Rev. H.K. Matthews, civil rights icon and friend of educational freedom
By John Kirtley The Rev. H.K. Matthews passed away Monday at the age of 97. As I urge you to...
Read More >Reflections on the Florida tax credit scholarship’s 15th birthday
Note: Step Up For Students helps administer Florida's tax credit scholarship program. It also publishes this blog and employs its...
Read More >The teacher union's amusing hypocrisy about Big $ in politics
Editor's note: This post was originally published as an op-ed in today's Orlando Sentinel. The state's tax credit scholarship program...
Read More >John Patrick Julien, warrior for parental school choice, RIP
Some days you hear someone say, "make the most of every day, you never know when it will be your...
Read More >Parental school choice spurs surprising reactions from advocates of the poor
As a white person from Iowa, I am always hesitant to write about the racial aspects of ed reform and...
Read More >Peter Flanigan, a guiding light of the school choice movement, R.I.P.
Peter Flanigan, one of the giants of the education reform movement, passed away last week at age 90. The Wall...
Read More >A longtime parental choice advocate backpedals like a cornerback in coverage
I was wrong. For 15 years I have dedicated myself to empowering low-income families to choose the best school for...
Read More >School choice movement can't give grenades to opponents
Editor’s note: Tuesday’s New York Times story about tax-credit scholarship programs sparked a flurry of reaction from leading school choice...
Read More >Program design is crucial for tax credit scholarships
Stephanie Saul offered an indictment in the New York Times today of tax credit scholarship programs that have, in my...
Read More >Is parental choice really the enemy?
Back in December, some of the top elected and appointed officials in Seminole County schools used a public meeting covered by...
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