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Statement by Luke Messer on the President’s State of the Union Address

If history is any guide, the President will not address the state of K-12 education in America tonight. He may talk about record sums of Covid money that has poured into the system over the last two years, but he won’t address what’s truly on the minds of America’s...

Congress should directly empower parents: Luke Messer & John Schilling

Original Article Link Local control and abolish the Department of Education. For decades, these were the two talking points that reform-minded politicians in Washington would roll out when asked about federal education policy. The consultants would say that the only...

ECCA Press Release: Invest in Education Coalition

The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), a bill to expand education freedom for two million children across the country by generating up to $10 billion in private scholarship money for use in K-12 public and private education, was introduced today in Congress. 

Let parents choose their kids’ schools: Darla Romfo

Original Article Link For many New Yorkers, the term “private school” brings to mind exclusive schools with high five-figure price tags — the kind of schools you see depicted on TV shows such as “Gossip Girl.” That is simply wrong. There are hundreds of private...

School Choice Fast Facts, Invest in Education Coalition

Download PDF  Private School Choice Stats  Programs: 61 Tax Credit Scholarship, Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and Voucher programs in 31 states, and D.C. 25 tax-credit scholarship programs across 21 states.  Expenditures: Over $3.2 billion expended for private...

Celebrating National School Choice Week: John Schilling

Invest in Education Blog Post This week America celebrates National School Week. In a time where we are divided on so many issues, we celebrate school choice, an issue that enjoys the highest level of support across the political spectrum of most any public policy...

Republican majority must keep promise to parents and students: Luke Messer

In the 2022 midterm elections, parents made their voices heard throughout the country by re-electing several pro-school choice governors, overturning numerous local school boards (particularly in Florida) who were not listening to parents and electing a decidedly more pro-school choice U.S. House of Representatives.