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School choice is fiscally prudent.

The D.C. Parental Choice Incentive Act would enable low-incomeparents in the District of Columbia to enroll their children inprivate schools through a scholarship program administered by theU.S. Department of Education. The need for this reform is clear:Just 6 percent of D.C. 4th graders are proficient in math, and only10 percent are proficient in reading.

Some of the poorest performing public schools in America can befound in the nation's capital. Despite per-pupil expenditures ofmore than $11,000, 94 percent of 4th grade students in Washington,D.C., are not proficient in math, and 90 percent lack proficiencyin reading, according to the National Assessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP). Given the failure of other reforms to improve thecity's poor academic achievement and the growing recognition thatadditional funding alone will not impr...

State of California

This is not a politically purple state in the sense of a blending of Republican red and Democratic blue.

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More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. New National Parent Survey Highlights Coronavirus Concerns Students are most likely to be attending school fully in-person in school districts where the coronavirus is spreading most rapidly, according to a nationally representative survey of American parents released this week by Education Next. More than half of U.S. students wer...

Home / Top News / National parent survey: Students more likely to be attending school in person in districts where the virus is spreading more rapidly National parent survey: Students more likely to be attending school in person in districts where the virus is spreading more rapidly Private schools are more likely to be fully in-person, district and charter schools are more likely to be fully remote Students Are More Likely to Attend School in Person Where Covid Is Spreading Most Rapidly Both t...