Annual Review
2010 Year In Review
March 2011
President's Letter
For the past three years, states across the nation have faced fiscal turmoil. As a result, K-12 education is being seen in a new light. From the massive underfunded teacher pension liabilities to the huge increases in spending per-student in the last 30 years, the public is now asking a reality-changing question: Are we getting value for our money?
Along the way, the Foundation for Educational Choice has patiently laid the groundwork, planting the seeds for future success, knowing a time would come where the perfect political climate and economic landscape would converge so that school choice and education reform could blossom like never before.
2010 was the beginning of this new “season of growth” for school choice. We saw the addition of Oklahoma to the school family, strong growth for choice in Montana, Maryland, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and the expansion or protection of existing programs in Ohio, Georgia, Florida, and Arizona.
The Foundation offered 182 more program services than last year and worked in 33 states. We increased our educational services by 74%, our marketing services by 51%, and maintained our role as the national leader for school choice research and publication products. Most importantly, the number of children enrolled in school choice programs grew by more than 10,000 last year. These children will now have a chance because their families have a choice.
Last year was a banner year for the Foundation. Together, let’s make 2011 a season of real growth toward Milton and Rose Friedman’s vision of school choice for all children.
Robert C. Enlow
President & CEO
