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Pennsylvania voucher measure advancing quickly

From The Associated Press: The state Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that is designed to...

Widening support for school choice

Editor's note: This entry comes from Charles Glenn, professor of educational leadership at Boston University and the former director of...

Jobs on education: We've forgotten that the customers are the parents

The Huffington Post got a copy of Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography of Steve Jobs, focusing particularly on a revealing conversation...

Why are we so focused on test scores?

Is it fair to classify as "dopes" those parents who choose schools that report poor test performance? Not if we only...

The persuasive power of graduation rates

Editor's note: This post comes from Dr. Alan Bonsteel, the president of California Parents for Educational Choice and an associate...

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The power of pause and repeat

The stunning success of Khan Academy, an online learning experiment that has now delivered more than 80-million free lessons worldwide,...

Graduating to a new conversation about choice

The Fordham Institute's enterprise in Ohio weighed in over the weekend on the prospects of additional school options in the...

How Jerry Brown makes a case for parental empowerment

Editor's note: This entry comes from Peter H. Hanley, the executive director of the American Center for School Choice, which...

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At its core, a political and practical ideal

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush opened his national education conference in San Francisco today with an impassioned plea for national...

Parental authority is at the heart of school choice

Editor's note: This entry comes from John E. Coons, who has championed the cause of school choice for four decades...

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