Sinclair drew her conclusions from a 2016 report by EdChoice, a nonprofit that advocates for educational savings account and voucher programs.
Originally known as the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation named for the late American economist who advocated for school vouchers the group says it “promotes school choice as the most effective and equitable way to improve the quality of K-12 education in America.”
The report, A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice, says the majority of random assignment studies conducted over the last several years support a variety of arguments for school choice, including that it boosts academic outcomes for both private and public school students.
Republican state lawmakers want to punish schools that teach the 1619 Project Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th
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Lawmakers in several statehouses this year want to stop lesson plans that focus on the centrality of slavery to American history as presented in The New York Times’ 1619 Project, previewing new battles in states over control of civics education.
Republican lawmakers in Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and South Dakota filed bills last month that, if enacted, would cut funding to K-12 schools and colleges that provide lessons derived from the award-winning project. The South Dakota bill has since been withdrawn.