Parents Are Filling the Political Vacuum for Charter School Support
Charter enrollment grew by 7 percent last school year, double the prior year.
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School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
Families Have a New Reason to Flee Public Schools
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
Randi Weingarten Is Very Disappointed That NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Supports Charter Schools
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
Charter-Hating Democrats Now Relying on Charter Schools To Service Families Reluctant To Go Back Into School Buildings
The one-size-fits-all approach to monopolistic K-12 instruction continues to repel even as COVID-19 recedes.
The Education Establishment Fears You Might Teach Your Kids Unapproved Ideas
Public schools can barely teach kids at all, but their defenders don’t want you trying alternatives.
Thanks to Teachers Unions, Families are Fleeing Traditional Public Schools
The pandemic, says Reason Foundation's Corey A. DeAngelis, is finally forcing districts to put students ahead of teachers and bureaucrats.
A Rigged System Is Keeping a California Charter School Under Union Rule
First the union invaded, now it refuses to leave.
School Choice Spreads as Pandemic Public Education Falls Short
Plus: Church reopening case hits a wall, Supreme Court weighs in on Texas abortion law, and more...
As Teachers Unions and Bureaucrats Battle, Families Choose Alternative Schools
Making it easier for families to fund their preferred education options will be a lot more effective than throwing a big bribe to teachers unions.
How COVID-19 Is Spreading School Choice
The growing movement to fund students rather than government monopolies
Are 'Pandemic Pods' a Symptom of the Public School Monopoly? A Soho Forum Debate
The University of Illinois' Jon Hale and Reason Foundation education analyst Corey DeAngelis go toe to toe
Hispanic Parents Want More Choices for School
School choice programs can help Hispanic families ease their fears about the coronavirus.
Teachers Unions Push Families Out of Public Schools
Kids are beside the point when government officials and union leaders keep them waiting on labor negotiations that serve everybody but students and their families.
Once Marginalized, Homeschooling Hits the Mainstream
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
Private Schools Are Adapting to Lockdown Better Than the Public School Monopoly
A new survey finds parents are substantially more satisfied with private and charter schools’ responses to the pandemic than they were with those of traditional public schools.
More Mudslinging in the Debate Over School Reopening
Plus: World population could peak sooner than expected, data cast doubt on vaping and lung cancer link, massive Twitter hack had inside help, and more...
Bloomberg Supports Charter Schools, Deeply Vexes Sanders and Warren
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders correctly diagnose the problem, but fail to provide an adequate solution.
AOC Admits She Got Her Goddaughter Into a Bronx Charter School
The democratic socialist congresswoman has lamented that the public-school system hinges on zip codes.
Elizabeth Warren Is a Teachers Union Pet
Despite costing less to educate, Boston's charter students significantly outperform their peers in both reading and math. So why is Warren still opposed?
School Choice Opponents Need To Stop Gaslighting Parents
Education activist Andrew Campanella on the moral perversity of school-choice critics.
Pennsylvania Bill Would Toss 35,000 Kids Out of Their Cyber Charter Schools
"They're trying to force us to put our children in the district school," says Stefaine D’Amico, whose three kids attend online classes that could be abolished. "That's not fair."
Elizabeth Warren Would Rather Make You Fix Your Terrible Public School Than Let You Send Your Kid to a Charter School
"You don't like the building? You think it's old and decaying? Then get out there and push to get a new one," she said.
Elizabeth Warren's School Choice Blunder
Elizabeth Warren was so "#PublicSchoolProud" that she sent her son to expensive private schools for the majority of his K-12 education.
Cory Booker Pushes for Greater Democratic Support for Charter Schools
Less pandering to education unions; more choices for parents.
The Movie Miss Virginia Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice
Virginia Walden Ford talks about her role in integrating schools in the 1960s and leading a movement to escape failing public schools four decades later.
Is It 'Morally Disturbing' When Charter Schools Skim Highly Motivated Families?
Robert Pondiscio's provocative new book, How the Other Half Learns, challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
Charter Schools vs. the Education Monopoly
“If I choose for my child to go to a charter school, then that's where my taxes should go!"
Stossel: Let Charter Schools Teach
Governments limit charter schools, even though charters often do better than government-run schools.
Bill de Blasio Panders to Unions Over Educating Poor Kids
Democratic candidates are selling out their constituents to advance their careers.
De Blasio's 'Hate' for Charter Schools Is Bad for America, Terrible for New York
Democrats repudiate their own recent past and seek to restrict educational choices for poorer kids.
After L.A. Teachers' Strike, California Task Force Recommends Strict Restrictions on Charter Schools
Union leaders made charters a major point of contention during the January protests.
Booker Expresses Tepid Support for Charter Schools While Sanders Seeks To Stifle Them
Sen. Cory Booker's comments were in response to Sen. Bernie Sanders' public education plan, which targets charter schools.
The Democrats' Dumb War Against Charter Schools
The latest bad idea from Bernie Sanders is depressingly popular, sayeth the podcast crew.
Beto Called Charter Schools a 'Good Idea' in 2012. He Was Right.
The presidential candidate suggested at the time that charter schools and traditional public schools can coexist.
Nation's First Vegan Charter School Hits Roadblocks
The Florida school is running into trouble with the USDA and the school district over anti-milk marketing and school choice politics.
West Virginia Teachers Striking Over Law That Would Allow Charters and Vouchers for Special-Needs Students
Walkout unmasks how unions put kids second when it comes to publicly financed education.
Cory Booker Is Running for President. Must He Run Away from School Choice?
The New Jersey senator was once a big supporter of education reform, but that could be a liability in 2020.
A Charter School Moratorium Will Not Fix What Ails L.A.'s Education System
The district's budget is broken, and the latest deal with the unions will make it worse.
Private Schools Provide Educational Choice—For Now
Private schools are holding their ground against surging competition and scared regulators.
L.A. Teachers, School District Reach Deal To Possibly End Strike
The LAUSD has seen a 16 percent jump in administrative staffers since 2004-and per pupil spending has been marching steadily upwards.
New York Officials Threaten Private Schools
Once again, politicians in the Empire State want to leave nowhere to hide from their control.
The Fate of Arizona's Successful School Choice Initiative Hangs in a November Ballot Measure
Until we can get government entirely out of education, we'll have to keep fighting to preserve and expand our ability to choose what's right for our kids.
Decades after Brown v. Board of Education, Choice Finally Integrated Schools in Alabama's Poorest County
Opponents of charter schools often claim that school choice will segregate K-12 education. Sumter County, Alabama proves them wrong.
Back To School Choice
These days, kids are heading back to increasingly varied learning experiences that might or might not include anything recognizable as a traditional school.
LAUSD's Fiscal Crisis Can't be Blamed on Charter Schools or Declining Enrollment
Rising benefits costs and a bloated administration is putting Los Angeles' schools deep in the red.
