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Displaced Sac City elementary students stay closer to home
April 27, 2013

Ben Boychuk: A bittersweet celebration for school choice
January 26, 2013

Viewpoints: Open enrollment unlocks path to choice
June 08, 2012

Viewpoints: Scandal over testing shows the need for school choice
June 17, 2012

Michael Gerson: GOP's best politician is stepping back from the political stage
January 17, 2013

Pia Lopez: Can we find common ground on schools?
January 28, 2012

School Choice Videos

School Choice Law
May 28, 2013 | KLRT Fox 16 Little Rock

School Choice
May 23, 2013 | KTBS ABC Shreveport, LA

SCHOOL CHOICE | Andy Matthews | SUN | 05/19/2013 5PM
May 20, 2013 | KSNV Las Vegas

School Choice Wikipedia Information

School choice describes programs that allow students to choose to attend any of various participating private and public schools, usually based on a system of vouchers, tax credits, or scholarships. These programs are generally intended to give parents more input in which primary and secondary schools their children attend. In the United States, school choice sometimes refers to the social...

Sacramento Connect

Mothers Show Strong Support for School Choice in National Survey
May 14, 2013
Mothers Show Strong Support for School Choice in National Survey Friedman Foundation fro Education Choice, 5/8/13 INDIANAPOLIS—As Americans prepare to honor...

Educrats: Having Quality Schools for Kids is “Segregation”
April 05, 2013
Teacher Asks: Is School Choice A Form Of ‘Segregation’ When parents enroll their kids in a specific school is that a type of ‘affirmative action’ that improves...

‘School Choice Week’ Promotes Vouchers, Undermines Public Schools, Says Americans United
January 25, 2013
Jan. 25, 2013 - Sectarian lobbies and right-wing interest groups are waging war on the public school system, and "National School Choice Week" is part of that...

Want to graduate from High School and go to College? School choice pays off.
February 11, 2013
School choice pays off, literally The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program is not just good policy but smart budgeting Patrick Wolf, Michael Q. McShane, National...

School Choice, From the Trenches
January 09, 2013
This is one of my favorite quotes. One I return to over and over when I start beating myself up about not being a good enough mother. I do find motherhood...

Teachers Unions Demand Right to Hold Children Hostage to Government Schools
January 23, 2013
School Choice for Kids? Ravitch and NEA Say No By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 1/22/13 Widely discredited ex-reformer and teachers union try to deny families a...

From around the web

Sandoval's school choice bill up for hearing
May 13, 2013 | Latest news updates from RGJ.com
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to give businesses a break on payroll taxes for donating money to fund school choice scholarships. ...

Does voucher law make the grade?
May 11, 2013 | indystar.com
' School choice is great, but there are plenty of quality charter schools that are tuition free.... This program is not about school choice. ...

Readers' views on school vouchers
May 11, 2013 | indystar.com
'' Readers weighed in on The Indianapolis Star's Facebook page:'' School choice ... This program is not about school choice.'' Maggie Cowan'' Look at it this way.'' Your Money...

School vouchers expand as Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signs measure at Calvary Christian...
May 09, 2013 | indystar.com
The uniform-clad students waved signs that read'' I Yearn to Learn'' and'' School Choice ... Applications for vouchers can be found at the state's Department of Education website, www.IN.gov/doe. Pence said providing school choice ...

Dan Carpenter: Listen to grass- roots to improve our schools
May 04, 2013 | indystar.com
'' We do not want school choice, we want a school voice,'' Mulholland said.'' The mayor (with his charter schools) says he's giving parents all these choices. I do not...

Kentucky Basketball: Wildcats' Non- Conference Schedule A Very Good One
May 02, 2013 | A Sea Of Blue
Just when you thought there was not much basketball news left to tell other than Andrew Wiggins' school choice, BAM! We get Kentucky's non-conference schedule to talk about...

School Choice on twitter

	Here to greet Warren County Board Members and support parents rights to school choice. http://t.co/AIhoaG9vQ6 Twitter: @wkingbg
	How Congress Can Save Education in America: http://t.co/WrrjgLGYFO #school choice Twitter: @JudithStein
	Large, out-of-state donors fuel North Carolina’s school “choice” movement http://t.co/6Rpctz1eiv #privatization Twitter: @infocenter
	Wedge school choice in/stop making immigrants kneejerk lefties http://t.co/pznjgF4xPt #PJNET Twitter: @AGroenig
	@BWalker_1995 School choice, planning reform, tax cuts, EU ref, welfare reform, localism, liberalising energy, etc. @Olekander @tomdaylight Twitter: @OliverCooper
	We are ridiculously backwards in this State when it comes to education policy - See what state this was describing: http://t.co/DzBl31EPGk Twitter: @FreetoLearnIL