

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[DELFIN J BELTRAN MD]

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