Americans Nearly 7x as Likely to Support ESAs Than to Oppose Them
Support for a choice policy that would allow families to direct a portion of the education dollars already allocated by ...
Parent Confidence in K-12 Education is Slipping
School parents are less optimistic about the direction of K-12 education at the local, state, and national levels than they ...
Survey Finds People Greatly Underestimate Public School Spending
When asked to estimate how much their state spends per public school student, parents and other adults guessed $5,000 and ...
Federal Tax Credit: Public School Students Will Benefit, Too
Despite being pigeonholed as a “voucher” or a “diversion” of funds from public schools, the recently passed federal tax-credit scholarship ...
Are Opt-Outs Due to Values-Based Conflicts Enough?
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents have the right to opt their children out of reading ...
One Big Beautiful Opportunity That Doesn’t ‘Take’ Money From Public Schools
The landmark tax-credit scholarship provision in the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act is an opportunity for Minnesota students — and ...
Paused Federal Dollars Make Up 0.5 Percent of Minnesota Education Revenue
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was pausing an estimated $6.8 billion in federal funds that ...
What Does CNBC’s Ranking of Minnesota Education Tell Us?
The media company’s annual “Top States for Business” ranking scores a state’s education system as one of 10 categories to ...
Public School Districts Lose Students Yet Per-Pupil Revenue Increases
Why do Minnesota public school districts with declining enrollment see an increase in per-pupil revenue? Because under public school finance systems, “districts ...
‘If You Build it, They Will Come’: Analysis Shows Passing Education Choice Policy Brings More Options
One argument against education choice programs is that expanding parental freedom to access alternative learning environments doesn’t mean much in ...
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