Private schools and independent public charter schools are more productive than district public schools, according to a new report.

Thousands of Washington, DC public-school students could soon be a whole lot safer at school thanks to new legislation being considered in Congress.

With few exceptions, charter schools are part of the government monopoly on education, a collective farm of mediocrity and failure.

Parents and students deserve full educational choice, with the dollar following the scholar, as a matter of basic civil rights.

Any day now the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the outcome of which will have major implications.

A growing number of parents may be voting with their feet this fall by taking advantage of Arizona’s expansive educational choice programs.

No parent should have to play “Mother, may I” with the state or federal government to enroll their child in a school they think is safe.

California’s current education system, which largely rations education based on where a child’s parents can afford to live, is a relic of a bygone era.

A provision of the recent House GOP tax plan would allow parents to use up to $10,000 of their 529 college savings plans for K-12 expenses including private school tuition. Parental choice in education is a bedrock Republican principle, and President Trump along with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are leading advocates. Yet even if...
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Last month marked the 38th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Department of Education. Proponents insisted that elevating the Office of Education to a Cabinet-level department would improve federal education spending efficiency as well as student achievement. Opponents countered that there is scant (if any) evidence that increasing federal control over education would...
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