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School Choice
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The Right Coast
Arizona School Choice Program Comes Under Bureaucratic Attack
Arizona's governor, Democrat Katie Hobbs, a nonentity who won because Republicans ran a Trump sycophant instead of a viable candidate, hates school choice. So does Attorney General Kris Mayes, who…
The Right Coast
After Texas Win, School-Choice Groups Eye Other Red States | RealClearPolitics
The political ground shifted in Texas last week, and the impact of the electoral shakeup could send aftershocks across the nation for months, if not years, to come.A wave of…
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Florida Scholarship Programs Are a Smart Investment | RealClearPolicy
My friend Andrea recently brought her daughter Sofia over for a visit. A precocious and ebullient little kindergartner, Sofia wanted to show me her new school uniform a peter-pan collared…
Religion Clause
Oklahoma Passes School Choice Tax Credit Law
Last Friday the Oklahoma legislature completed passage and sent to the governor for his signature HB1934, the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act (full text). The bill creates a tax…
SCOV Law
Biweekly (this time anyway) Update: March 17, 2023
Three St. Patty’s Day opinions. First, we have a school-choice issue. Three sets of parents sued a bunch of governmental entities because their kids didn’t get school choice by virtue…
The Right Coast
Arizona Embraces Universal School Choice | City Journal
This July, Arizona became the first state to embrace universal school choice by enacting legislation that allows all students to participate in the state s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA). Approximately…
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A Betting Man With a Plan for America – WSJ
It bugs him that so many Democrats won t buck the teachers unions. Elizabeth Warren, as a private citizen, wrote a book touting school choice. Hillary Clinton has spoken favorably…
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Betsy DeVos s Mission to Rescue Teachers Unions Hostages – WSJ
The philanthropist and veteran school-reform advocate who served as education secretary under President Trump says the Covid pandemic was an inflection point. During the last two years, the failings of…
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Youngkin Nixes Equity for Opportunity – WSJ
New Gov. Glenn Youngkin is off to a fast start in Virginia, pushing back as his campaign promised against the coercion of progressive mandates and control of schools. One of…
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Families Are Fleeing Government-Run Schools Reason.com
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s.After seeing enrollment in government-run K-12 schools decline by 3 percent in COVID-marred 2020 21 (including 13…