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What to Watch
Mississippi is one step closer to opening charter schools. | Number of the Week
Many students across the country are participating in private school choice programs. | Quote of the Week
National School Choice Week celebrates choosing the best education for children. | Don't Miss
Michelle Malkin dishes on the rottenness of Common Core standards. | |
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It's School Choice Week
By Rachel Sheffield
The third annual National School Choice Week is officially underway. Once again, school choice advocates—including parents, teachers, schoolchildren and administrators, and many others—will come together to promote educational choice, with more than 3,600 events taking place nationwide.
School choice is something to celebrate, because it gives families the power to choose the best schools for their children—helping children to improve educational outcomes and increasing overall parental satisfaction.
Some things to remember about school choice:
- School Choice Students Graduate at Higher Rates
- School Choice Means Academic Gains
- Parents Are More Satisfied with their Child’s Academic Experience
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| What To
Watch |  | Mississippi House Passes Charter School Proposal
Mississippi, which currently only has an “in name only” charter school law and no charter schools, may be on its way to opening the door to greater educational opportunity. | |
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Number of the Week
255,000
Students nationwide are currently participating in private school choice programs.
Today, 21 states offer some form of private school choice, either via tax credits, scholarships, or innovative education savings accounts. See The ABC’s of School Choice, The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice | | | Quote of the Week |  | “[National School Choice] Week provides an opportunity to celebrate school choice where it exists, and demand it where it does not. National School Choice Week believes that parents should be empowered to choose the best educational environments for their children…It is a time for the media and the public to hear our resounding message and a time to bring new voices into the chorus.”
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Don’t Miss
Common Core Corrupts
Michelle Malkin makes the case in her two part series (here and here) that Common Core national education standards are “rotten to the core.” |  National School Choice Week is planning “the first-ever nationwide, whistle-stop train tour in support of school choice.” Check it out here! | |
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