Back to School: Some Surprising Education Numbers
As children head back to the classrooms, let’s look at two important figures to consider this school year: 308,000 and $11,400. 308,000: Number of members… Read More
Back to School: How Can We Truly Help Minority Students?
Last month President Obama signed an executive order to form the new White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. According to the White… Read More
Back to School: Support for School Choice Reaches All-Time High
Support for school choice is at an all-time high, according to this year’s PDK/Gallup Poll, released just this morning. Forty-four percent of Americans now favor… Read More
Back to School: The Rise of Customized Education
Customized learning has led the education news cycle over the past few weeks as back to school season gets in full swing. And for good… Read More
1,788 Students Receive D.C. Opportunity Scholarships
More school children in Washington, D.C., will benefit from school choice this fall, thanks to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP). Nearly 1,800 low-income students… Read More
Back to School: Education Reform in North Carolina
North Carolina families will see some changes as they go back to school this fall thanks to education reforms put into place earlier this year…. Read More
Department of Education Knows Best: Washington’s Idea of Flexibility in Education
Don’t worry. The Department of Education says we can trust that the Obama Administration’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plan is the best solution… Read More
Morning Bell: Friedman’s Legacy of Fighting for School Choice for All
On the late Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday today, his words are truer than ever: “There is no respect in which inhabitants of a low-income neighborhood… Read More
Remembering Milton Friedman’s School Choice Legacy
Let us imagine we have the power to rebuild our education system from the ground up—an appropriate mental exercise as we remember the late Nobel… Read More
Louisiana Teachers Union Threatens to Sue Voucher Schools
The left’s tactic of intimidation is at work again, this time in Louisiana. The Louisiana Association of Educators is threatening litigation against private parochial schools… Read More
