Courts
Legal briefs: South Carolina Supreme Court should allow scholarship program(The Center Square) â Two out-of-state groups have filed briefs urging the South Carolina Supreme Court to allow the state’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund program to proceed. In October, The… Read More
Government
Florida could expand its school choice program under new measure(The Center Square) â Florida could expand school and funding choices again after a new bill advanced this week, although one critic says its funding restrictions could reduce program participation. Read More
Government
Georgia Republicans reaffirm commitment to school choice(The Center Square) â Georgia Senate Republicans have reaffirmed their support for a measure to create state-funded education savings accounts. The Senate Majority Caucus’s newly unveiled priorities for the 2024… Read More
Culture
Wisconsinâs open enrollment begins next week(The Center Square) â Wisconsinâs open enrollment period begins next week, and again thousands of parents are getting ready to send their children to a different school. The stateâs Department of… Read More
Government
Florida Legislature considers measure to ease the process of converting public schools to charter schoolsFlorida Republicans have proposed two bills that would make it easier to convert traditional public schools into charters. The companion bills, HB 109 and… Read More
Culture
Applications for school choice scholarships skyrocketed in 2023-2024 academic year, nonprofit says(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Colorado-based nonprofit offering school choice scholarships to lower-income K-12 families saw a surge in applications for the 2023-2024 academic year. ACE Scholarships, a school choice… Read More
Public Education
South Carolina education scholarships open(The Center Square) â South Carolina is accepting applications for a new education scholarship that proponents say is the future of education in the state. Last year, state lawmakers passed … Read More
Government
Kentucky lawmakers propose second, less restrictive pro-school choice constitutional amendmentEfforts to pave the way for school-choice are well underway in Kentucky. House Republicans introduced a bill Friday that would place school choice on the ballot in November, the second… Read More
Opinion
âPower and controlâ: Why liberals act like fiscal conservatives when school choice is on the tableOpponents of education freedom have long claimed such programs are too expensive and will âdefundâ public education. Now that Arizona, the first state to implement universal school choice, has a… Read More
Opinion
School choice revolution empowers homeschoolers, too(The Daily Signal) â A school choice revolution is sweeping the nation. Ten states have passed universal education choice initiatives in the past two years. In… Read More
Opinion
New school choice program launches in South Carolina. Parents are winning.(The Daily Signal) â Despite the most well-funded efforts to stop education reform, the school choice movement still clearly has momentum. The fruits of those efforts can be… Read More
Culture
School choice rally brings cheering supporters to Kansas Capitol(The Sentinel) â An estimated crowd of over 150 renewed their call for Kansas to join the growing ranks of states offering School Choice at an enthusiastic rally in the Capitol. … Read More
Government
Idaho voters support school choice, survey says(The Center Square) â A bill providing educational savings accounts for school choice failed last year to gain traction in the Idaho Legislature. Boise State University’s Eighth Annual Public Policy … Read More
Christian Schools
Gov. Huckabee Sanders speaks at Arkansas summit of Christian school leaders, hosted by the Herzog FoundationArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders addressed Christian school leaders from around the state Monday, answering questions about the Arkansas LEARNS Act, which she signed into law last year. The Summit… Read More
Christian Schools
Arizona study shows school choice keeps private education affordable, doesnât inflate tuition costsNew data in Arizona show the stateâs universal school choice program has not affected private school prices, contrary to the claims of school choice opponents. The… Read More
Public Education
Montana approves 19 applications for first-ever charter schoolsThe Montana state school board approved its first batch of charter school applications â a historic development in a state long without school choice. The Montana Board of Public Education… Read More
Culture
This national school choice week, letâs celebrate return to founding principles(The Daily Signal) â The school choice policies sweeping the nation may be among the most innovativeâand promisingâenacted in recent memory. Yet they also embody a return to principles first enshrined in… Read More
Culture
Report: Choice schools score better in reading, math(The Center Square) â The latest report on school choice in Wisconsin again shows choice schools outperform public schools in Milwaukeeâs biggest cities and rural areas. The Apples to Apples report… Read More
Government
New Hampshire lawmakers propose expanding education freedom programFour school choice expansion bills were considered by the New Hampshire House Education Committee this week. All four bills would reform the stateâs Education Freedom Account… Read More
Public Education
‘New normalâ: Parent survey shows demand for school choice has reached new record highParentsâ demand for school choice continues to rise, reaching record numbers yet again. The National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF) surveyed 2,595 parents around the country… Read More