Research & Analysis
Explore the data-driven side of education choice. Our research, polling, and demographics section offers valuable insights backed by facts and figures.
Florida ranks No. 5 nationally for children’s education
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count report is a closely watched annual snapshot, and it offers plenty of reason to dispel the naysaying and "doomer" narratives about public education in the Sunshine State. READ MOREWhat do parents want? It’s not hard to decipher
EdChoice retained the polling firm Morning Consult to survey a nationally representative sample of more than 1,500 American parents in early November 2023 about what they want from schools and...
READ MOREEducation major ROI shows the colleges of education should RIP
New data suggest majoring in engineering or math or even English is probably a better idea than majoring in education, even if you want to teach.
READ MOREESA and the bucking of the booted and spurred
Tyton Partners provided an update on the status of Education Savings Accounts programs: Since being introduced in Arizona, ESAs have been enacted in 12 additional states; in six states, the...
READ MOREWhat teachers unions can learn from NBA players
Over the past two decades, taxpayers across the country have increased their investment in public education. One surprising group hasn’t seen much benefit from this spending growth: Public-school teachers. A...
READ MOREWhat parents want, and how to make sure they can get it
A new report by EdChoice uses parent surveys to identify what parents want from their schools. The whole thing is worth reading, but I wanted to highlight two key points...
READ MOREFlorida sets new education choice records as 1.7 million students choose
A record-setting 1.7 million K-12 students in Florida attended a school of choice last year, an increase of more than 42,000 over the year prior. In all, 49% of Florida’s...
READ MOREKeeping parents in the dark about student achievement comes with a cost
International test results released last month put a spotlight on the global decline in student achievement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and school closures. But the results from the Program...
READ MOREOpinion: Why NAEP scores should be used with skepticism when ranking states’ charter schools
Harvard University’s Paul Peterson and M. Danish Shakeel wrote a response to a critique of their Charter School Report Card. The authors note that I misinterpreted their study in saying...
READ MORELook below the surface of public-school competition
Studies have repeatedly found that competition from charter and private schools drives small but meaningful improvements in public schools’ performance. But most of those studies look at individual states or...
READ MOREPaging Special Agent Johnny Utah to investigate Utah mystery
“Point Break” follows the adventures of newly minted FBI Special Agent Johnny Utah as he unravels the mystery of a group of Los Angeles bank robbers known as “the Ex-Presidents.”...
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