Not exact matches
In the past few years, new
statewide voucher
programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio and the steady growth of a tax - credit funded
scholarship program in Florida have offered a glimpse of what expansive private -
school choice might look like.
For instance despite the constant refrain from
choice opponents that private
schools would cream and that public
schools take «everyone» (i.e. everyone who can afford to live in their attendance boundary) the McKay
Scholarship program has been
statewide in FL since 2001, was still the nation's largest voucher
program last time I checked, and only served special needs children.
With U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos at the helm of a federal initiative to spread private
school choice even further, a new forum for Education Next brings together experts to assess the research on these
programs — a tax - credit - funded
scholarship in Florida and voucher
programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio — and the implications for whether and how states should design and oversee
statewide choice programs.
The Department of Education released its annual
choice scholarship program report Thursday, showing participation in the
scholarship continues to grow, with almost three percent of students
statewide using the
scholarships to attend a private
school.
Established in New Orleans in 2008, and expanded
statewide in 2012, the Louisiana
Scholarship Program allows low - income families with students in failing and underperforming public
schools or students entering kindergarten for the first time to enroll in the private
school of their
choice.
And they are fortunate to have the luxury with numerous public and private
school choice programs available
statewide, including public
school open enrollment, charter
schools, Education Savings Accounts, and tax credit
scholarships.
Establish in New Orleans in 2008, and expanded
statewide in 2012, the Louisiana
Scholarship Program allows low - income families with students in failing public
schools or students entering kindergarten for the first time to transfer to the private
school of their
choice.
We support implementing a
statewide scholarship program that benefits children in Texas, allowing them to use these
scholarship funds to attend the
school of their parent's
choice.
Created in 2008 and expanded
statewide in 2012, the Louisiana
Scholarship Program allows low - income families with students in failing public
schools or students entering kindergarten for the first time to transfer to the private
school of their
choice.