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April 18, 2024 • Commentary

The right way to end federal student loans

By Preston Cooper

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?

By Athan Clark

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

By Athan Clark

Despite the growing popularity of open enrollment programs nationwide, Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making these programs accessible.

April 11, 2024

Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment

By J. Thomas Perdue

While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.

March 27, 2024 • Commentary

Georgia students now have a Promise

By Kyle Wingfield

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

By Kyle Wingfield

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

By Kyle Wingfield

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

By Brett Kittredge

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

By Chris Denson

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

By Athan Clark

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

By Kyle Wingfield

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

By Athan Clark

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has published the College and Career Ready Performance Index overall scores for Georgia’s public schools.

February 22, 2024

2023 College and Career Ready Performance Index

By Kyle Wingfield

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.

By Kyle Wingfield

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?

By Jason Bedrick

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

By Athan Clark

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

By J. Thomas Perdue

This week is National School Choice Week, in Georgia, and around the country.

January 17, 2024 • Commentary

We have run out of ‘next years’

By Kyle Wingfield

As House members re-evaluate their position, they should be mindful that the “us versus them” narrative opponents have crafted is utterly false.

January 11, 2024 • Commentary

Kemp calls for school choice in State of the State

By J. Thomas Perdue

Gov. Brian Kemp displayed an urgency in his call for school choice this session,

January 11, 2024 • Press Release

Foundation commends Kemp for his support of school choice

By Athan Clark

During his annual State of the State address, Gov. Brian Kemp outlined his support for expanding school choice in Georgia.

January 10, 2024 • Blog

This “could” be a big legislative session

By Kyle Wingfield

While every session of the General Assembly – like every election – is billed as consequential, this time the hype could be right.

January 4, 2024 • Commentary

What will be the biggest issues during the 2024 legislative session?

By Chris Denson

For the first time since 2021, Georgia lawmakers won’t rush to gavel out on their first day and travel to the national championship game.

January 3, 2024 • Commentary

What is the Georgia Department of Education trying to hide from parents?

By Kyle Wingfield

The education establishment works harder to ensure parents – and taxpayers – don’t know the extent of the learning loss than do the work of remedying it.

December 27, 2023 • Blog

11 biggest stories of 2023

By Brett Kittredge

As we prepare to welcome in a new year, here is a review of our most read and most shared stories of 2023.

December 14, 2023 • Commentary

Are Georgia’s college and career academies meeting their goals?

By Athan Clark

To better understand the outcomes of these academies, the Foundation has recently completed a comprehensive analysis of these programs.

November 16, 2023 • Commentary

6 Reasons to Empower Georgia Parents

By Athan Clark

Education freedom is about empowering parents and students to choose an education that best fits their needs.

October 26, 2023 • Blog

11 spooky policy ideas to avoid

By Brett Kittredge

Here are 11 spooky policy ideas we should all run from like a man in a mask is chasing us.

October 5, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia should follow North Carolina and adopt universal school choice

By Athan Clark

North Carolina recently became the latest state that borders Georgia to pass sweeping education freedom legislation.

September 13, 2023 • Commentary

Atlanta rejects high-quality charter school for students with special needs

By Kyle Wingfield

The public education establishment in Georgia consistently places adult needs over student needs.

August 10, 2023 • Commentary

Republicans’ unearned victory lap on school choice

By J. Thomas Perdue

The Republican State Leadership Committee crediting Georgia Republicans with making school choice a priority seems bizarre.