Milton Friedman
The Alliance for School Choice mourns the loss of an intellectual giant. Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel laureate in economics and one of the great economists of the 20th century, died at the age of 94.
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This highly anticipated report concludes that a majority of teacher education graduates
are prepared in university-based programs that suffer from low admission and graduation standards.
see also:
Giving Kids the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need, by Marie Gryphon, Cato Institute.
The study finds that the best teachers fare worse than their mediocre
colleagues due to biases in hiring and compensation
practices....
 Choice
and Accountability: Using School Choice to Overcome Failing Academic
Performance
A look at existing school choice programs triggered by failing academic
performance and a consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of school
choice legislation centered around failing schools, failing districts or
failing students. (more)
2005 was the most successful legislative year ever for school choice
View the yearbook (PDF
file).
End of the School Year Report: 
Enacted with bipartisan support, Katrina aid to displaced students has been an
extraordinary success.
Read more about the legislation
here. (PDF file).
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Arizona parents of children with disabilities
Applications for disabled student scholarships are
now available online from the Arizona Department of Education website.
NEWS and ISSUES
Editorial Cartoons: Mallard Fillmore
MALLARD FILLMORE'S CHRISTMAS IDEAS FOR AMERICA'S KIDS...
Statement by Clint Bolick on the loss of Milton Friedman
Clint Bolick today issued the following statement in response to the death of Nobel Prize-winning economist and school choice pioneer Milton Friedman...
Is Teacher Pay "Adequate?"
A consideration of the question of adequacy utilizing economic theory and data.
The Fordham Report 2006: How Well Are States Educating Our Neediest Children?
A report from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation finds that just eight states can claim even moderate success over the past 15 years at boosting the percentage of their poor or minority students who are at or above proficient in reading, math or science.
The study also finds that most states making significant achievement gains-including California, Delaware, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas-are national leaders in education reform, indicating that solid standards, tough accountability, and greater school choice can yield better classroom results.
Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges’ Good Intentions and Harm Our Children
This book exposes the politics behind the education “adequacy” lawsuits now sweeping the nation and challenges the flawed arguments behind many of the judicial decisions. These lawsuits charge that students fail to learn because public schools are underfunded. Given enough money, the argument goes, schools would be able to meet their state’s educational goals. This claim, however, lacks any real scientific proof to substantiate it and dramatically oversimplifies the problem.
New Model Legislation:
Summary: The Autism Scholarship Program provides students with autism
the option to attend the public or non-public school of their choice.
(view all model legislation)
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Allies & 
School Choice
