Education Reform Archives - American Legislative Exchange Council

6 years ago

Accountability in Education

Ensuring that our kids are prepared for college, a career, and real life is something that families as well as policy leaders view as a top priority. The process starts…

7 years ago

New Report: Families See Improved School Choice in 2017 AZ, FL and IN remain top performers; NV slips in rankings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicole Murphy, nmurphy@alec.org, 858.205.5432 Arlington, VA —The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) today released the 22nd annual…

7 years ago

Report Card on American Education: 22nd Edition

For an online comparison tool, custom report cards and state education reports, visit www.ALECReportCard.org…

8 years ago

Celebrating Educational Choice Across the Country During School Choice Week

Educational choice programs are in the spotlight this week as National School Choice Week kicks off over 21,000 events across the country, involving more than six million parents, students, educators,…

8 years ago

The Pernicious Myth of the Underfunded American Education System

The myth that education is underfunded in the United States, where per-pupil spending is higher than most of the countries that outperform it on the PISA exam, is both wrongheaded…

8 years ago

Educational Choice in 2016

Two new school choice programs were passed during the 2016 state legislative sessions: a voucher program in Maryland and a tax credit scholarship in South Dakota. Neither state had any…

8 years ago

Video: ALEC Education Panel with Secretary Bill Bennett

Secretary Bill Bennett moderated a panel on Education reform with Education enthusiasts Utah Senator Howard Stephenson, Chairman of the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Michigan Representative Amanda Price; Kentucky Senator Mike…

8 years ago

Video: Dr. Steve Perry Addresses ALEC attendees

Dr. Steve Perry gave an impassioned speech about revolutionizing education to increase school choice, opportunity and success in American multicultural communities. Dr. Perry addressed ALEC members on Friday, July 29,…

9 years ago

Indiana Education Reform Package

Chapters of the Indiana Education Reform Package (1) Charter Schools Act (2) School Scholarships Act (3) Teacher Evaluations and Licensing Act (4) Teacher Collective Bargaining Act (5) Turnaround…

9 years ago

Changing Lives Across Multiple Measures: School Choice Delivers By Metrics of Parents and Regulators

A new meta-analysis of studies done on the academic achievement of students in school choice programs shows that empowering parents to choose, delivers across multiple assessment metrics.

9 years ago

Audio: Inez Feltscher on the Education Savings Account (ESA) Revolution

Inez Feltscher, director of the Task Force on Education and Workforce Development, recently joined ALEC members and members of the media to discuss three innovative tools parents can use to optimize…

9 years ago

New Report Examines Three Innovative Parent Tools to Optimize the Potential of Education Savings Accounts

Education savings accounts have the potential to rewire the entire education system around new decision-makers: parents.

9 years ago

Massachusetts Plays the Lottery with Students’ Futures

Last Wednesday, the families of 366 Massachusetts students waited anxiously while their educational fates were decided by a lottery. The families were applying to the Holyoke Community Charter School, one of the best in Massachusetts, but because charter school enrollment is arbitrarily capped in the state, only 34 were chosen to enroll in the school. Unfortunately, scenes like the one at Holyoke are not uncommon in Massachusetts, where the law allows only a certain number of charter schools to operate.