School choice often empowers parents, promotes educational equality, and allows students to attend the best possible schools. Advocates argue that it introduces competition into the public education system,

In a recent column, educator Sierra Bush Rester claims that school choice, whether in the form of private vouchers or public charter schools, is “rooted in segregationist policy.” Her own ...

In reality, expansion of school choice programs deepens inequities and drains resources from public schools, and censoring curriculums restricts students’ right to learn. Additionally, cases such as Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board v.

Next year, Idaho parents will be eligible to earn tax credits to subsidize their children’s private school tuition. Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 93 Thursday morning, which sets aside $50 million for the new program. Families could earn $5,000 per child or $7,500 for children with special needs in refundable tax credits.

Charter school operators have applied to operate 13 schools in five Tennessee school systems beginning in the fall of 2026 amid the state’s rapidly changing school-choice landscape.

Charter school operators would have more options to bypass local school board approval under a proposal backed by Gov. Bill Lee.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has championed charter school openings as an expansion for school choice options. Des Moines Prep, a new public charter high school, is officially taking applications for ...