We will continue to educate on the positive impact educational choice would have on Kentucky's kids. Right now, too many kids are being left behind in the education system. We will never stop fighting for those who need alternative learning opportunities - they deserve better.
The challenges we face are not because Kentuckians aren’t smart enough, or worthy enough, or willing to work hard enough. They are because elected leaders convinced Kentuckians for decades that they were better off protecting the status quo.
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Next year, parents in Louisiana can begin utilizing Education Scholarship Accounts for K-12 students through the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise program. Learn more about this life-changing program here: https://t.co/FoqomtaGLj
Kentucky is ready for #SchoolChoice
Many parents know that their child would learn in an environment that’s more suited to their child’s needs but don’t have the means to do so. That’s why #SchoolChoice is vital for the future of Kentucky's children.
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"school-choice programs generated cumulative net fiscal benefits for taxpayers worth between $19.4 billion and $45.6 billion…Put another way, for every dollar spent on these programs, taxpayers have saved between $1.70 and $2.64"
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School Choice fuels healthy competition, pushing all schools to improve and innovate. When families have options, every school is motivated to raise the bar and provide the best education possible.
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"All of our neighboring states have educational choice programs that provide widespread opportunity for their students. Kentucky has none of these programs."
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Tod Moore, founder of the Dream Center Academy Christian School in west Louisville: “A lot of them do not have school choice; they do not have educational excellence. They are passed over at the schools they are currently in."
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Imagine you are sick. After some preliminary online research, you decide it makes the most sense to see a specialist. You are shocked when they tell you they can’t treat you because you aren’t zoned to that doctor’s office. This sounds crazy, right?
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"The first school choice programs were created in Detroit, Michigan in 1990, then in inner-city Cleveland, OH to free inner-city youth from a failing education system and give them the tools to escape the shackles of poverty." Read more >
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#DYK that every state surrounding Kentucky has a school choice program on the books? That’s right. It’s time for Kentucky kids to be given the opportunity to learn in the environment that best fits their needs.
"The typical ESA student receives about $7,500 annually from Arizona taxpayers, compared to the more than $12,000 per pupil that Arizonans give public schools through their state and local taxes alone."
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"School choice isn’t about abandoning public education; this is not the either/or argument they would have you buy into. It’s about giving every child a fair shot at success. It’s about funding kids not systems."
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“It’s not a rejection of the assigned public school if a family makes a different choice. They’re just saying, ‘for our particular child, this other school is the better fit.’”
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12,000 Arkansas students will have the opportunity to choose their school this year under the recently implemented LEARNS Act. By the 2025-26 school year, Educational Freedom Accounts will be available to all students. Let's catch up Kentucky!
The Legally Dubious Campaign Against Kentucky School Choice: Officials seem to violate a state law that bars using tax money to campaign against Amendment 2, a ballot measure.
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Diana moved her family from Kentucky to Indiana to have the freedom to choose the best education for her children.
Parents are the first teachers and they know their children’s strengths, challenges, and dreams better than anyone. https://t.co/NZWWRgLUHE