National News

School Choice's Southern Surge
April 03, 2013
The last few years have seen dramatic expansion of school choice across the country, and Southern states make up the majority of recent adopters.    Just last year, Virginia and Mississippi approved their first-ever private school choice programs. 2012 also saw the enactment of Louisiana's "Tax Credits for Donations to School Tuition Organizations," a program focused on private school choice options for low-income...
A Bleak National Picture and a Solution Gaining Steam
March 11, 2013
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education declared that 20% of American graduates were functionally illiterate. Nationally,  only 13% of graduating students were labelled "proficient" in U.S. History. The class of 2012 also scored the lowest average SAT reading scores of the last 40 years.    The need for reform is evident, and people are eager to see it take place. A recent Gallup poll  found that 44% of...
The Island of No Options
March 05, 2013
SC is surrounded by states with school choice options.
Alabama has joined the growing number of states that offer families school choice options. Heralded by some legislators as a "historic" day for children across Alabama, the "Alabama Accountability Act of 2013"  certainly does seem to take a long stride forward in helping the state's most needy students.   Under the new law, parents with a child zoned a chronically failing public school would be eligible for a...

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