Alabama falls short on school choice, education reform
More than 5,600 charter schools are celebrating National Charter Schools Week this week, but none are in Alabama. Barring a...
Read More >School vouchers for the poor? Or for all?
When Indiana's celebrated state superintendent of instruction, Tony Bennett, spoke in support of universal vouchers at last week's American Federation...
Read More >redefinED roundup: School choice advocates gather in New Jersey, charter school woes in Alabama and more
New Jersey: At the American Federation for Children national summit, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie invokes civil rights era imagery to make...
Read More >Parent trigger founder: school reform changed 'we the people to we the parents'
As is routine with school choice proposals, the parent trigger bill in Florida - defeated in March after a dramatic...
Read More >In Florida, school choice verges on mainstream
Some of us at redefinED will be at the American Federation for Children summit tomorrow and Friday, where there will be lots of...
Read More >“Miss Virginia,” driving force behind Washington D.C. vouchers, sets sights on new goal
Last year, Indiana stole the spotlight for school choice. This year it was Louisiana. And next year, if Virginia Walden...
Read More >Florida education commissioner suggests critics have double standard with charter schools, vouchers
Do critics have a double standard when it comes to scrutinizing school choice options like charter schools and vouchers? Florida...
Read More >‘Charter school bill in Alabama is barely on life support’ – political reporter Bill Britt, podcastED
A bill to finally bring charter schools to Alabama looked like a slam dunk at the start of that state’s...
Read More >No more eenie-meenie-minie-moe schools: Alberta Wilson, school choice advocate – podcastED
It’s easy to forget, with new voucher programs in Indiana and Louisiana, with school choice verging on mainstream in Florida,...
Read More >rebuttED: Tax credit scholarships ("vouchers") don't drain money from public schools
No matter how many times critics of parental choice say it, it’s still not true: Tax credit scholarships in Florida...
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