People want choice in how they teach their kids and are happy when they get it.
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ThisweekisNationalSchoolChoiceWeek,andthere’salottocelebrate.Innovationineducationwasacceleratedbypandemic-eraschoolclosures,aswasinterestinalternativestoone-size-fits-someschooling.Witheducationfundingfollowingthestudentratherthanbeingassignedtogovernment-runinstitutionsinagrowingnumberofstates,morefamiliesarechoosingwhatworksbestfortheirkids—andthemajorityaresatisfiedwiththeirdecisions.
ProliferatingSchoolChoicePrograms“Bytheendof2024,morethanonemillionstudentsinAmericawereparticipatinginaprivateschoolchoiceprogram,”EdChoice’sColynRitterreportedthisweek.“Participationgrowthhasclimbedrapidly,havingmorethandoubledsincethebeginningof2020.”
“Floridaleadsthewaywithnearly13%ofstudentsenrolledinaprivateschoolchoiceprogram.Arizonafollowsclosebehind,with10%oftheirstudentsparticipatinginaprivateschoolchoiceprogram,”headds.
By“privateschoolchoiceprogram,”Ritterref