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Heritage Explains

"Back To School!" Mass Ave- Episode 117

Heritage Explains

Heritage Podcast Network

Education

4.7847 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

As kids in D.C. and around the country are preparing to head back to school, the topic of education reform is once again on our minds.This week, Emily and Tommy sit down with Lindsey Burke; Director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation to discuss the future of school choice and what Congress can do to improve education for all students.

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0:00.0

And let the light debate begin.

0:05.6

Welcome to Mass Ave.

0:06.9

We are here bringing you conservative news, policy, and insight from the steps of Capitol Hill.

0:11.8

I'm your host, Emily Vanderbush.

0:13.4

And I'm Tommy.

0:15.0

So Tommy, tax-free weekend.

0:17.8

That's right.

0:18.7

We just talked to Lindsay Burke.

0:20.6

Yeah.

0:20.8

We're going to get to that interview later in the show.

0:23.1

But one of the things that came up is it's back to school time.

0:26.3

And in Virginia, we've got tax-free weekend.

0:29.0

But, you know, that super strong nostalgic feeling that we all have for back-to-school time.

0:35.9

It's school supplies. It's, you know, there's football games around

0:39.7

the corner, fall is around the corner. It's just a special time of year. And I think we all remember

0:45.6

exactly what it felt like to be a school kid going back to school. You're going to see your

0:49.0

friends again. Maybe it's just me, but it's one of those times that I have the strongest, and it was the same feeling every year.

0:56.8

So it's really nostalgic for me.

0:58.6

And so that Lindsay Burke interview where we talked about back to school really got me feeling nostalgic for that time of year.

1:05.8

Yeah, maybe want to go buy school supplies and I'm not in school.

1:08.4

Yeah.

1:09.4

And they would be tax-free nowadays.

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