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What to Watch
Alabama governor makes school choice official. | Number of the Week
Who will pay for Obama's pricey universal preschool plan? | Quote of the Week
History is made in Alabama. | Don't Miss
New Heritage research exposes universal preschool's empty promises. | |
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D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: Opportunity and Return on Investment
By Brittany Corona
Very few government programs can claim a positive return on taxpayer investment. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP) is one of them.
Launched in 2004, the DCOSP provides scholarships of approximately $8,500 for K–8 students or $12,000 for high school students from low-income families to attend private schools of their choice. According to a congressionally mandated evaluation of the DCOSP, 82 percent of students who received a voucher and used it to attend private school graduated from high school. That’s a 12 percentage point difference between voucher users and the control group that did not use the vouchers to attend private school. Just 70 percent of those students graduated. Roughly 60 percent of students in D.C. Public Schools graduate high school.
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| What To
Watch |  | Alabama Governor Makes School Choice Official
After weeks of legal battles, Governor Bentley was finally able to sign Alabama’s first private school choice program into law, giving students in under-performing schools the opportunity for a better education. | |
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Number of the Week
$25 Billion
Experts estimate that Obama’s universal preschool plan could cost $25 billion or more.
The federal government already spends $20 billion a year on 45 early childhood education and child care programs, not to mention that there is little evidence to suggest government-funded preschool will benefit children.
See Obama 'Preschool For All' Unlikely To Live Up To The Hype | | | Quote of the Week |  | “Today we made history in Alabama. We made history for the many parents and children that are stuck in failing schools."
-Alabama State Representative Chad Fincher (R-Semmes)
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Don’t Miss
New Heritage Research: Universal Preschool’s Empty Promises
A massive federal preschool expansion would further entangle Washington in the education and care of the youngest American children. Expanding federal intervention in education to include infants, toddlers, and three-year-olds and four-year-olds will crowd out private preschools, increase costs for taxpayers, and fail to create lasting academic benefits. |  | |
 | About The Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute -- a think tank -- whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. | |
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