School Choice: Leveling the Playing Field
Currently, all taxpayers fund traditional public schools, even when their children attend private schools that cost them additional funds. Parents who are unhappy with the public education options...
View ArticleNew York’s Parental Choice in Education Act
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently introduced the “Parental Choice in Education Act“, an act designed to “support and protect alternative school options” for students across the state. The act...
View ArticleFrom the Grave, Based on Prejudice, James Blaine Strikes Again
By a 4-3 vote, the Colorado Supreme Court said the Douglas County School Choice Program violated the Colorado Constitution’s Blaine Amendments that prohibit allocation of public money to sectarian...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Seeing “Pricelessness” as an Efficiency/Equity Trade-off Issue
A very active Texas school choice advocate and I recently had an often heated discussion of the supposed pros and cons of more equal opportunity vs. price decontrol. We’d had the nearly identical,...
View ArticleTuition Vouchers Okay, but Obsolete
Recent, ongoing huge improvements in the quality and accessibility of online instruction have changed school choice advocates’ avoidance of the “V-word” (tuition vouchers) from a dubious rhetorical...
View ArticleThe Consequences of High-Regulation in School Choice
As the public demand for school choice shifts into high gear, so does the focus shift from school choice to school quality. Those same school choice backers who are fleeing government schools because...
View ArticleTax Credit Funded Education Savings Accounts
After decades of massive spending to improve public education, the results are discouraging as shown by student achievement data ― and already known by parents who see what their children are learning...
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