Education

School Choice Advancing in Indiana, Tennessee

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 25, 2011

While the Pennsylvania Senate continues to deliberate on Senate Bill 1, school choice is moving along in several other states as well. Last…

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Education

Union Think Tank Continues Assault on School Choice

  • Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
  • April 18, 2011

The union-backed Keystone Research Center (KRC) released a so-called study of Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC).  Not surprisingly, this study is an attack against tax credits for private…

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More Evidence Vouchers are a Win-Win

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 7, 2011

The latest series of studies from the University of Arkansas’s Department of Education Reform on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) provide more evidence that vouchers improve academic performance…

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Education

Crystal Clear Evidence on School Choice

  • March 30, 2011

Released this month, a new comprehensive report looking at all the available empirical studies on school voucher programs found vouchers improve outcomes for both students and public schools.

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More Evidence that School Choice Saves Tax Dollars

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 4, 2011

Reason’s 2010 Annual Privatization Report in Education highlights the savings states have enjoyed thanks to school choice. Since school vouchers and education tax credits are typically much lower than…

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Education

School Choice: Questions & Answers

  • February 17, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Board Association is circulating "Questions about vouchers your legislator should be asking." Others have legitimate questions and concerns.  This Policy Brief answers them all.

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Education

15 School Choice Myths

  • February 16, 2011

In an attempt to thwart efforts to give children better educational opportunities, the public school establishment is trying to divert the attention of policymakers through a series of oft-repeated myths…

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Education

Rescuing Children from Failing Schools

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • February 16, 2011

Chairman Piccola, and members of the Senate Education Committee, thank you for the invitation to testify today on Senate Bill 1. I’m Matt Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth…

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School Choice: Why, What, and How

  • February 7, 2011

Nine of the 10 "gold standard" evaluations of voucher programs reported statistically significant gains in achievement for all or some voucher recipients.  In 18 out of 19 academically rigorous studies,…

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