Remembering Andrew Coulson
Andrew Coulson, the gentleman-scholar at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, died yesterday of brain cancer. Andrew was 48. I met Andrew...
Read More >Teachers unions, school choice and the Democratic Party's retreat
This is the latest post in our series of the center-left roots of school choice. Much of the opposition to...
Read More >Tuthill: School choice is good for teachers, too
Editor's note: This article originally ran in Education Week. Tuthill is the president of Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this...
Read More >Why I went from teachers union president to school choice leader
I often get asked how I went from being a teachers union president to the president of the country’s largest...
Read More >The end of "school choice"
The annual American Federation for Children conference is one of the country’s largest gatherings of school choice advocates. So it...
Read More >Engaging teacher unions will accelerate transition to parental choice
This post first appeared on the Friedman Foundation blog. Social movements such as women’s suffrage, black civil rights, and parental...
Read More >New type of teacher union is key to relieving Democratic tensions
Editor's note: This is the first post in our series on the Democratic Party's growing divide over ed reform and...
Read More >Surging applications shows why parental choice movement is here to stay
Yesterday, at 4 p.m., Step Up For Students stopped accepting tax credit scholarship applications for the 2014-15 school year. We...
Read More >Customization in education will become the new normal
This spring’s legislative sessions have not been kind to the parental choice movement. Important bills have died in New York,...
Read More >Testing Conflict Kills Scholarship Bill in Florida Senate
Yesterday in the Florida Senate, the sponsor of an important tax credit scholarship bill withdrew the legislation. This means the...
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