May 13, 2025
California Schools Are A Mess
The Golden State’s education priorities are terribly misguided, schools are bleeding students, and teachers are being laid off.
May 13, 2025
School Choice Update: The Good, The Bad, And The Controversial
Overall, there are now 76 private school choice programs in 35 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, with 18 states offering universal choice.
May 7, 2025
The Educational Choice for Children Act Can Improve Public Schools
There are plenty of gripes about the public schools, but it is easy to understand why nothing gets fixed: the money keeps pouring in. Public school administrators often cry broke despite receiving billions of dollars from federal, state, and local governments. They run out of money because so much of what they get is wasted. For […]
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