The Role of Government in Education
…than the institution. Government, preferably local governmental units, would give each child, through his parents, a specified sum to be used solely in paying for his general education; the parents…
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New Polling Shows Parental Support for School Choice Policies Remains Strong in 2024
…of support from the general public and parents. Nearly 80 percent of parents are favorable towards open enrollment, while 70 percent of parents support charter schools. What are parents saying…
Military Families Will Sacrifice for Their Kids’ Education, But School Choice Could Help
…school courses and private services, depending on their children’s needs. A 2017 Surveying the Military report by EdChoice found young military/veteran parents and especially active-duty military parents are more likely…
Poll Suggests 10% of School Parents are Microschooling Their Kids
…only 23% of parents express interest. Perhaps the disconnect stems from parent preferences about how their children receive instruction. While many parents appear to be interested in microschooling in theory,…
EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker: Top Takeaways June 2021
…parent subgroups by demographic. 1. Parents remain more optimistic about the direction of K-12 education in the United States than the general public. Greater shares of public school parents say…
2020 Schooling in America Series: COVID-19 Impacts on K–12 Education and Racial Disparities
…and stressed (52%) than white parents, and a third of parents indicated they were “not at all” comfortable with their children returning to schools this fall; however, Black parents were…
Families’ Schooling Experiences In Kansas
Public Opinion Tracker Deep Dive: Black K-12 Parent Perspectives (October 2021)
…of 1,121 K–12 school parents, which includes an oversampling of 700 school parents. Here are some highlights from our most recent wave of polling: 1. Black parents are increasingly comfortable…
Public Opinion Tracker Deep Dive: Black K-12 Parent Perspectives (July 2021)
…sample of 1,228 K–12 school parents, which includes an oversampling of 700 school parents. Here is what we learned in the latest polling wave: 1. Black parents were mostly comfortable…
What Would Milton Friedman Say: Should parents opt out of standardized testing?
…by including a third level to the equation: parental choice. Milton Friedman would want parents to opt in or out of standardized testing—via school choice. Parents make decisions on where…