AUSTIN, Texas (TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Gov. Greg Abbott has made voucher-like programs one of his highest priorities this year and has put his weight behind a particular measure: education savings accounts.
Applications for Texas Education Freedom Accounts can be submitted starting Feb. 4. The initiative reshapes how families can ...
Nearly a dozen states — including Oklahoma, Iowa, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio and New Hampshire — have universal or near-universal private school choice, either in the form of education scholarship ...
The lead-up to the 2025-26 school year marked the first time all students could apply for Arkansas' Educational Freedom Accounts, the $277.4 million initiative that greatly expands taxpayers' funding ...
Shakespeare wasn’t talking about Texas education policy when he wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” But he could have been. The idea ...
As Arkansas expands its publicly funded private school voucher system, now in its second year of accepting applications, the condition of similar programs and efforts in neighboring states remains ...
FOR A LESS AMBITIOUS EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM. ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CAME TO CONCORD, DECKED OUT IN THEIR YELLOW SCARVES, BUT DIDN’T GET ALL THE BIG VICTORIES THEY WERE HOPING ...
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott finally called a special legislative session to begin on Oct. 9, he followed through on a promise, or a threat, depending on your view, to bring state lawmakers back to ...
“That will give all parents the ability to choose the best education option for their child,” he said during a parental rights event in Corpus Christi in January, where he announced his support for ...
As Arkansas expands its publicly funded private school voucher system, now in its second year of accepting applications, the condition of similar programs and efforts in neighboring states remains ...