Wausau Daily Herald – Staff Writer
“A Republican-backed proposal giving tax credits to parents of students in private schools is being floated in the Legislature as negotiations continue behind closed doors to find an alternative to Gov. Scott Walker’s school voucher expansion plan.”(more)
The Charlotte Observer – Kay McSpadden
“Is the Internet making us crazy? That’s the question posed by a recent Newsweek article by senior writer Tony Dokoupil. He suggests that neither the technology itself nor the content is responsible for the behavioral changes linked to Internet use.”(more)
Education Week – Sean Cavanagh
“The political climate in many states has become ripe for private-school choice, and few choice models are proving as popular as tax-credit scholarships. To supporters of those programs, the rationale for creating them is financial and legal, as well as educational.” (more)
Education Week – Nine Scholars and Analysts
“Last year we saw an unprecedented wave of new school choice programs launch across the country. These hard-won political victories for the choice movement also consolidated important improvements in program design. Following 20 years of heated debate, new programs reflect a growing sophistication regarding the design and implementation of school choice policies.”(more)
Education News – B. A. Birch
“The ABCs of School Choice was first released by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice in 2003. The handbook provided in-depth profiles of each voucher, education savings account, tax-credit scholarship, and individual tax credit and deduction program in the country. And now, to mark the beginning of National School Choice Week, the Friedman Foundation have released a brand new 2012 edition of ABCs of School Choice that includes program summaries, information on scholarship values, student eligibility and participation, and the latest relevant statistics and trends.(more)
Education News – Robert Enlow
“Now, parents and grandparents are lining up again next week to participate in National School Choice Week 2012 and further amplify the call for effective schools that motivate and challenge our students. While politicians keep talking about pouring more money into schools, citizens are getting more engaged to demand school choice.”(more)
Education Next – William Howell, Paul E. Peterson and Martin West
“But how have Americans actually responded to these developments? Have they grown more supportive of the current direction of school reform, or are there instead signs of a backlash? And how do the views of teachers compare to those of the public at large?…These are among the questions we explore in this, the fifth-annual Education Next–PEPG Survey, which interviewed a nationally representative sample of some 2,600 American citizens during April and May of 2011.” (more)
Education News – Robert Enlow
“Friedman noted that education had been stuck in a 19th Century model for decades, producing results that hadn’t kept up with our fast-paced world. That’s why he offered his vision of privatizing a portion of the educational establishment with school choice, to provide a variety of learning opportunities for students and to offer competition to public schools. In 2011, we may have finally launched Friedman’s Year of School Choice.” (more)
Deseret News – Editorial
“…the tuition credit plan is a viable way to help a perpetually cash-strapped state fund its many education needs while improving performance generally. Meanwhile, the school-choice train is pulling away from the station and gaining momentum all across the country, with good success, and Utah can’t afford to sit still any longer.” (more)
Forbes – Associated Press
“The income tax deduction had been capped at 50 percent of the money spent on education, up to $5,000 per child. The expansion by Democratic Sen. Rob Marionneaux removes the 50 percent cap, meaning parents can get reimbursed the full costs up to a maximum of $5,000 per child.”(more)
