Category: school choice

House Education Committee Hearing on School Choice

U.S. House Education Committee Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee holds a hearing at 10:15 a.m. ET on April 18 on “SCHOOL CHOICE: EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM FOR ALL.” Luke Messer, former Member of Congress, president of Invest in Education, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy, Heritage Foundation, Washington,…


Michael Zwaagstra: Government Monopoly on Curriculum Limits School Choice

Commentary Suppose you lived in a neighbourhood with several different grocery stores. If you don’t like what one store has to offer, you can just shop elsewhere. At first glance, it sounds like you have many choices. But let’s also suppose that each grocery store is required by the government to have an identical layout…


Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Legal Opinion Could Help Clear Way For School Choice

Education Savings Accounts legislation would not be in violation of constitutional laws, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in a legal opinion published this week that could help to clear the way for school choice. The opinion was issued in response to Republican state Sen. Brandon Creighton’s questions regarding the constitutionality of using state funds…


School Choice Amendment Passes, ‘Parent Bill of Rights’ Heads to U.S. House Floor

California Rep. Kevin Kiley’s school choice proposal was adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last week as part of H.R. 5, or the “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” proposed by House Republicans earlier this month. Kiley’s proposal would amend the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure parents have…


Committee Approves School Choice Amendment; ‘Parent Bill of Rights’ Heads to U.S. House Floor

California Rep. Kevin Kiley’s school choice proposal was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last week as part of H.R. 5, or the “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” introduced by House Republicans earlier this month. Kiley’s proposal would ensure parents have the right to information about schools their child…


Committee Approves School Choice Amendment; ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ Heads to U.S. House Floor

California Rep. Kevin Kiley’s school choice proposal was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last week as part of H.R. 5, or the “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” introduced by House Republicans earlier this month. Kiley’s proposal would ensure parents have the right to information about schools their child…


Give Parents Back Their Rights

Commentary On March 1, House Republicans introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in public schools. The federal legislation, authored by Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), comes as some states undertake similar efforts to protect parental rights and require curriculum transparency by public schools. Amending the…


Number of School Choice Bills Advance in Tennessee

A number of bills in Tennessee expanding the education savings account (ESA) program are making their way through the state legislature, setting up an expansion of school choice options in the Volunteer State. The bills have not yet made their way to passage in the House to be sent to Republican Governor Bill Lee, a…


American Public Schools, RIP

Commentary Many of the bizarre features of the pandemic response can be explained by industrial self-interest, graft, power lust, confusion, and so on. One feature does not have such an obvious explanation: the closure of public schools in some places for as long as two years. The extremely low-to-minimal risk to the kids was known from…


LIVE NOW: Fighting for Education and Rejecting Indoctrination; The End of Election Corruption

In this double-barreled edition of Over the Target Live, education activist Corey A. DeAngelis talks about the revolution in school choice and how parents are winning nationwide. Then, author and Donald Trump lawyer Christina Bobb explains why, when it comes to your vote, Republicans are as corrupt as Democrats. Join Lee Smith and guests for…