Sparking the evolution of education choice
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of state lawmakers, one of whom asked me a startling question after acknowledging that his state doesn’t have charter schools: Should we really bother with them? As I heard the record scratch in my head, my mind wandered to a[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This question-and-answer interview with Lincoln Snyder, president and CEO of the National Catholic Educational Association, appeared Sunday on catholicworldreport.com. Catholic schools in the United States have grown in enrollment for two straight years, reaching record levels in some dioceses. Nationwide, Catholic enrollment jumped from 1.63 million to 1.69[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This analysis from Patrick Gibbons, manager for Policy and Public Affairs at Step Up For Students, is the second in a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here. Earlier this month, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Education Law Center, Public School Funds, and the National Center for[Read More…]
One of my darkest days as a sports fan came in January of 1991. Mrs. Ladner and I were on our honeymoon in Paris, and I picked up a copy of the International Herald Tribune. On the front cover was a photo of University of Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland[Read More…]
Earlier this year, I wrote for reimaginED that South Carolina educators were publicly debating the nature and purpose of education in the state. Whether schools should focus on STEM or liberal arts, or some combination, is a good discussion to have. But since taxpayers are spending three times as much[Read More…]
The passage of HB1, a bill which makes all Florida children eligible for education choice, will benefit low-income children remaining in public school. Arizona’s experience illustrates how this process works. While choice advocates are celebrating a wave of universal ESA program passages in 2022 and 2023, Arizona lawmakers first passed[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This commentary from Jason Bedrick, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, appears in the Spring 2023 issue of Education Next. As education choice policies sweep the nation, critics are raising concerns about the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse. Yet a closer look[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This commentary appears in the Spring 2023 issue of Education Next. America is in the midst of a parental choice revolution. In the past few months, five states—Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Utah and West Virginia—have adopted education savings account, or ESA, programs, which extend private-school-choice eligibility to all or[Read More…]
