Content byInez Feltscher
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Schools should prioritize great teachers over bureaucratic bloat
June 29, 2018While it was once considered radical to consider a teacher’s actual performance when evaluating his or her record and making workforce decisions, perceptions about merit-based hiring and firing are changing. -
Report Card on American Education: 22nd Edition
January 24, 2018Report Card on American Education: K-12 Performance, Progress and Reform is published by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as part of its mission to… -
Educational Choice in 2016
January 5, 2018Two new school choice programs were passed during the 2016 state legislative sessions: a voucher program in Maryland and a tax credit scholarship in South… -
Arizona Leaps into Innovative Educational Future with Universal ESAs
April 12, 2017This past Thursday, Arizona leapt ahead into the future of American education by passing a universal expansion of its Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. The program,… -
The 21st Century Education Savings Accounts
January 12, 2017School choice programs, from charter schools to voucher and tax credit scholarship programs, enjoy bipartisan support and are growing quickly across a majority of states. -
Report Card on American Education: 21st Edition
November 29, 2016The future of the American education system has the potential to be bright. In forward-thinking states like Arizona, the state that took the top spot… -
Introduction to the 21st Edition
November 29, 2016The future of the American educa on system has the poten al to be bright. In forward-thinking states like Arizona, the state that took the… -
The Pernicious Myth of the Underfunded American Education System
November 5, 2016The myth that education is underfunded in the United States, where per-pupil spending is higher than most of the countries that outperform it on the…