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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 enrolled in a [public] school that did not offer an option for students to receive one hundred percent o...

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 literature review from EdChoice titled “A Win-Win Solution.” This report claims to be the “go...

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 No. 4 while still getting the La Crosse Fire Department a new station on the same block. Preservati...

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’s unique educational program. Under the proposed program, ESAs could be used to pay for tuition a...

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 School Choice," says the majority of random assignment studies conducted over the last several years sup...