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EdChoice vouchers have helped, not hurt, traditional public schools
Try saying it with us: “Choice and competition are good.” Don’t take our word alone. On the left, President Joe Biden said:
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The Ohio EdChoice Program’s impact on school district enrollments, finances, and academics
This report explores the impacts of Ohio’s EdChoice program on school district enrollments, finances, and educational outcomes. The study includes detailed analyses of the state’s “performance-based” EdChoice program that, as of 2021–22 provides vouchers to approximately 35,000 students as well as its “income-based” EdChoice program which serves approximately 20,000 low-income students.
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Does Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program impact traditional school districts?
First launched in fall 2007, Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program served more than 55,000 students in 2021-22. The program offers state-funded scholarships to eligible students and allows them to attend a private school.
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Private School Choice
Voucher critics are starting to say the quiet part out loud
Persistent school choice critic Steve Dyer recently posted a “takedown” of Fordham’s latest school choice policy recommendations.
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LIVE EVENT: Should Universal School Choice Be Next on Ohio’s Education Policy Agenda?
The Buckeye Institute, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and School Choice Ohio cordially invite you to a continental breakfast and coffee dialogue with national and Ohio experts as they discuss recent successful efforts around the country to expand parental choice, lessons learned, best practices, and potential next steps for the Buckeye State.
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Six reasons to support universal school choice in Ohio
Arizona, long one of the nation’s trailblazers in the school-choice movement, recently expanded its education savings account (ESA) program to ensure that all students—regardless of income or where they attend
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Private School Choice
The Ohio connection to Carson v. Makin
The education world was abuzz last Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in Carson v. Makin.
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Providing proximity and quality data to parents influences school choices
Successful school choice requires that parents have ample access to high-quality information.
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The EdChoice scholarship program is accountable to taxpayers and parents
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
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Make EdChoice friendlier to dual-earning families
April is drawing to a close, and that (thankfully) means the end of tax season.
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Private School Choice
The consequences of a successful anti-voucher lawsuit
Earlier this year, the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding filed a lawsuit aimed at eliminating the state’s EdChoice Scholarship Program
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Private School Choice
The hypocrisy of school districts saying they’re “open to all”
Earlier this year, a coalition of traditional public school districts filed a lawsuit that they hope will spell the end of EdChoice,
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Private School Choice
Gadfly Bites 2/11/22—Who can vouch for vouchers?
It’s an all-voucher issue of the Bites today. And it’s gonna get crazy. First up, I don’t know what an “opinion reporter” is, but the independent news outlet run by students at the University of Cincinnati has one of those.
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Private School Choice
The anti-voucher lawsuit misleads when it comes to segregation
In the early days of January, a coalition of traditional public school districts filed a lawsuit aimed at striking down
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Private School Choice
The anti-voucher lawsuit misses the mark in its constitutional arguments
If you’re at all involved in Ohio education policy, you’ve heard about the anti-voucher lawsuit that was recently filed by the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.6.22
Welcome back to our first edition of 2022, covering news from 12/17 – 12/31/21. We will return to regular weekly publication on Fridays starting tomorrow. Life advice and career advice
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Private School Choice
Are private schools “unaccountable”?
In the debates over private school scholarship (a.k.a. voucher) programs, one of opponents’ favorite talking points is to say that nonpublic schools are “unaccountable” or “unregulated.” To get a flavor, consider the following statements made over the past couple years:
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Gadfly Bites 10/20/21—Down is up
In our topsy turvy tour of education news clips today, we start with Fairview Park City Schools, which appears to be heavily recruiting students to attend its swanky, newly-upgraded high school next year.
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Private School Choice
Backpack funding bill would put parents in control
Every parent has the right to educate their children in way that meets their kids’ needs and accords with their values and beliefs. Don’t just take my word for it: The U.S.
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Voucher critics are at it again
It’s been a banner year for private school choice in Ohio.
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An overview of Ohio’s recently-enacted family-friendly voucher changes
For nearly twenty years, EdChoice has provided tens of thousands of students with the opportunity to attend private schools via state-funded scholarships, also known as vouchers.
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No, EdChoice is not the cause of racial segregation
Opponents of school choice in Ohio continue to threaten a lawsuit seeking to eradicate the state’s largest private-school scholarship program, known as
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Put the kids first, Ohio: It’s time for ESAs
As Ohio’s General Assembly continues working on the biennial state budget, policymakers have the unique chance to pursue meaningful education reform for Ohio’s K–12 students. Given the dark rain clouds of the past fourteen months, we are all grateful to see a silver lining emerging.
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The EdChoice lawsuit is déjà vu all over again
Over the past year, media outlet
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All students should have the option of daily in-person instruction
With Covid-19 cases dropping, teachers getting vaccinated, and new data and guidance coming in all the time showing th
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Big steps forward in Ohio’s private school voucher programs
Correction (12/17/20): A previous version of this article incorrectly indicated that the income-based EdChoice program was renamed the Buckeye Opportunity Scholarship.
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Media statement on Senate Bill 89
The Ohio House and Senate have each approved legislation, Senate Bill 89, which significantly changes the state’s EdChoice Scholarship program. The EdChoice Scholarship, Ohio’s largest voucher program, has been a topic of robust debate for the past year as lawmakers argued over what state report card measures should determine if a school is considered low-performing.
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You belong: Black Girl, White School
In policy circles, school choice and desegregation discussions often stop at the schoolhouse door.
