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Happy Holidays from the Friedman Foundation

…in 2013 to help other parents avoid the problems she encountered along the way. “I never want to see another parent have to hop from school to school with their…

Surveying the Path for ESAs in Delaware

…to families, while at the same time, encouraging parents to consider opportunities, costs, and tradeoffs. ESAs don’t limit a family’s decision-making solely to enrolling their children in schools. Parents also…

Pope Francis’ Visit Should Open Minds to School Choice

…discipline in a neighborhood school. Sometimes parents want another choice because their child needs a smaller class size and more individualized attention to learn. And in many cases, parents want…

Voucher Expansion Brings Hope to Families 

…other options out there and resources to make it happen.” Now, Candace is one of the founding members of EdChoice’s new Parent Corps, a grassroots group of parents and family…

Roll Tide — Major Victory for School Choice in Alabama

…the Alabama Accountability Act: Also did not violate the prohibition against appropriating money to non-state charitable or educational institutions because the refundable tax credits…are made to the parents of students…

Breaking Down “The Achievement Checkup”

…goes directly to funding a child’s attendance in a tuition-based school—a school chosen by the parent. Parents must in-turn pay $500 of their children’s education costs. CSF Baltimore has provided…

Top-Down Reform vs. Market Reform of K–12 Education

…Students should be matched to schools, teachers, curriculum, courses, etc., and the matching should be done by their parents—through making a choice in a free education market. Admittedly, allowing parents…

BRIEF: School Choice in the States – February 2020

…to be special purpose schools or schools servicing a student’s disability, removing virtual and out-of-state schools as options for ESA recipients, requiring parents or schools that are taking ESA children…

Friday Freakout: What Teachers’ Unions Aren’t Telling Their Supporters

…many parents shared their educational experiences and opinions. Janet Ashley, whose other comments show she supports teachers’ union positions, asked the second question education reformers posed long ago. The answer?…

The Pandemic Upended Schooling. Will Families Go Back To The Before Times?

…support goes through the roof when parents are given a description: Clearly, parents were enthusiastic about the idea of flexibility and options before the pandemic (once they found out what…