by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger Williams September 5, 2023 We are seeing a new phenomenon in private schools. Some schools are raising tuition in response to government School Choice money flowing into the marketplace: In Iowa, Holy Family Catholic Schools announced that they would be raising...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger Williams Updated August 14, 2023 School Choice means giving government money to pay for the education of students outside of the public schools. But who are the primary beneficiaries of government funding of private education? Public school families who want to...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsMay 23, 2023School Choice is a strategy which gives government money to parents to spend on their children’s education. The goals of the strategy are to allow ordinary people to choose the type of education that is best for their children, and...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice, Uncategorized
Rodger WilliamsMay 8, 2023 Milton Friedman’s vision of applying free market principles to schools is the basis of today’s School Choice movement. Unfortunately, his analysis of funding parent education choices with government money is not consistent with...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsFebruary 24, 2023 In 2021, West Virginia passed a School Choice law that gave state education money to parents to spend on behalf of their children. It included homeschooled students. West Virginia homeschoolers worked hard to ensure the law had...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsFebruary 3, 2023 W. Michael Clark has written an article titled Why Homeschool Families Should Support (or at Least Not Oppose) ESAs. It appears to present a strong case that Education Savings Account laws are safe for homeschoolers. But two logical...
