…of states without charter school laws thought their states had charter schools. Visit the EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker site to access past reports, crosstabs, and questionnaires. We update our…
…big difference. Vouchers allow families to transfer among public and private schools. ESAs allow parents to use a portion of their child’s education dollars to spend on one or a…
…5. Private school parents are significantly more likely to say they are very satisfied with their child’s school than district school parents. Nearly two-thirds of private school parents are very…
…home. Private school parents have been particularly likely to prefer some schooling to occur at home—in January, 72 percent of private school parents said they wanted their children’s schooling to…
…scholarships is a nonprofit, private scholarship-granting organization that gives scholarships to lower income kiddos who would like to attend K-12 private schools but can’t afford to do so. We currently…
How public spending on private school choice compares to total K-12 spending With approximately 20 million students—or 36 %—nationwide now eligible to participate in a private school choice program, many…
…Educational Choice Charitable Trust Program—America’s first privately funded choice program—Candace’s mother was able to send her to a private school for Kindergarten through second grade, giving her the foundation necessary…
…participating private schools were no more segregated than the previous public schools from which those students came. “Just 17 percent of [voucher] schools are racially homogeneous,” wrote the authors, “compared…
…challenge the perceived political orientation of schools, and a flurry of legislative efforts to intervene in schools taking political positions. At a basic level, parental preferences are pretty straightforward on…
…potentially unpleasant conclusion for those folks who’ve high-tailed it to the suburbs to access high-quality public schools: The upshot of this is that many suburban districts are going to find…