Report: State Costs Of ESA Program Overstated
Will Arkansas legislators offer parents and students more educational choice -- or will they be content to accept the status quo? The post Report: State Costs Of ESA Program Overstated appeared first...
View ArticleSchool Choice Rally Next Week!
Every January, school choice advocates gather across the country to celebrate National School Choice Week. The post School Choice Rally Next Week! appeared first on The Arkansas Project.
View ArticleHB1222: Offering Parents A Choice And Saving The State Money
House Bill 1222 by Rep. Jim Dotson will be considered by the House Education Committee on Thursday. The post HB1222: Offering Parents A Choice And Saving The State Money appeared first on The Arkansas...
View ArticleSchool Choice, “Campus Carry” Advance In Legislature
Members of the House Education committee passed legislation today that would greatly expand school choice in the Natural State. The post School Choice, “Campus Carry” Advance In Legislature appeared...
View ArticleSTUDY: School Choice Saving Arkansas Money
A school choice program created by the Arkansas legislature in 2015 is already saving state taxpayer dollars, according to a recent study from the University of Arkansas. The post STUDY: School Choice...
View ArticleStudent Enrollment Cap Ends For School Voucher Program
The Succeed Scholarship Program is no longer subject to a cap in student enrollment; it has seen a significant increase in interest for the 2017-2018 academic year. The post Student Enrollment Cap Ends...
View ArticleGriffin Advocates More School Choice
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin yesterday spoke in favor of expanding school choice options for low-income students in Little Rock. The post Griffin Advocates More School Choice appeared first on The Arkansas...
View ArticleSucceed Scholarship Enrollment Up 500 Percent
Student enrollment in the state’s school voucher program has more than quintupled as the second academic year of its existence begins. The post Succeed Scholarship Enrollment Up 500 Percent appeared...
View ArticleA World With No Food Choice & Millionaires On Medicaid? (Podcast)
Subscribe for free This week on the show: What would happen if we had no food choice? Greg George’s brilliant school choice series The latest on the Bowen affirmative-action scandal Beebe bureaucrats...
View ArticleWhere Is Arkansas In All This School Choice Stuff?
The following is the third in a series of guest articles from Greg George, an Advocacy Coordinator with the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA): In my final blog post for National...
View ArticleArkansas Still Not Ranked 5th in Education, Gov. Beebe!
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Outgoing Gov. Mike Beebe recently has been on a kind of tour in which he discusses what he thinks his legacy will be. In so doing, he’s returned to...
View ArticleCelebrating School Choice
Did you know it’s National School Choice Week? It is indeed, and there’s even a Senate resolution to prove it. As a parent, I’m a big fan of school choice (not that I actually have any). There are a...
View ArticleSchool Choice Bill Sits on Governor’s Desk
The Arkansas House and Senate recently passed the first school voucher program in the state’s history. The bill is currently on the Governor’s desk waiting to be signed. From the Friedman Foundation...
View ArticleSchool Choice Bill Signed By Gov Now Law!
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1552 into law earlier this week, a measure which is noteworthy in that it will introduce market reforms into K-12 education. Patricia Levesque, National Executive Director...
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