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School choice is a promising policy and segregation is a persistent national disgrace, so getting the history correct matters. Unfortunately, Phillip Magness is not correct when he writes that the ...
The rhetoric of “choice” and “freedom” stands in stark contrast to the true goals of school choice advocates.
School choice has been a policy goal of many ed reform promoters for a while now, but for those not paying close attention, discussions of choice can be confusing because "choice" involves several ...
The Senate parliamentarian has rejected a slew of provisions in what's known as Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, including one for a nationwide private school choice program. Jacquelyn Martin/AP ...
In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell ...
Many years ago, Jerry Falwell articulated the goal of the school choice movement well when he said, "I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, ...
President Trump wants schools to reopen as normal for in-person classroom instruction in the fall despite the pandemic, but if they don’t, he has signaled he is willing to push for a major ...
The goal of any school system should be to deliver students high-quality education, in a safe environment, at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Charter schools in New York City and across ...
Policies that passed this legislative session . The state education policy that has received the most national attention came out of Texas with the passage of its school choice program.
Trump, too, has disparaged traditional public schools, calling them, in his inaugural speech, part of the “American carnage.” His pro-school-choice bent was clear when he welcomed a group of ...
Take Iowa, where Governor Kim Reynolds (R) enacted the first school choice bill of 2023 in January when she signed House File 68, legislation that will provide ESAs to Iowa families.Families ...
Opinion: School choice, small business support, Goring names policy goals in 2nd Dist. bid. Story by Micah Goring • 1d. At my core, I am a simple man. ... My policy objectives. School choice ...