What’s the difference between charter schools and public schools? Their proliferation means they must have some value, right?
Prager U‘s latest discusses:
Teachers unions and other public school activists fight against them. Parents, teachers, and non-pr...
Once upon a time, a certain Senator from Massachusetts wrote about the virtues of school voucher programs. But you’d never know that based on how Sen. Warren criticized newly minted Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos.
Writing to Secretary DeVos upon her nomination, Sen. Warren wrote:
“For decades, you have been one of the nation’s...
While school choice is under fire in some states, Delaware continues to expand its charter school and school choice programs.
The ability to choose where children go to school, irrespective of zip code helps to ra...
The school choice fight rages on in Georgia.
On the ballot this year is a constitutional amendment that would create a statewide “Opportunity School District”. In 2012, Georgia passed an amendment creating its charter school program. Opportunity School District (OSD) is one of the last remaining pieces of Georgia Governor Deal’s...
On the educational choice battle field is a fight over whether school voucher programs, charter schools, or generically speaking — school choice, increases instances of racial segregation.
Choice advocates maintain allowing families to select an educational setting that best suits their child regardless of zip code restrictions effectively decreases racial segregation. “Your zip code shouldn’t...
The latest series of polling data suggests that support for school choice in America is on the rise. A 2013 Luntz Global Public Opinion Survey (via National School Choice Week) showed that a majority of Americans fully support having more flexibility and more choice in their child’s education:
- Public support for school...
