South Carolina One Step Closer to School Choice
The South Carolina House has passed a tuition tax credit program that would give children access to scholarships to attend a private school of their… Read More
School Choice Momentum Continues Across the Country
The positive momentum from the “Year of School Choice” in 2011 is being carried over into 2012, with several states primed to implement major reforms…. Read More
Louisiana Teachers Cancel Class to Lobby Against Jindal Reforms
The Weekly Standard is reporting that teachers in Louisiana plan to cancel class this week in order to protest Governor Bobby Jindal’s (R) education reform… Read More
School Choice Increases Student Safety
A newly released report by David Deming, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School for Education, shows that school choice doesn’t just foster academic improvement… Read More
Senators Demand Release of Head Start Data
Four years after data collection was completed, Americans are still awaiting the results of a study conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services… Read More
National Standards: Costly in Dollars and Liberty Lost
Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s comments last week, in which he equated state lawmakers who question the Common Core national standards push with conspiracy theorists, are… Read More
Online Chat on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
Obama’s new budget proposal that was unveiled on Monday includes increases budget of the Department of Education to $70 Billion, but it curiously cuts funding… Read More
Video: For the White House, Consumer Choice Only Goes So Far
This week, the White House announced its plan to boost taxpayer-funded subsidies for “green” energy vehicles like the Chevy Volt, offering buyers a $10,000 tax… Read More
D.C. Parents Say School Choice Gives Students a Chance at Success
“Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President… Read More
Lawmakers Rally for D.C. Scholarships, Promise to Fight Obama’s Funding Cut
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today promised to defend the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income families following President Obama’s decision to eliminate funding in… Read More
