school choice
Paving the way for microschools in North Carolina
When I founded Burbrella Microschools, I never imagined that one of the biggest barriers to serving children — especially neurodivergent, gifted, and underserved learners — would come from something as basic as zoning. Yet…
Portland Ends School Choice Policy for Jefferson High School
By John A. Charles, Jr. Fifteen years ago, the Portland Public Schools (PPS) district adopted a policy allowing students in the Jefferson High School boundaries to choose from one of three area high schools if they did not…
Game over: How a professor bungled the facts of Wisconsin school choice
From history to poverty to treating kids like wildlife, errors compound Bungling facts is bad enough. The harm’s far greater when you’re paid by taxpayers to profess them at Wisconsin’s flagship state university. A case in…
Democratic governor to back Trump school choice plan
Corey DeAngelis writes for National Review Online about an interesting political development in the school choice arena. In a polarized political landscape where partisan allegiances usually guide policy decisions, Colorado…
Want to pick your own traditional public school in NC? Move
A 2025 report ranks North Carolina one of the worst states in the country when it comes to open enrollment, a policy that lets students choose among traditional K–12 public schools Oklahoma leads the nation on open…
Do private schools in North Carolina have room to grow?
A new report from the John Locke Foundation sheds light on private school capacity in light of rising private school enrollment and increased participation in North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship voucher program Although…
A Federal School-Choice Breakthrough | CDN
For decades, school choice has been a cause largely fought in the states. From Florida’s scholarship programs to Arizona’s education savings accounts, reformers have battled entrenched unions and bureaucracies to give parents…
For an Effective Scholarship Tax Credit, Feds Must Bend the Knee to States
Part four of a five-part series on the new federal scholarship tax credit We asked five school choice proponents to offer their advice on what the forthcoming regulations from the Department of the Treasury on the new federal…
Overwhelming demand for choice schools in Milwaukee drives massive philanthropy and big builds
Aug Prep’s north campus will fill ‘opportunity gap’ for thousands of kids in years ahead A family’s huge bet on bettering the lives of thousands of Milwaukee children is moving a step closer to launch as St. Augustine…
Improve Education Outcomes by Removing Barriers
By Kathryn Hickok The National Association of Education Progress (NAEP) annually releases a representative study of students’ academic performance. Known as “the Nation’s Report Card,” NAEP scores are an indicator of how much…
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