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The term "school choice" means giving parents the power and opportunity to choose the school their child will attend. School choice means better and more abundant educational opportunities for all families, not just for those who can afford them.
School choice is one part of a five-part cure for fixing public education detailed in Mandate for Change, a bold agenda for the incoming government. More...
School Choice 101
Recent Developments
School Choice in Jeopardy: Washington, D.C.
Lawmakers are trying to pull the plug on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a lifeline that provides choices to 1,700 children otherwise stuck in failing DC schools. Learn More. Take Action. Save opportunity for the children of our great nation's capital.
Study: DC's Elite Private Schools Led By Democratic Donors
The intersection of political power and support for D.C. school choice
 Trustees at DC's top 10 elite private schools have donated nearly $1 million to Democratic presidential candidates and the Democratic Party - while setting school policies supporting the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. CER's report debunks the frequently-propagated myth that Republicans support DC school choice while Democrats oppose it.
Take Action Today to Save DC School Choice
 DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program helps low-income kids in DC go to better schools - and it's working. The program is supported by leading Democrats, the DC City Council, the DC Mayor, and 75 percent of DC residents. Let your Senator - and Sen. Dick Durbin, who's calling the shots on its survival - know you support it too.
Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
Sen. Durbin Signals Possibility of Saving DC School Choice Program
CER Press Release, Washington, DC, September 29, 2009
Senator Dick Durbin, who has long opposed reauthorization of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, signaled today the possibility of supporting a reauthorization of the program that provides school choice to 1,700 low-income children in the nation's capital.
Parents' Primary Job: Choosing the Best Education for Their Child
CER Press Release, Washington DC, September 28, 2009
 Know Your Choices: Sowing the Seeds of Education Reform, the first in a new CER Parent Power! series, shares with parents the full range of school choices in action throughout the country, from vouchers and scholarships to charter schools and virtual learning.
 Freedom to Choose: School choice is in demand in communities across the country, but misinformation and disinformation persist. Get beyond the politics to the truth behind these Nine Lies About School Choice. And get all the facts and figures at Issues: School Choice.
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