Entries by Dee Jurius

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When public schools face competition from school choice programs, their students do better

Academic and behavioral outcomes among traditional public school students improve as their schools face greater competition from school choice, an analysis of Florida’s tax credit scholarship program shows. As New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts program takes off this fall, this research from Florida’s much older scholarship program shows how the competition created by school choice […]

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School choice became more popular in October as education became a top national political issue

As education policy moved to the forefront of our national political discourse this fall, support for school choice programs increased in October, Morning Consult’s monthly school choice tracking poll for EdChoice shows. Far from being “controversial,” school choice programs remain strongly popular nationwide and gained popularity as the debate over the role of parents in […]

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What is an Education Freedom Account, and does my child qualify?

What is an Education Freedom Account (EFA)? An Education Freedom Account (EFA) is a government-approved savings account that can be used to pay for various educational expenses.  EFAs let families use their state per-pupil adequate education grant to purchase educational services outside of their assigned public school.  The grant amount will vary by student.  The […]

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Education Freedom Accounts would not defund public schools

The New Hampshire Senate has rolled into its budget a bill (Senate Bill 130) to create Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs), which would give lower-income families the option of choosing the school that best fits their child’s needs. Critics say they would defund public schools. But this isn’t true. EFAs would save taxpayers money while giving […]

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The forgotten children need school choice

By Shalimar Encarnacion I am a mother of three (now adults) from Manchester, a former co-chair of the Manchester NAACP Education Committee, and a supporter of school choice. Let me tell you why. As a Hispanic leader of color in my community, I’ve seen firsthand how many of our communities don’t have equal access to […]