What Is School Choice?

What Is School Choice?

PREVIEW:  “School Choice” is a national movement that claims to increase education choices for parents.In reality, when all education options are state funded, all choices are government choices.True choice will be eliminated. FULL FEATURE: The School Choice movement...
School Choice Slogans

School Choice Slogans

PREVIEW:  Fund Students, Not Systems: This slogan is fundamentally flawed because every government program requires a system to fund, implement, enforce, and regulate. The Idaho Constitution actually requires the state to fund systems, including a “thorough system of...
The Unesco Connection

The Unesco Connection

PREVIEW:  UNESCO advocates for, and school choice creates, a single payer system for all education models, including homeschool and private schools. The biggest proponent for school choice is the American Federation for Children, which has ties to UNESCO. Funding for...
Does it deliver on its promises?

Does it deliver on its promises?

PREVIEW:  No, school choice does not deliver on its promises.  School choice funding programs do not cover the typical cost of resources needed for children with special needs. Access to IDEA funding requires working through the public school system, even if parents...
Educational Socialism

Educational Socialism

The school choice movement has become the Golden Child of conservatives across the country. But is school choice really conservative? The resounding answer is absolutely not! It is more like the conservative approved educational socialist welfare system. First, we...
What does it really cost?

What does it really cost?

PREVIEW:  School choice legislation consistently costs taxpayers more than projected. In states like Arizona, costs are approaching $1 billion, threatening to bankrupt the state. School choice funding constitutes a NEW cost for states.  School choice costs...
Who is pushing it?

Who is pushing it?

PREVIEW:  Who is pushing school choice? Parents who are desperate for a way out of the public school system. Legislators who think that the government should fund ALL education models (not just the one required by Idaho’s constitution). Curriculum providers and...
School Choice in Other Countries

School Choice in Other Countries

Freedom Lost The path from educational freedom to educational bondage has been traveled before. See the evidence of the footprints left by those who have gone before. Learn from those who have lost the freedom that we currently possess. “Vouchers: School Choice Trap,”...