Education
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Funding Students Instead of Institutions
This report reviews the evidence on the topic and estimates the long-term economic impacts of funding Georgia students directly.
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April 18, 2024 • Commentary
The right way to end federal student loans
With the federal student loan program going off the rails (if it was ever really on them), the time is right for a serious conversation about privatization.
April 15, 2024 • Blog
What is the Georgia Promise Scholarship?
This is your guide for accessing Georgia Promise Scholarships for your children.
April 11, 2024 • Commentary
Making public school open enrollment in Georgia more accessible
Despite the growing popularity of open enrollment programs nationwide, Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making these programs accessible.
March 27, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia students now have a Promise
A brighter future awaits thousands of students who currently lack access to an education that meets their needs.
March 21, 2024 • Blog
General Assembly sends Promise Scholarship Act to Governor
A bill expanding school choice options is headed to Gov. Kemp’s desk for his signature.
March 20, 2024 • Commentary
Existing service providers are always the loudest voices against change
It’s striking how much our debates over two of Georgia’s most important structural challenges are really the same argument with different jargon.
March 14, 2024 • Press Release
Foundation releases statement on passage of Georgia Promise Scholarship Act
The Georgia House of Representatives adopted the Georgia Promise Scholarship Account, which will create education savings accounts for Georgia families.
March 7, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session enters final stretch
With Crossover Day now in the rearview and candidate qualifying ending this week, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
March 7, 2024 • Blog
Alabama’s CHOOSE Act puts pressure on Georgia to pass school choice
Alabama has become the latest state to embrace school choice through the passage of the CHOOSE Act this week.
February 28, 2024 • Commentary
Parents, educators and taxpayers deserve to know school accountability ratings
The Biden administration granted the Georgia Department of Education’s request to stop publishing school ratings on a familiar 0-100 scale.
February 22, 2024 • Press Release
Georgia Public Policy Foundation publishes College and Career Ready Performance Index overall scores
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has published the College and Career Ready Performance Index overall scores for Georgia’s public schools.
January 31, 2024 • Commentary
Giving students options is already working in Georgia. But the need is greater.
Education freedom options should be expanded with a significant raise in the tax-credit cap, and it should be complemented by Promise Scholarships.
January 25, 2024 • Commentary
Will education choice momentum continue in 2024?
In 2023, the school choice movement made more progress expanding education options than ever before. What will 2024 bring?
January 23, 2024 • Blog
Kemp proclaims School Choice Week in Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a proclamation declaring this School Choice Week in Georgia.
January 22, 2024 • Blog
The state of school choice in Georgia
This week is National School Choice Week, in Georgia, and around the country.
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