No, school choice isn't a conservative plot
School choice isn't a right-wing plot, despite what school choice critics say. Take it from the guy who wrote a Marxist critique of public schools in America.
Read More >A history teacher on the school choice frontier
Thanks to school choice programs, teachers in Florida now have more power than ever to shape, create, and work in schools that mesh with their visions of quality education. Former history teacher Ken Brockington is one of a growing number of educators who see the power of school choice for parents and teachers alike.
Read More >At the heart of the progressive divide over school choice
The Heart Pine School accepts school choice scholarships and reflects the environmental consciousness and progressive values of its parents. Yet two anti-school choice lawsuits championed by other progressives would kill the scholarships that help the school live up to its vision.
Read More >Guess who else likes school choice? School district employees!
Teachers unions don't like school choice. But school district employees sure do. More than 1,200 parents of tax credit scholarship students in Florida work for school districts.
Read More >The NAACP, charter schools & school choice history
The NAACP resolution against charter schools is at odds with a historic African-American drive for more educational options. Mary McLeod Bethune, Marva Collins and Rosa Parks weren't out to privatize schools; they wanted alternatives that would better ensure success for black children.
Read More >From MLK’s “field general” to charter school champion
Civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker, chief of staff to Martin Luther King Jr., is a noteworthy bridge between the civil rights and school choice movements. He helped lead the charge for the first charter school in New York.
Read More >Racism, irony & school choice
Rosenwald schools, built during an earlier era to expand educational opportunity, reflect many of the impulses that guide today's school choice movement.
Read More >Lessons from a school choice trailblazer
Mary McLeod Bethune was an American hero. She was also a school choice pioneer, opening a private, faith-based school in Daytona in 1904 to expand education opportunity for African American girls. Now the state of Florida may honor her with a statue in the U.S. Capitol.
Read More >What drives a school choice stalwart
Before he became one of the most prolific and thoughtful school choice advocates in America, Jack Coons was a law...
Read More >As Florida Catholic schools grow again, disadvantaged students benefit
Catholic schools in Florida continue to grow modestly, bucking sad national trend lines, thanks to state-supported school choice programs.
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