Sharing stories of educational choice is key to understanding its importance for Ohio families. While the issue of educational choice may be debated, the experience and success of students who were given a choice are powerful. Kristen Ostrosky and her children, Anthony (19) and Sara (16) have experienced what school choice can do for a…
By Rabbi Eric ‘Yitz’ Frank Debate over educational choice continues in Ohio and around the country, but misconceptions and even misinformation are clouding the discussion. While everyone will have their own opinion, any conclusion should be based in reality. Those who oppose school choice in our state have made repeated statements that do not reflect…
The majority of Ohio families are happy with their local public schools. Scholarship usage has not created the mass exodus from public education or the “avalanche” of EdChoice scholarship applications as was predicted prior to the passage of HB33 in July 2023, which established universal school choice for Ohio families. The numbers of scholarships for…
National School Choice Week Awareness Foundation es una organización sin fines de lucro que, por medio de National School Choice Week, se ha posicionado como líder nacional sirviendo a más de un millón de familias al año. Sin embargo, cada vez era más evidente la necesidad de recursos específicos para las familias hispanas en español….
In a new policy report, #StudentsFirst: Empowering Parents to Help Students Regain Lost Learning, Buckeye’s Greg Lawson outlines how empowering parents, funding students first, and enhancing school choice can counteract the ill effects the pandemic had on learning loss for Ohio’s K-12 students. The report offers four commonsense policy solutions that will improve the K-12…
Arizona Expands School Choice for their Families Arizona has taken a big step forward by expanding school choice for their families and students.
Guess it wasn’t enough for districts that they received the funding system they helped create and had funding for school choice programs funded directly by the state. Now, a group of school districts is suing the state of Ohio claiming EdChoice Scholarships are unconstitutional. Below is the list of districts that have signed on to…
School Choice Ohio Supports Governor DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly’s Focus onStudents and Families
The Columbus Dispatch recognizes the importance of the recent changes to the EdChoice Scholarship Program. “Along with a lot of other policy priorities, fixing Ohio’s school voucher eligibility standards fell by the wayside in this pandemic-stricken year, leaving a lot of families unhappy. We’re glad that the flurry of legislating in the lame duck session…
