National School Choice Week: Winning the Battle for School Choice in D.C.
When the first National School Choice Week began just one year ago, the prospect of educational opportunity for hundreds of D.C. school children hung precariously… Read More
Governor Mitch Daniels Champions Education Reforms
Yesterday, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed into law legislation to implement the nation’s largest school voucher program. And this week, the Governor visited Washington,… Read More
Indiana: One Step Closer to the Most Expansive School Choice to Date
On Thursday, the Indiana Senate approved what could become the nation’s largest school voucher program. If signed by Governor Mitch Daniels (R), the plan will… Read More
A Monumental Win for DC School Choice
Friday night, Speaker John Boehner secured a huge win for D.C.’s schoolchildren. In a vital triumph for low-income families in the nation’s capital, Speaker Boehner… Read More
Opponents of DC School Voucher Program Can’t Get Facts Straight
In a sweeping victory for school choice, a bill to reauthorize and expand the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP) passed in the U.S. House… Read More
Morning Bell: An Opportunity to Throw Kids A Lifeline
In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, children suffer in a public education system rife with violence and ranked among the worst in the nation…. Read More
Governor Bush to Hold Class in Florida
This Friday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will join President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan at Miami Central High School to discuss President Obama’s… Read More
Have Lunch With Heritage: Friday at Noon
Heritage Chat: Education Reform feat. Lindsey Burke We invite you to join us here on Friday, October 8th at 12PM EDT for a special live… Read More
Video of the Week: The New Orleans School Choice Experiment
Our friends at ReasonTV have put out a great new video highlighting the strides that have been made towards school choice in New Orleans following… Read More
Why Florida Was the “Smart” Choice for LeBron
Everyone has speculated about why LeBron James chose Florida as his next home court. Maybe it was the lower tax rate, perhaps the sunny beaches,… Read More
Florida School Choice Rally Shows School Choice is Still on the March
Congress and the Obama administration seem to want to ignore the issue of school choice and let the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program die of neglect…. Read More
Liberals Deny Opportunity to Schoolchildren
President Obama is a school choice success story, and 38 percent of those in Congress have sent a child to a private school. So why… Read More
D.C. Kids ‘Rise’ to Save Scholarships
An eighth-grader named Shaketa is on the move. She’s representing thousands of her peers in the nation’s capital in the effort to save D.C. Opportunity… Read More
Bipartisan Group of Senators Support the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
Amid the partisan bickering and procedural conundrums of the health care bill last week, a small group of senators from both sides of the aisle… Read More
Traditional Public Schools Are Not the Model of Inclusion Proponents Think
“Vouchers drain money from public schools so that some students can go to private schools.” Somewhere in the vicinity of that declarative sentence – which… Read More
Budget 2011: Freezing Opportunity – New Budget Means the End of School Choice for Many
The president’s proposed FY2011 budget increases funding to the Department of Education by $3.5 billion. But despite this significant increase, his budget effectively cuts the… Read More
School Vouchers in Milwaukee: Safer Schools, Higher Graduation Rates
Regular readers of the Foundry are probably aware that the federal government’s school voucher program in the nation’s capital, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, is… Read More
And They Can’t Even Read Bills …
Talk about the audacity of “nope.” “When parents recognize which schools are failing to educate their children,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan wrote in a guest… Read More
Morning Bell: Where Will the Accountability Come From?
Speaking in Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, Barack Obama hit the right rhetorical notes on the current state of education in the United States: If we want… Read More
Future of D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program Uncertain
On Monday, the Washington Post reported that the future of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is in doubt. This program—which is currently helping 1,900 disadvantaged… Read More
Congress Still Clueless On Education Reform
Two stories from the Washington Post today provide a perfect contrast to how states and Congress approach education reform. First, Jay Matthews reports from New… Read More
