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What to Watch
Kansas legislators take on the teachers unions. | Number of the Week
Florida program boasts largest enrollment of any private school choice program. | Quote of the Week
Michael Gerson, Washington Post columnist, on school choice. | Don't Miss
Understanding the backlash against Common Core. | |
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School Choice Blooming This Spring By Rachel Sheffield
School choice is making headlines in multiple states this spring. Several have approved or are considering proposals to expand educational opportunity for families. Texas State Senator Dan Patrick (R–Houston), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, noted that “several hundred thousand students are stuck in low-performing schools today. This should not be acceptable to anyone.” Patrick says school choice would give opportunities to families to find “the best educational options for their children.”
Also down south, Alabama made a surprise and historic move by passing its first private school choice program earlier this month. Governor Robert Bentley (R) called it “the most significant piece of legislation that’s been passed in this Legislature in years.” Families, individuals, and corporations will be able to receive tax credits for donating to scholarship-granting organizations. Children in failing schools will be able to apply to receive the scholarships, allowing them to attend a private school of choice. |
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Watch |  | Kansas Legislators Take on the Teachers Unions
Legislators in the Sunflower state are considering giving unionized teachers the option of negotiating for themselves. | |
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Number of the Week
50,821
Students are enrolled in Florida’s tax credit scholarship program–the largest enrollment of any private school choice program.
The scholarships are available to low-income and foster care children.
See The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, The ABC’s of School Choice.
| | | Quote of the Week |  | “The opponents of educational choice are attempting to defend the monopoly of the neighborhood school in a nation where most monopolies and oligopolies…have come under pressure… Customized, online learning will accelerate the trend. The tie between a ZIP code and an educational outcome is being broken."
-Michael Gerson, op-ed columnist for the Washington Post
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Don’t Miss
Why There’s a Backlash against Common Core
“Unfortunately, parents, teachers, tea-party activists, and governors have every reason to believe Common Core represents major, unprecedented federal intervention into education,” writes Heritage Foundation’s Lindsey Burke in National Review Online. Read the full report >> |  | |
 | About The Heritage Foundation
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