All posts tagged "School Choice"

(Thomas Mitchell) – With the school year already under way and the Nevada treasurer’s office working apace to...

Research Suggests School Choice Creates More Integration (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice) – Although public school integration has...

(Sharon Rossie, NPRI) – Now that I’ve been back at NRPI for some time and had the opportunity to speak with and meet many of you and hear your hopes and concerns for Nevada, I’d like to share my vision for NPRI and show you what I believe we can accomplish together....

(Thomas Mitchell) – Many of the news stories about the ACLU suing to block implementation of Nevada’s education savings accounts (ESAs), approved by this past Legislature as Senate Bill 302, mention that such accounts were declared unconstitutional in Colorado recently. Like Nevada, Colorado’s state constitution includes a Blaine Amendment prohibiting the use of tax...

(Susan Meyers, FFEC) – Latinos living in the United States support school choice in higher numbers than the general population and nearly all other demographics, according to a new survey released today by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. The survey found seven in 10 Latinos support some type of school choice, including...

High court has repeatedly supported parental school choice (Steven Miller, NPRI) – Because some families may choose religiously affiliated schools, says the American Civil Liberties Union, no Nevada families should be allowed to benefit from the state’s new Education Savings Accounts program. Publicly, the ACLU attributes its anti-ESA hostility to a desire to...

(Leslie Hiner, The Freidman Foundation for Educational Choice) – Public school parents in Nevada are actively seeking ways...

Nevada Private School Enrollment Expected to Spike 33 Percent (The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice) – INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A Nevada school choice program to launch in 2016 will cover the majority of private school tuition costs for many elementary, middle and high school pupils, according to a new survey released today by...

(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – The data is in. The studies are conclusive. Their evidence is incontrovertible. School choice...

(Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice) – Gov. John Kasich signed Ohio’s 2011-2012 budget that dramatically expands the state’s EdChoice Scholarship Program, establishes a new scholarship program for children with disabilities, and makes needed improvements to the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program. This expansion triples the number of Ohio students eligible for...

(David Mansdoerfer) – In Florida, a significant effort is being made to expand parental choice in the K-12 system. HB 1225, which would expand the definition of Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), grants parental access to 85% of what the state would spend on their kids during the course of an academic year. This...