EdChoice

10/13/2026

1 WEEK AWAY🚨 You're Invited! Join us for a 45-minute webinar with EdChoice's research team to explore how the general public, parents, and teachers are feeling about K-12 education. Register for free today!
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10/13/2026

Students with disabilities are being more represented in school choice programs. A new report by American Enterprise Institute and EdChoice examined program participation data and estimates that 17.2% of choice program students have a disability.

New research finds that students with disabilities participate in private school choice programs at higher rates than in public schools.

10/13/2026

The Federal Tax Credit for Scholarships has gained major support among parents and the general public. Over 75% of school parents told us that they support the new program when we asked in our September tracker survey.
https://www.edchoice.org/2026-new-survey-back-to-school-and-election-season/

10/12/2026

Traditional public schools continue to see declines in enrollment. When districts lose students, they generally end up with more money per remaining student than growing districts. This gives schools an opportunity to be smarter with their funding.
https://dcjournal.com/fewer-students-should-mean-smarter-schools-not-permanent-budgets/

10/12/2026

Zero misuse in ESA spending is an impossible standard, and accountability is possible without strangling the program. The goal should be to create clear rules to follow and catch misuse when it happens.

EdChoice’s Marty Lueken explains why ESA programs need strong oversight without sacrificing families’ access to educational opportunities.

10/09/2026

A new report analyzing Arkansas' Education Freedom Account program in its first year of universal eligibility is out now. Arkansas’s supply of educational options is growing to accommodate rising student demand, and what they're doing is working.

Arkansas’s educational choice program got bigger, and the average test performance of the students got better.

10/09/2026

The 2026-27 school year is in full swing and even more states are entering the 100,000-student club, thanks to school choice programs nationwide.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_dca6c998-6517-4225-9bde-d2254fbdf80b.html

10/08/2026

You're Invited! Join us for a 45-minute webinar with EdChoice's research team to explore how the general public, parents, and teachers are feeling about K-12 education. Register for free with the link below ⤵️
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10/08/2026

If given the option, what type of school would you choose for your child? Does that match up with where you actually ended up sending them for their education? That's what our researchers wanted to learn during the September tracker survey this year.
https://www.edchoice.org/2026-new-survey-back-to-school-and-election-season/

10/07/2026

Missouri tried to equalize school funding for the state's charter schools, but it didn't work. So what's the next step?

Massive infusions of funding will not magically make schools better, and Missouri is no stranger to school funding issues.