Lindsey Burke
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Lindsey Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.

Burke's research has been cited by The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Fox News, and she has been quoted in Time and Newsweek, among other major media outlets. Her commentary and opinion pieces have appeared in such print and online venues as National Review Online, The Star-Ledger and the Boston Herald.

Burke has spoken on education reform before audiences from Capitol Hill to local "school choice" communities.

Before joining Heritage in 2008 as a research assistant, Burke taught high school French in Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree in politics from Hollins University in Roanoke, Va., and a master of teaching degree in foreign language education from the University of Virginia.

She and her husband, Brian, reside in Washington, D.C.

Blog Entries by Lindsey Burke

What Happened to Data-Driven Education Reform?

Posted November 15, 2011 | 09:17 AM (EST)

"The path to real reform begins with the truth," stated Education Secretary Arne Duncan in 2009 during an education forum with the Data Quality Campaign. Sec. Duncan, who argues that policymakers should use "data to drive reform," strongly believes that education policy should be "framed by evidence."

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