EducationCommentary
As New Hampshire hunkers down for another brutal January, lawmakers are giving families something to look forward to once the snow melts: namely, more opportunities…. Read More
EducationNews
The Senate passed an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Friday to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would allow 529 college savings plans… Read More
EducationCommentary
Two years ago, Christmas came early for Kofi Minor and her daughter, Elisa Thomas. “She was struggling in school,” says Minor, a resident of the… Read More
EducationNews
GREENWOOD, Mississippi—Thomas McMillin Howard, known as “T. Mac,” describes Greenwood, Mississippi as a “backwards place.” And sadly, most people who’ve visited would agree. Separated by… Read More
EducationNews
Men and women of the armed forces worry about their children’s education while deployed overseas, says Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Congress can do something… Read More
EducationCommentary
The GOP tax plan, released Thursday, would take the long-overdue step of allowing parents to use elementary and secondary education expenses under 529 savings plans. This… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Imagine you are Jeanne Allen—who joined me recently on “Common Ground”—and you’re a longtime educational reformer, and you’ve coined this phrase, “backpacks full of cash.”… Read More
EducationCommentary
Last year, 822 public school employees sat idle in “rubber rooms” in New York City. Well, perhaps not entirely idle. Some played Scrabble, others slept…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Education savings accounts are a new, groundbreaking effort to provide more educational opportunities to students throughout the country. These are private savings accounts that parents… Read More
EducationCommentary
Sarah Greenbank didn’t think she would be able to send her daughter, Ashlee, to anything but an Arizona public school. She didn’t think a private… Read More
EducationCommentary
Time heals all wounds—except, it seems, in the research world. Opponents of parental choice in education, like publicly funded K-12 scholarships and vouchers, are not… Read More
EducationCommentary
This week, the nation’s highest court made two decisions that could profoundly affect the future of educational freedom in the United States. On Monday, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
This week, a dispute over playground surfaces in Missouri made its way to the Supreme Court. At question was the constitutionality of a provision in… Read More
EducationCommentary
In recent years, states have significantly increased the availability of private school choice options. Since 2011, nearly a dozen states have enacted new tax credit… Read More
EducationCommentary
The evidence in favor of the positive benefits of school choice grew considerably stronger this month with the release of a new methodologically rigorous evaluation… Read More
EducationCommentary
Last week, Arizona leaped to the front of the education choice pack. Already a leader in school choice, being the first state to create education… Read More
EducationNews
A House committee voted Friday to continue a school voucher program for poor children in the District of Columbia, signaling Republicans’ intent to follow through… Read More
EducationCommentary
Editor’s note: Today your letters include thoughtful responses to a commentary by school choice activist Virginia Walden Ford and to a Daily Signal supporter’s appeal about… Read More
EducationNews
Vice President Mike Pence stressed to a group of college administrators that the Trump administration is committed to greater education choice for elementary and high… Read More
EducationNews
Sen. Cory Booker, who has been an outspoken critic of Betsy DeVos, once spoke at an event organized by a school choice group she led…. Read More
EducationNews
Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced Wednesday they would not vote for Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as education secretary. “Secretary-designate… Read More
EducationNews
Just over 2 miles from the U.S. Capitol lives Kariah Butler, a 10-year-old girl being raised by a single mom. Looking for a way out of… Read More
EducationNews
The leader of the House’s largest Republican caucus is putting his weight behind a proposal to ensure that parents and communities make education choices, not… Read More
EducationCommentary
According to her opponents during Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing, Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of education, is guilty of wanting to privatize… Read More
EducationCommentary
On Tuesday night, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing for Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. Devos, a longtime proponent… Read More
EducationNews
Carlos and Calvin Battle grew up in the poorest neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where nearly two-thirds of children are living in poverty. In 2016, only 42 percent… Read More
EducationNews
During one of his final weeks on the job, President Barack Obama’s secretary of education called for education leaders to unite around support for charter… Read More
EducationCommentary
The debate around school choice has shifted from whether states should enact education choice to how best to accomplish that goal. In a special report… Read More
EducationCommentary
The nomination of school choice supporter Betsy DeVos for the post of education secretary has reignited a lively debate over the impact of school choice… Read More
EducationCommentary
Earlier this week, the White House announced with great fanfare that graduation rates across the nation have hit a record high of 83.2 percent. The… Read More
