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My School Choice Story
It’s National School Choice Week, and I am so excited to see the incredible number of events around the country highlighting education. It brings back so… Read More
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How School Choice Could Improve Life for Teachers
During National School Choice Week, advocates are demonstrating how students thrive when they have more education options. While it’s often easy to see the success… Read More
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What School Choice Advocates Have to Celebrate
National School Choice Week has just kicked-off, and there is much to celebrate this year. National School Choice Week will feature over 16,000 events across… Read More
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School Choice Interest Skyrocketing as Public Schools Disappoint
This is shaping up to be the best year yet for National School Choice Week. The annual January event, which began in 2011, will feature… Read More
EducationNews
Revealed: The Best and Worst Cities for School Choice
A recent report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute ranking America’s best and worst cities for school choice includes two consistent winners—New Orleans and Washington, D.C.—at… Read More
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Charter Schools Go Back to the Drawing Board in Washington State
Charter schools in Washington state face an uncertain future, leaving roughly 1,300 children and their families wondering what to do. As eight of nine… Read More
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week, and details about an agreement struck… Read More
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What’s Wrong With Obama’s ‘Aggressive’ Plan to Limit School Testing
From the administration that brought you Common Core national standards and tests comes the news that the White House and Department of Education now are… Read More
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Boehner’s D.C. School Choice Program Passed by House: ‘We Owe the Kids in This City a Chance’
Speaker John Boehner cinched victory Wednesday as House Republicans smoothly extended his linchpin private school voucher program for low-income students through 2021. The D.C. Opportunity… Read More
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Cementing a School Choice Legacy in the Nation’s Capital
I spend an enormous amount of time thinking (and worrying) about the children of Washington, D.C. Advocating for quality educational opportunities for them has been… Read More
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Boehner’s Final Push for Parental Choice in Education
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, who will retire at the end of October, will not be leaving office without one final push for… Read More
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A Huge Education Innovation May Get Squashed in Nevada
In January, Beverly Rogers, wife of late Nevada media mogul Jim Rogers, told 25 students at Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School in north Las Vegas she was… Read More
Education News
Boehner Invites Inner-City Students to See Pope Francis
House Speaker John Boehner has invited 10 students from Washington, D.C.’s inner-city Catholic schools to join the thousands expected to pour onto the Capitol’s West… Read More
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This Case Could Open Up School Choice Options for 37 States
On Sept. 2, the Douglas County School District Board of Education filed a request for extension to the Supreme Court of the United States asking… Read More
EducationNews
In Washington State, Thousands of Kids Aren’t Returning to School
As charter school teachers in Seattle are showing up to work despite a court’s ruling their schools unconstitutional, public school teachers in the city are… Read More
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1,300 Students at Risk After State Court Invalidates Charter School Law
A ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court overturning a 2012 voter-approved charter school law could leave about 1,300 students without a school next year. The ruling came Friday,… Read More
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The Idiocy of the ACLU’s Lawsuit Against a New School Choice Option
Another school year is underway, and more parents than ever are using school choice to ensure the best education for their children. Or should I… Read More
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ACLU Files Lawsuit to Block School Choice for Nevada Children
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has just filed a lawsuit intended to block students from participating in Nevada’s groundbreaking near-universal education savings account (ESA)… Read More
EducationNews
Here’s How Hurricane Katrina Changed Schools in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—For all its devastation, Hurricane Katrina swept into this city an opportunity to embark on one of the greatest education experiments in America. In… Read More
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What We Can Do to Boost Graduation Rates
High school graduation remains a crucial rite of passage. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that in 2013, the median earning for workers with… Read More
EducationNews
Father Forced to Quit His Job Says School Voucher ‘Got Me My Son Back’
For years, Kirk and Tanya White thought New Orleans public schools didn’t work for their two sons. They got their eldest son, Geno, into a… Read More
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Why ‘Cookie Cutter’ Public Schools Don’t Cut It For This Mom of Seven
Liz Robbins was caught off-guard when a Washington, D.C., area code appeared on her phone. “I apologize,” she said. “With the surgery … I had… Read More
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Why This Iowa Principal Is Thankful for School Choice
WELLSBURG, Iowa—For this coming fall, Timothy Christian School will welcome just 45 students in kindergarten through 8th grade—the fewest to begin an academic year since… Read More
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How to Make the Government Pay for the Perfect Education for Your Kid
Imagine being able to create a tailored, made-to-order education for your child. Perhaps you know that the private school one neighborhood over has an excellent… Read More
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Nevada Education Accounts … Not Your Father’s School Choice Program
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made education reform history last week when he signed the nation’s first universal education savings account program into law. The accounts are… Read More
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Michigan Bill Would Add to Regulations on Homeschooling
Legislation has been introduced in the Michigan Legislature that would enact stricter regulations on homeschooling in the state. The legislation follows the deaths of two… Read More
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Nevada Becomes Fifth State to Enact Groundbreaking Education Savings Accounts
The Silver State just struck gold. Nevada has just become the fifth state to enact groundbreaking education savings accounts (ESAs), which will enable families to… Read More
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These 4 Graphics Tell the Story of School Choice
Earlier this week, professor Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas made the case for school choice in Washington, D.C. Based on his research, The… Read More
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Here’s the Data to Prove School Choice Is Working
Private school choice initiatives have become increasingly common across the United States. Far from being rare and untested, private school choice policies are an integral part… Read More
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Why Do Politicians Want to End a Program That Actually Works?
It’s hard to say which is more galling: when politicians want to extend the life of a program that doesn’t work, or when they want… Read More
