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The Taxation and Budget Reform Commission (TBRC) has almost resurrected Opportunity Scholarships in Florida. Not satisfied with a little success, the TBRC followed this effort with a second entry to be placed on the November Ballot on school spending, by mandating 65% of school spending would be require to be spent in the classroom.
The TBRC […]

In a conference call with Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) a new program called LEARN was discussed that would give states the option of opting out of No Child Left Behind and provide residents of those states a tax credit equal to the amount that they would have otherwise received in federal funding.
The LEARN Act will […]

Jonah Goldberg has written a good piece on why we need vouchers for public education. He cites the DC school system as a prime example of why the school system needs drastic reform.
Out of the 100 largest school districts, according to the Washington Post, D.C. ranks third in spending for each pupil — $12,979 — […]

Amity Shlaes has a great article at Bloomberg on Milton Friedman’s world wide legacy.
Today’s papers are filled with tributes to the scholarly contributions of Milton Friedman, who died yesterday at the age of 94.
They note how the great economist invented modern monetarism and vanquished orthodox Keynesianism with a single phrase: “Inflation is always and everywhere […]

The battle for control of the Congress, the state legislatures and governorships has begun.
FreedomWorks volunteers are busy all over the country getting out the vote and injecting a free market message into the campaigns.
In Oregon our members are fighting for a tax cut for families. California FreedomWorks is fighting tax hikes on tobacco and […]

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Michele Connole of The Young Conservatives of Texas writes,
One way Texas can institute efficiency in education is to pass a statewide voluntary voucher program. The idea is simple enough. The money spent by the state per pupil could be used to offset the cost of education in a charter or private school or for parents […]

This Week has an article which provides a real world example of what school choice might mean for American families; an education which meets their child’s needs. Columbus Public Schools, now that they are facing competition have decided that it is time to start responding to parent concerns.
Saying it’s time to take a direct role in […]

Yesterday the Democratic Leadership Council unveiled a plan for higher education that will cost taxpayers $150billion and will hold schools and students accountable to Washington. As Neil McCluskey of explains in an article posted at Cato, politicians want votes, professors and administrators want more money and prestige, and students want to pay less […]

Andrew Coulson has an excellent post at Cato’s blog explaining how a National Center for Education Statistics study that shows little testing advantage of private schools only over public schools to casts no doubt on the value of vouchers, because the value of vouchers lies in creating a competitive education marketplace.  He explains that
A vigorous […]

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article about an interesting lawsuit in New Jersey.  12 parents have sued 25 failing school districts in New Jersey and the state commissioner of education for failing to provide the “thorough and efficient education” guaranteed in the state’s constitution.  Multiple lawsuits in other states against have been filed in the […]