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Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 6, 2021 Forty School Choice Programs Have Saved Between $12.1 And $27.8 Billion Through 2018 A Working Paper released by EdChoice in March 2021 finds that education choice programs have saved taxpayers between $12.1 billion and $27.8 billion through Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Fiscal Effects of Private K–12 Education Programs in the United States, authored by EdChoice’s Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Martin Lueke...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 7, 2021 Education Choice Associated With Higher NAEP Achievement Levels, Higher Gains A March 2021 report from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas finds that states with higher levels of education choice, or “education freedom,” are associated with higher achievement levels and higher achievement gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, colloquially known as...

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...

A public shame Robert M. Stwalley There is a bit of an unexpected tussle going on in the Statehouse. The Republican supermajority did not expect to have any problem pulling more money away from public education and giving it to private education entities. It turns out that people are pushing back, and the more they learn about the ongoing scheme to give public money to private schools, the less they like it. One of the chief documents being used to bolster this dubious effort is a five-year-old...

Preservation Alliance of La Crosse shares plan to keep Fire Station No. 4, build new station on same block April 8, 2021 11:30 AM Jourdan Vian Updated: Preservation Alliance of La Crosse released this proposed design, which it says is a win-win solution to save Fire Station No. 4 and still build a new fire station on the same block. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — A group dedicated to preserving historic architecture in the La Crosse area has a plan to preserve Fire Station...

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...

Sinclair drew her conclusions from a 2016 report by EdChoice, a nonprofit that advocates for educational savings account and voucher programs. Originally known as the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation — named for the late American economist who advocated for school vouchers — the group says it “promotes school choice as the most effective and equitable way to improve the quality of K-12 education in America.”   The report, "A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on Schoo...