Government
NC Republicans make final push to fully fund school choiceThe North Carolina Legislature is making one final push to fully fund school choice before Republicans lose their supermajority. North Carolina’s wildly popular Opportunity Scholarships program,… Read More
Public Education
Low-achieving Pennsylvania schools failing to tell parents about school choice fundsSchools are failing and help’s available, but few know about it. That’s apparently what’s happening in Pennsylvania to tens of thousands of students trapped in low-achieving schools. Schools in the… Read More
Public Education
Texas Senate: School choice bill is top priority(The Center Square) – After Republicans swept many state legislative seats on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott said he had more than enough votes to pass school choice… Read More
Public Education
Survey: Voters dissatisfied with K-12 achievement results, want choice and local decisions(The Sentinel) – A pre-election poll of 1,000 registered voters nationwide by the yes. every kid. foundation found overwhelming discontent with the direction of public education today… Read More
Public Education
Money, language and voter fatigue: Why school choice is still winning after ballot measures failAlthough ballot measures promoting school choice lost in three states last week, there’s more to consider about why than first meets the eye. That’s according to Michael McShane, national research… Read More
Opinion
Supreme Court Justice Jackson’s family story makes powerful case for school choiceIn her new memoir Lovely One (Random House 2024), Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the story, equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming, of her eldest daughter Talia’s struggle with… Read More
Christian Schools
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promotes school choice at Christian microschoolTexas Gov. Greg Abbott just visited a minority-serving Christian school to discuss his plans for education freedom. “School choice is wanted by all demographic groups in the state of Texas,”… Read More
Public Education
National school choice on the agenda following Trump’s big winSchool choice measures didn’t pass in three states Tuesday, but that may be irrelevant following Donald Trump’s election as president. Trump, who won a… Read More
Opinion
Who’s raising the alarm over ‘regulations’ for failing public schools? (Part 2)Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part examination of calls for more regulation of homeschooling while so many public schools are failing students. Previously we explored how the… Read More
Public Education
Campaign against school choice effective in election, but families still want itSupport for school choice has skyrocketed across the nation in the last few years, but three school choice measures on Tuesday’s ballot failed to pass. Millions of dollars were spent… Read More
Public Education
There’s more to universal school choice than eligibility, expert saysThe school choice movement joyfully declared 2023 the “year of universal choice,” but more can be done to make choice truly universal. That’s according to EdChoice,… Read More
Government
School choice saves billions in tax dollars, new analysis showsA new analysis shows school choice programs save taxpayers significant money. EdChoice’s Fiscal Research & Education Center (FREC) released a new report analyzing 48 school choice… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee legislators introduce school choice bill(The Center Square) – The first bill introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly would put school choice before lawmakers in 2025. Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, and Rep. William Lamberth, R-Portland, filed… Read More
Opinion
Let freedom ring: School choice is better for all Americans!There’s nothing more American than people making their own choices. Indeed, it’s how our country was founded. Research and history show that people do better when… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas has over 20,000 applicants for second year of universal school choiceArkansas’ universal school choice program is thriving in its second year with over 20,000 applicants. The Arkansas LEARNS website shows a total of 20,190 applications for… Read More
Government
School choice is on the ballot in these 3 statesUnder the looming shadow of a monumental presidential election are three state ballot measures that could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of K-12 students. Measures in Colorado, Kentucky… Read More
Government
National school choice bill advances out of US House committeeA law that would establish school choice nationwide is advancing in the House, but its fate remains uncertain. The Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024, or H.R. 9462, passed… Read More
Public Education
School choice is on top in Milwaukee, not public schoolsÂCan a troubled district really contain multiple top schools? That’s apparently the case in Milwaukee, a beleaguered urban district with widespread problems of poverty, crime and… Read More
Public Education
Shocking: Half of students might be educated outside public schools by 2030, report saysÂHalf of American children could be educated outside of public schools by 2030. That’s according to a stunning report from the Learning Counsel, a research institute… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Democrats and Republicans back school choice(The Center Square) — A poll of 1,200 likely Tennessee voters shows both Democrats and Republicans would back candidates who support school choice. Democratic voters were even more likely than Republicans,… Read More