Unless public funding is linked to testing, there's now way to know if choice programs are improving student achievement.

Democrats should be willing to reimagine the K-12 system, giving funding to families instead of bureaucracies.

Classical charter schools offering a traditional, liberal-arts education are expanding the political constituency for charters to the suburbs.

Should testing be required to see if students are learning in publicly funded choice programs?

The Los Angeles school board is trying to close a successful, dance-enriched charter to free space for a low-performing district school with declining enrollment.

Will San Francisco parents pay $75,000 a year for Alpha's tech-accelerated school?

Education reforms are working in the South, and they can work in blue states too, if there's political leadership.

One third of students in mostly black districts aren't enrolled in traditional public schools.

New Orleans schools have improved dramatically since Katrina forced radical changes 20 years ago. That means going from "F" to "C."

Christian microschools are booming in Arizona, as parents use ESAs to fund the school of their choice. Chandler Fritz taught a summer reading class.

As Americans lose confidence in public schools, a majority of parents say they'd send their kids to private schools, if they got help paying the cost.

Bullying is the primary reason parents use choice programs to flee public schools.

After two years of Superintendent Mike Miles' reforms, 74 percent of Houston students are in A/B schools and zero are in "F" schools.

Public schools don't have a monopoly any more. Parents are using taxpayer-funded school choice to find alternatives.

Homeschooling has attracted a broader mix of parents.

Politics undercut turn-of-the-century education reforms, but new choice programs could make a difference.

The National Education Association will fight for DEI and the U.S. Education Department, and vows to use "fascist" to describe President Trump.

Choice scholarships let parents pay for a la carte classes, rewarding schools that serve their needs.

Public schools must work to regain public trust by focusing on academics, not politics.

As Texas requires public schools to post the Ten Commandments, 57% of Americans support teacher-led prayer in schools; half favor Christian prayers.