From school districts to education districts
The expanding number of states making flexible spending accounts (ESAs) accessible to their public education students is accelerating the transition...
Read More >Polly Williams’ and Milton Friedman’s approaches to education choice are merging
Milton Friedman first proposed giving families control of their children’s public education dollars in his 1955 essay "The Role of...
Read More >Low-income students benefit when states give all students access to ESAs
In the spring of 2023, the Florida Legislature and governor made ESAs accessible to all K-12 students. (Accessible means the...
Read More >Education Choice and Learning by Doing
After we finished recording an interview about homeschool families using state funds to pay for educational activities at Florida theme...
Read More >U.S. public education became more diverse and inclusive in 1925
The Ku Klux Klan helped pass an amendment to the Oregon constitution in 1922 requiring that all students attend Protestant-controlled...
Read More >The transition to the third era of US public education has begun
U.S. public education has had three primary eras. The first era reflected the needs of a sparsely populated rural agrarian...
Read More >podcastED: Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill talks with New Hampshire education choice pioneer Kate Baker Demers
On this episode, Tuthill interviews Demers, who started the Children’s Scholarship Fund in New Hampshire, and has worked tirelessly as...
Read More >SUFS president Doug Tuthill on new DeVos book, how the former education secretary exhibits grace under pressure
Former US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released a new book today called Hostages No More: The Fight for Education...
Read More >National teacher union leader wants to have a different conversation. Me too.
Editor’s note: This commentary from Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill explores why education choice advocates are working hard...
Read More >Word for word: SUFS president on expansion of education choice in Florida
Editor’s note: Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill appeared last week before the Florida House of Representatives’ Pre-K -...
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