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Author: Joshua Thompson Over at Redcounty.com, Senator Bob Huff has a great defense of the District of Choice program.  He writes: "The District of Choice program infuses free market principles into this system and breaks down the arbitrary school district boundaries by allowing kids to transfer to other schools. The very possibility of ...

Author: Joshua Thompson   Last week I blogged about the fight between Rowland Unified School District and Walnut Valley Unified School District over the District of Choice Act.  The District of Choice Act is one of California's only school choice programs.  It gives parents the freedom to choose the sch ...

Author: Joshua Thompson Last week PLF filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn.   This case marks the first time the Supreme Court will rule on an Establishment Clause challenge to a school choice program since its landmark decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris.  Arizona Christan School i ...

Author: Joshua Thompson In this podcast, produced by the Federalist Society, I discuss the case of Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn.  You can read PLF's amicus brief in the case here. This case will have a profound impact the legality of innovative school choice programs throughout the country.  In the podcast I ...

Author: Daniel Himebaugh In case you haven’t heard, January 23-29 is National School Choice Week.  According to the organizers, this nationwide event is designed to call attention to the need for “a K-12 education system that provides a wide array of options” to parents and students. As I’ve pointed out before, PLF works di ...

Author: Joshua Thompson As initially blogged about on Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn this week. And, upon closer inspection, my initial hesitation to claim a full victory for school choice proponents was not warranted.  By narrowing the availability of taxpaye ...

In honor of School Choice Week, I will be doing a 5-part blog series on school choice. While PLF is prominent in school choice litigation, I thought I would start this series by pointing out some the leading defenders of school choice around the country. Each of these organizations is doing fantastic work in the school choice … ...

What is the goal of School Choice Week?  The official slogan of School Choice Week is: “Shining a spotlight on effective education options for every child.”  In essence, then, the purpose is to bring attention to two glaring realities of our nation’s traditional public education system: 1) it has been failing; and 2) we need &# ...

First Indiana passes a statewide school choice bill, now workers aren’t being forced to join unions against their will.  Kudos to the Hoosier State for making it easier for individuals to exercise their Right to Earn a Living. … ...