Parents, the Pandemic and School Choice
It’s frustrating how little “public” is in Georgia public schools these days. Transparency is lacking, accountability is fading and students are struggling, academically, socially and emotionally.
A free and competitive marketplace of education choices that rewards innovation, efficiency and quality, one in which the funding follows the child, will provide families with the education that best meets their child’s needs. Priorities should include student-centered education, public charter schools, special-needs scholarships, tuition tax credit scholarships, online learning environments and a focus on high-school diplomas in the corrections system.
Tests are Crucial to Measure Students’ Learning
Students need to learn, and teachers need to know if students are learning. How do we know if that’s happening? By giving tests.
Education Options Offer Hope to Struggling Students
For parents striving for a quality education for their children, it is maddening to see their children not getting the education they deserve.
Ingenuity, Innovation Illuminate Georgia’s Back-to-School Path
Despite the choices available to many, ultimately, the vast majority of Georgia’s families are waiting for their children to return to local public schools and brick-and-mortar classrooms.
Landmark Montana Case Advances Education Options
There are now two ways of defeating legal challenges to Student Scholarship Organization (SSO) programs whose beneficiaries include students attending religious schools.
Education Options are Varied and Available
How do you ensure every child thrives and succeeds – academically, socially and emotionally – without endangering students or staff as health officials tackle the public health crisis?
Simple Change in Law Can Save Georgia Taxpayers Over $80 Million
Dedicate Georgia’s Early Intervention Program (EIP) funds to EIP services and require all local systems to follow state guidelines when classifying students as EIP.
School Choice Can Help Ease Georgia’s Looming Fiscal Issues
If the Georgia Legislature does nothing, state and local taxpayers will be on the hook for at least $142 million to educate 17,000 more children in public schools in upcoming years, in addition to all the increased needs of unemployed Georgians.
Hybrid Home Schools Offer Families Options Amid Coronavirus Uncertainty
While everyone hopes to return to “normal” as soon as possible, the possibility certainly exists that come fall, the coronavirus will return.
Don’t Stand in the Way of Georgia Families’ Education Options
The hard-fought campaign to give Georgia families greater choice in how their children are educated is far from over.
What’s the Biggest Problem Facing Schools Today?
The problems that often get the most attention in the media are not paramount in the minds of adults.
A Home Run for School Choice from ‘Miss Virginia’
By Andrew Wimer
Andrew WimerImagine sitting in a Congressional hearing room listening to testimony from one of your opponents, a public high school principal. He tells the collected members of the House of Representatives that…
Leaving Cities: Millennials Aren’t Too Cool for School
Millennials are continuing their parents' pattern of leaving cities when their children reach school age.
Interpreting Graduation Rates: Not as Easy as ABC
The method may be consistent across states, but a “graduate” is not.
‘Waiting for Superman’: How School Choice Can Save America’s Schools
Liberal filmmaker Davis Guggenheim seems an unlikely advocate for free market-based education reform, but he makes the case for policies that are traditionally part of conservatives’ education reform initiatives.
Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (TRS)
TRS administers the fund from which teachers in the state’s public schools, many employees of the University System of Georgia, and certain other designated employees in educational-related work environments receive retirement benefits.
Ed Choice – The Fiscal Effects of School Choice Programs on Public School Districts
The public education establishment routinely argues that school choice programs, where “the money follows the child,” harm students who remain in public schools.
Ed Choice – The School Staffing Surge
America’s K-12 public education system has experienced tremendous historical growth in employment, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.
Georgians’ Support for School Choice Has No Political Boundaries
A large majority of Georgians support school choice, and nearly all of those support choice for all Georgia students regardless of family income, according to a survey unveiled today at a Georgia Public Policy Foundation event in Macon.
Expanding Education Choices: From Vouchers and Tax Credits to Savings Accounts
Education is on the verge of a new frontier. Online virtual schools are spreading around the country, and charter schools now account for some 2 million students.
