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The umbrella organization over Studio, Deployed and Policy seeking to bridge the gap between innovators and policymakers for a freer and more abundant future.

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A product studio that partners with donors to create new technology products to solve policy and social problems. The liberty skunkworks.

lincoln policy

A boutique think tank that works with policymakers and tech innovators to promote market-oriented ideas to strengthen American innovation.

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Lincoln got its start through events, and events remain a vital link in our strategy to engage technologists, explore innovation-fueled and market-based alternatives, and begin developing 21st-century solutions to some of the nation’s most urgent problems

Education

Americans Underestimate What Public Schools Spend Per Student

June 15, 2022 | Dan Lips

The Department of Education recently reported that public schools spent on average more than $15,000 per student as of 2019. But Americans continue to estimate that public schools spend much less.  A May survey commissioned by EdChoice found that Americans think public schools are spending roughly $5,000 per child. Colyn Ritter has the details:  Parents
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Testimony of Dan Lips to the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

May 26, 2022 | Dan Lips

Click here to download a full PDF of the testimony. Chairman DeLauro, Ranking Member Cole, and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Dan Lips. I am Head of Policy at Lincoln Network. I respectfully urge the Subcommittee to conduct needed oversight of the Education Department’s programs to identify ways to increase the nation’s return-on-investment
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