What Do Parents Prefer in Education?
Numerous polls (and we write about them often!) show parents overwhelmingly support the growing education market and the policies that help families access these options. Polls also...
States are Announcing They Intend to Opt Into Federal Tax-Credit Scholarship. Will Gov. Walz?
A federal tax-credit scholarship provision will go into effect on January 1, 2027 and eligible K-12 students can then begin...
Majority of Minnesota Students Still Below Grade-Level in Reading And Math
Academic performance on the reading and math Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) is slightly down from last year, and more than...
Teachers’ Union Confuses Choice Programs
Perhaps it is convenient for the teachers’ union to use a word with a negative connotation to label all choice...
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...
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