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April 22, 2021 Program Would Be Open To Children With Special Needs, Children In Foster Care, And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members Legislation introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or has special needs. With an ESA, state education funds allocated for a child are placed in a parent-controlled savings accoun...

April 23, 2021 Program Could Possibly Grow By 25 Percent Every Fiscal Year Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate would expand the commonwealth’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students. The program’s budget would increase to $185 million in fiscal year 2020–21 and would allow the program to increase by 25 percent in every fiscal year where at least 90 percent of the total credits were distributed to commonwealth families. Resea...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   Research & Commentary: Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program a Great Next Step for Education Choice in the Natural State April 15, 2021 Program Open To Low-Income Arkansas Children Legislation introduced in the Arkansas Senate would create the Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program, a tax-credit scholarship (TCS) program for low-income Arkansas children. Tax-credit scholarship programs allow qualifying f...

Research & Commentary: Education Saving Account Program Would Be Timely and Much-Needed Compliment to Louisiana’s Education Choice Programs April 15, 2021 Program Would Be Open To Children In Foster Care And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members Legislation introduced in the Louisiana House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or “was enro...

March 17, 2021 Program Open To Low-Income, Special Needs, And Foster Children Legislation making its way through the Arkansas House of Representatives would create the Arkansas Child Academic Opportunity Scholarship and Grant Program, an education savings account (ESA) program. With an ESA, state education funds allocated for a child are placed in a parent-controlled savings account. Parents then use a state-provided debit card to access the funds to pay for the resources chosen for their child...

Evidence Suggests Private Schooling No More Likely Than Public to Fuel Right‐​Wing Militancy SHARE For some people, a considerable worry about private education is that it might foster right‐​wing hate and militancy. This concern can be seen in a series of HuffPostarticles over the last few years sounding alarms about textbooks in some private schools, and in this recent op‐​ed attacking efforts to expand educational freedom in West Virginia. Says the latter: We have seen wh...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   Research & Commentary: Bills Expanding Eligibility to ESA Program and Lexie’s Law All Help Provide Great Education Options for Arizona Children February 5, 2021 Bills Would Expand ESA to Low-Income, Bullied, and Military Children; Expand Budget For Lexies Law The Arizona Legislature has seen a flurry of school choice legislation introduced this session that could provide tremendous help to families looking for better educatio...

January 29, 2021 Program Would Be Open To All Children K-5 Legislation in the North Dakota House of Representatives has been recently introduced that would establish an education savings account (ESA) program for all North Dakota children in grades K–5. If passed, the ESAs would be available to parents of public school children to pay for tuition, curriculum, and fees at private and parochial schools. The funds could also be used to pay for textbooks, tutoring services, computers and other ...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   January 27, 2021 Roughly 10,000 Students Would Be Eligible For Program Legislation making its way through the Iowa Senate would, among other things, establish the Student First Scholarship Program, an education savings account (ESA) program open to children attending a “public school identified for comprehensive support and improvement under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act [ESSA].” These accounts would pay for “tui...

Yes, some charter schools do pick their students. It’s not a myth. Valerie Strauss © Bill OLeary/The Washington Post Art supplies loaded up and waiting for preschool students at Excel Academy Public School in Southeast Washington. This is a rebuttal to a recent column by The Washington Post’s Jay Mathews, who has long written in support of charter schools and who, last month, penned a piece calling it a myth that charter schools can pick and choose students. The issu...