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With billions of federal education dollars unspent, why does the Alabama Department of Education continue to ask for more?

December 9, 2022
by Justin Bogie EditorialsEducation FreedomFiscal Policy

Alabama’s K-12 schools have over $2 billion in federal stimulus funding that is yet to be spent, according to a recent report from al.com. The money was appropriated to the state by Congress beginning in 2020 under the guise of a federal health emerg ...

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Educational insanity: What the 2022 NAEP scores actually tell Alabamians

November 28, 2022
by Emma Gibney EditorialsEducation Freedom

What if I told you Alabama's eighth-grade reading and math scores are either worse or the same than they were more than two decades ago?  Would you believe me over the various celebratory slogans touting Alabama's "progress in education achievemen ...

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 API survey reveals lack of transparency in local public schools

September 1, 2022
by Emma Gibney EditorialsEducation Freedom

Seventy-four percent of school board members who responded to a survey conducted by the Alabama Policy Institute oppose school choice. This is in stark contrast to the overwhelming number of Alabamians, 80%, who desire state-wide school choice expan ...

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Arizona governor signs universal school choice legislation into law

August 22, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEducation Freedom

School choice for every family, regardless of income, zip code or social status, has become reality in Arizona. This week, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) celebrated with parents, students and teachers at Phoenix Christian Preparatory School his sign ...

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Florida shows school choice doesn’t destroy public education

August 22, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEducation Freedom

"This is the day that will go down in the annals of Florida history as the day we abandoned the public schools and the day that we abandoned, more importantly, our children." -Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (March 25, 1999)In 1999, opponents p ...

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Tennessee’s month-long grocery tax holiday set to begin Aug. 1; to save taxpayers $80 million

August 2, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEducation Freedom

Starting Monday, Tennessee residents will pay 4% less for groceries thanks to a month-long grocery tax holiday approved by the state’s legislature in April. Through Aug. 31, Tennessee is suspending its sales tax on food and food items in an effort ...

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Tennessee launches school choice voucher program this year

July 18, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEditorialsEducation Freedom

Starting this upcoming school year, families in Tennessee can enroll in a school choice program that allows eligible students to use taxpayer dollars to attend private schools. On Wednesday, a Tennessee court lifted its injunction against the Educati ...

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School Choice Advocate wins GOP Runoff for State Superintendent in South Carolina

June 30, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEducation Freedom

The head of a conservative think tank that seeks to expand school choice has won the runoff race for the Republican nominee for State Superintendent in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Ellen Weaver, President and CEO of the Palmetto Promise Institute, eas ...

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Arizona poised to expand school choice to every student

June 29, 2022
by Parker Snider Around the NeighborhoodEditorialsEducation Freedom

A school choice measure that would allow all 1.1 million Arizona students to use state-funded education savings accounts passed in the state's House of Representatives this week. The bill, HB2853, expands the state’s current education savings accoun ...

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Alabama Charter Schools: A Slow Roll-Out

May 25, 2022
by Emma Gibney EditorialsEducation Freedom

When Alabama enacted its Charter School Law in 2015, did state legislators expect there to be only seven active charter schools statewide seven years later? In 2015, SB45, more commonly known as the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, ...

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