Tag: National School Choice Week
Parents Are Rethinking Education – And That’s A Good Thing
Education in California is experiencing a once-in-a-generation transformation, as tens of thousands of parents make crucial decisions about how and where their children learn. From reexamining curricula to exploring school choice options and non-traditional learning models, parents are eager to...
National School Choice Week: 26,000 Independently Planned Events Spanning all 50 States
Now in its twelfth year, National School Choice Week kicks off this week with 26,000 independently planned events spanning all 50 states. Every January, supporters of parents as the architects of their children’s educational journeys gather in school fairs, open houses,...
Fix California Continues Effort to Advance School Choice with Californians for School Choice
Fix California, the sponsor of Fix California Education, which sponsored a ballot initiative proposing Education Savings Accounts for California students to follow the students’ choice of schools, just announced they are suspending their initiative and will join efforts to advance school choice...
School Choice Can Save Children and Salvage our Education System
“The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind,” Martin Luther King, Jr. said. Yet for years our education system has tried its best to ignore parents and discouraged involvement. That must change. Across the...
Former Senate Leader Gloria Romero Joins Fix California Initiative for School Choice Funding
California’s public schools were once the envy of the nation. Today, California’s public schools not only rank at the bottom of the entire country, the state spends approximately $22,000 per year for each child in the public school system to...
Funding Follows Students with Education Savings Accounts Ballot Initiatives
As California spends approximately $22,000 per year for each child in the public school system, the state’s K-12 students continue to struggle under an outdated, one-size-fits-all system that is not focused on cultivating their unique talents and interests. Politics is...