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‘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...

Not the "common school" myth again!

The assertion that school choice somehow exacerbates segregation and separatism in American society surprises me every time it pops up....

Peter H. Hanley

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...

What do gays, lesbians, Muslims and President Obama have to do with charter schools? To some in Alabama, a lot

Somebody in Alabama is so desperately scared of school choice, they’ve launched a stealth campaign to make school choice seem...

Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week - podcastED

Considered separately, the students who benefit from expanded school choice options - vouchers, tax credit scholarships, charter schools, virtual schools,...

Low-income parents vs. teachers unions on teacher layoff policies

Editor's note: High-poverty schools and low-income families are hurt the most by last-in-first-out layoff policies for teachers. In Los Angeles, groups...

Stephen D. Sugarman

Reaction roundup to expansion of private school vouchers in Louisiana

Editor's note: I just updated the post at 7:15 p.m. I'll continue to update it as I see more reaction...

Progressives have long supported vouchers, school choice

Think school choice is solely a conservative idea? Think again. * After the Civil War, blacks in the South who...

Florida school board election may be barometer for school choice

Florida has long given folks nationwide good reason to pay attention to school choice happenings at the state level. Now...

Expanded school choice will strengthen society and democracy, not undermine it

Valerie Strauss recently reprinted a commentary on her Washington Post blog, Answer Sheet, from Ann Geiger, a former Orange County,...

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