Florida, Arizona and Indiana allow parents the greatest control over their children’s education while Alaska, Nebraska and North Dakota offer the least according to an index of parental empowerment created by the Center for Education Reform. The Parent Power Index rates states’ empowerment of parents based on three factors: opportunity, innovation and policy environment. Subcategories…
Parent Preference for Charter Schools Crosses Demographic Lines: Report
Parents in the United States have a strong preference for charter schools, regardless of demographic factors including race, income, geographic region or political affiliation, according to a report released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. An online survey of some 5,000 parents of schoolchildren revealed that 74 percent would consider sending their child…
For Teachers Unions, Parents and Children Come Last
December 28, 2022
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Commentary Schools in the Rochester school district in Michigan include in their curriculum a course called “History of Ethnic and Gender Studies.” If my child were attending school there, I would wonder why this is in the curriculum as part of K-12 education and what is taught. One mother, Carol Beth Litkouhi, wondered enough that…
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Education Opportunity Accounts’ Unconstitutional
A controversial piece of legislation to allow public tax dollars to go toward education opportunity accounts (EOA) in Kentucky has been struck down by the Kentucky Supreme Court as unconstitutional. In their opinion, the court came to the conclusion the use of public funds for anything other than public schools, without express approval by voters,…
Citizens Groups Revive ‘Classical’ Education by Founding Public Charter Schools in Their Communities
December 9, 2022
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New father Tyler Horning wanted a good education for his firstborn child, but where to send him to school was the question. “None of the existing options resonated with my wife and me,” said Horning. “There seemed to be no right answer for our family, so we decided to create one.” Realizing that homeschooling was…
Cheating the Children
October 27, 2022
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Commentary While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). In what is called the nation’s report card, NAEP has released its latest findings on the performance of fourth- and…
Why Four Texas Families Left Prestigious School District
DALLAS, Texas—Four families left one of the richest and most prestigious school districts in Texas over a curriculum they say was increasingly focused on sex, gender, and race, instead of classical education. Parents said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the pandemic exposed problems within the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) in…
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds School Choice Law, Reverses Lower Court Ruling
October 7, 2022
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West Virginia’s highest court greenlighted a school choice program that a lower court previously blocked. School choice became a hot political issue during the COVID-19-related lockdowns as parents questioned governmental authority and what should be taught to children in public schools. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, hailed the ruling in a post on Twitter….
School Choice Will Put Meritocracy Back in American School System: Rep. Burgess Owens
October 6, 2022
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As schools go back to full-time in-person learning, many parents are paying closer attention to what their children are learning and even attending school board meetings to ask questions and protest policies that allow indoctrination with transgender ideology, sexually explicit graphic novels, and Marxist critical race theory in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many…
Opponents of Arizona’s Universal School Choice Law May Have Inflated Petition Numbers, Says Sponsor
A group of residents opposing Arizona’s new universal school choice law failed to gather the required minimum number of voter signatures to bring the legislation to a ballot vote in 2024, according to the law’s primary sponsor. Arizona State House Majority Leader Ben Toma, a Republican, said an independent review of “every sheet of collected…
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