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Breaking Down Arkansas’s School Voucher Bill

…withdraw their children from public schools and receive an allowance of public funds in the form of a voucher to pay tuition at the school of their choice. Scholarships would…

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

…Not many. But that’s exactly what school choice vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, and education savings accounts (ESAs) do. They make private services more affordable for the majority of people who can’t…

Top 10 School Choice Moments in 2013

…allowed scholarship funds to be given to students attending religious schools. The judge’s ruling did not completely strike down the program, however. The tax-credit scholarships could still be used by…

EdChoice on proposed IRS rule limiting the federal deductibility of charitable contributions

…a way that will hurt children in need who have benefited from scholarships to attend schools where they can learn. “The IRS chose to adopt a new rule after New…

BRIEF: School Choice in the States November 2013

…tax liability for donations to educational scholarship organizations that provide students with scholarships to attend a qualified public or private schools. Tennessee – Stephanie Linn @StephanieJLinn The Friedman Foundation hosted…

Standardized Tests: States Should Let Parents Decide

…More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools, I co-authored with Jim Kelly provides evidence that parents who receive tax-credit scholarships for their children are…

Testing Educational Justice

…fact most parents place little emphasis on standardized test scores. More than standardized test scores, parents of those receiving scholarships through Georgia’s largest K–12 tuition tax-credit program emphasize school discipline,…

Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship Program

What’s in “The School Starter Checklist”?

…provides vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, education savings accounts, and/or individual tax credits and deductions, those programs are listed here along with any pertinent data, including the programs’ enrollment, funding, and governing…

D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program