January 22, 2026 • Commentary
DOAA Report Confirms Impact of Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit
Georgia’s tax credit scholarship is expanding access for low-income students while saving taxpayers money
Topic: Educational equity
November 13, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty
QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.
October 16, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia needs to improve public school choice
Weak open-enrollment laws strand families in their assigned schools and even withhold basic information—including where the available seats are.
September 11, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia slips in national education freedom rankings
Georgia’s performance, at least relative to other states by the Heritage Report Card’s metrics, is lagging a bit from last year.
August 7, 2025 • Commentary
The Georgia Promise Scholarship is changing lives this year
In its inaugural year, the Georgia Promise Scholarship has lived up to its name—offering real promise to thousands of families across the state.
May 19, 2025 • Blog
The college selection process highlights what’s missing in K-12
Changing the way we think about K-12 education is worth more than the old college try.
April 24, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia’s Promise Scholarship is already changing lives
It turns out $6,500 goes a long way — especially when you give it to parents instead of bureaucrats.
December 18, 2024 • Commentary
Anything besides providing more opportunities to more students misses the point
There are many good reasons to provide educational options to all children, not just some.
September 19, 2024
A Review of K-12 Transportation in Georgia
There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students to and from their homes. Are better options available?
April 11, 2024
Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment
While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.
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.
November 16, 2023 • Commentary
6 Reasons to Empower Georgia Parents
Education freedom is about empowering parents and students to choose an education that best fits their needs.
September 13, 2023 • Commentary
Atlanta rejects high-quality charter school for students with special needs
The public education establishment in Georgia consistently places adult needs over student needs.
August 24, 2022 • Blog
Reforming the QBE Formula is Difficult but Necessary
If ever there was a time to focus on outcomes rather than inputs when it comes to public education, that time is now.
August 5, 2022 • Commentary
Changes Coming to Georgia Charter Schools
Charter schools are naturally innovative and necessarily competitive, a stark contrast to the stagnation that characterizes failing districts.
February 23, 2022 • Blog
The Education Change Georgia Needs
School choice opponents make lots of demonstrably false claims. Some of the flimsiest concern the accessibility of private schools. To hear opponents tell it, private schools are too expensive, too […]
May 14, 2021 • Commentary
National Charter Schools Week a Reminder Georgia Has Much to Celebrate, More to Do
As we observe the second National Charter Schools Week since the COVID-19 crisis began, it’s important to reflect on the unique role Georgia’s public charter sc
March 18, 2021 • Blog
Three Big Reasons to Protect Learning Pods in Georgia
Learning pods aren’t new, but their popularity during COVID-19 has brought them to the forefront in childhood education. Regulators in some states and districts are using this new visibility to […]
March 5, 2021 • Commentary
Adding up the Benefits of Education Options
Proposals in the Georgia General Assembly to give Georgia families more opportunities to choose schools and educational settings for their children have come un
February 24, 2021 • Blog
Recognizing the Truth About Education Options
Georgia’s lawmakers have another opportunity to help thousands of children find the best education for their own unique needs. Rep. Wes Cantrell, a Republican from Woodstock, has proposed allowing state […]
February 4, 2021 • Blog
Busting 3 School Choice Myths
All families deserve the opportunity to choose the education that works best for their children. But there’s lots of myth and misrepresentation when it comes to education options. Many myths […]
November 13, 2020 • Education Next
Pandemic Pods, Parents’ Response to Fickle Schools
With more school districts around the country announcing classes either of full-time remote learning or hybrid learning where children spend up to a week at hom
August 14, 2020 • Commentary
Education Options Offer Hope to Struggling Students
Imagine an overcrowded high school classroom with outdated learning materials and a teacher with little desire to provide these students with a quality educatio