Alabama board of education member Ella Bell, D-Montgomery, spoke out during a work session Thursday claiming that Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarship program for low-income families was part of an effort to “destroy a whole race of people.” “T ...
Charter schools are keeping promises
On the campaign trail in 2012, Mitt Romney remarked that "charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to say about them." Romney was right. President Bush told crowds he was a "big believer" in charter sch ...
Calling All Candidates: Let’s Talk Education
You spoke, Alabama. We asked, what issues are important to you and what questions would you ask of your candidates to answer? Since last week was National School Choice Week, let’s explore questions on promoting education and supporting A ...
A Massive Setback for Education in Alabama
After speaking with Michael Sentance today upon his resignation from his role as state superintendent, the Alabama Policy Institute releases the following statement: "At API, we are saddened to hear that Michael Sentance was forced to resign as Ala ...
API Joins National Coalition of Education Choice Advocates and Releases Letter Applauding Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Letter Encourages Trump Administration to Champion Constitutionally Focused Education Choice Agenda Yesterday, Alabama Policy Institute (API) joined 12 other leading state and national organizations in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy ...
School Choice: The Positive Effect of Accountability
"Choice in education is no mere abstraction. Like its economic cousin, free enterprise, and its political cousin, democracy, it affords hope and opportunity." --President Ronald Reagan This week is National School Choice Week--a week designated "to ...
School Choice: Providing Options for Families in Our Community
"Choice in education is no mere abstraction. Like its economic cousin, free enterprise, and its political cousin, democracy, it affords hope and opportunity." --President Ronald Reagan This week is National School Choice Week--a week designated "t ...
New NAEP Scores Show No Link Between Education Spending and Academic Outcomes
In the Alabama State House, the familiar refrain surrounding public education is that the legislature has failed to ever "fully fund" it. The implication, of course, is that we cannot and should not expect positive outcomes from our public schools. T ...
Lessons from Arkansas: Alabama Should Reject Medicaid Expansion
In 2013, Arkansas's then-Governor Mike Beebe (D) pushed a non-traditional Medicaid expansion program that gives low-income individuals subsidies to use toward private coverage, rather than enrolling them into Medicaid. This initiative was mark ...
Better Late than Never: Time to Legalize Charter Schools in Alabama
Click to view research paper: "Charter Schools in Alabama: Challenges and Solutions" Since 1992, public charter schools have offered families in other states a choice when it comes to which public school their children can attend. Charter schools a ...