Demographic Research

Survey: Nearly half of parents looking to switch their kids’ schools

Nearly half of all parents are seeking new schools for their children in the 2023-24 school year. The data comes from a new survey by National School Choice Week, which found that 45.9 percent of parents want to enroll their child in a different learning environment this fall. Of those[Read More…]

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Vouchers, education savings accounts help boost statewide test scores

A new study from a professor of economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky finds positive correlation between states’ K-12 student achievement and their education choice policies. According to the paper, “Enhancing economic freedom via school choice and competition: Have state laws been[Read More…]

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Classical charter school enrollment skyrockets in Texas

Editor’s note: This analysis from Cassidy Syftestad, a doctoral academy fellow in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Albert Cheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, appeared Thursday on The Fordham Institute’s website. Recent shifts in enrollment[Read More…]

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ICYMI: Insights from first-ever survey of Black educational entrepreneurs

Editor’s note: Earlier this week, reimaginED unveiled a new report compiled by Denisha Merriweather, founder of Black Minds Matter and senior fellow at the American Federation for Children; Dava Cherry, former director for enterprise data and research at Step Up For Students; and Ron Matus, director for research and special[Read More…]

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Special report: Insights from first-ever survey of Black educational entrepreneurs

Editor’s note: This report was compiled by Denisha Merriweather, founder of Black Minds Matter and senior fellow at the American Federation for Children; Dava Cherry, former director for enterprise data and research at Step Up For Students; and Ron Matus, director for research and special projects at Step Up For[Read More…]

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ESAs aren’t vouchers – and yes, Texans need them

Editor’s note: This commentary from Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman senior fellow in education at The Heritage Foundation and a reimaginED guest blogger, and Mike Gonzalez, the foundation’s Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum senior fellow, appeared Friday on houstonchronicle.com.   Will additional private education choices force a mass exodus from[Read More…]

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Democratizing school choice

Editor’s note: This commentary from Mike McShane, director of national research at EdChoice, appeared Wednesday on forbes.com. The great scholar of deregulation and later Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told a (possibly apocryphal) story of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. During the 1970s, Kennedy held numerous hearings about deregulating the airline industry,[Read More…]

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Microschools, hybrid schools offer more options for parents

Editor’s note: This commentary from Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, and Sharon Sedlar, founder and president of PA Families for Education Choice, appeared last week on realclearpennsylvania.com. Enrollment in Pennsylvania district schools has fallen slightly more than 3% since 2019-20 – a drop[Read More…]

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