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Download the Seventh Annual School Choice Yearbook 2012-13
More than 245,000 children are participating in publicly funded private school choice programs across the nation, according to the Alliance for School Choice's School Choice Yearbook 2012-13—the annual award-winning publication offering the most comprehensive data on the nation’s 32 private school choice programs.
Click here to download the Yearbook!
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35,000 More Students Enrolled in Private School Choice Programs in 2012-13
A total of 245,854 students are enrolled in private school choice programs in the United States, an increase of more than 35,000 students from a year ago. It represents the largest single-year increase in private school choice program enrollment in American history, according to the new School Choice Yearbook 2012-13.
Click here to download the Yearbook!
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32 Private School Choice Programs Serve Record Number of Students Across Nation
Five new programs were enacted last year, and a remarkable bipartisan expansion of the New Orleans voucher program has now made the scholarship program available to children all across Louisiana. Find out more in the Alliance's new School Choice Yearbook.
Click here to download the Yearbook!
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Election Impact 2012
The American Federation for Children, the American Federation for Children Action Fund, and our affiliated organizations invested
more than $7 million in 2012 to elect candidates in states across the country who will work to enact, expand, and strengthen
educational choice for America’s children.
Click here to read more, and to download the report!
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl Will Join AFC's 2013 National Policy Summit
The American Federation for Children—the nation’s voice for educational choice—has announced that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, will deliver a keynote speech at the organization’s fourth annual National Policy Summit, to be held Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Gaylord National Resort outside of Washington, D.C.
Learn more about the Summit here!
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American Federation for Children Endorses Broad Slate of Bipartisan Legislative Candidates
AFC announces its endorsement of nearly 100 legislative candidates across the country, signaling the organization’s strong commitment to supporting a bipartisan roster of candidates who stand up for children.
Click here to find out more!
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Georgia Voters Approve Key Amendment to Strengthen Charter Schools
Voters in Georgia approved a constitutional amendment that will restore a key charter school commission, and several pro-educational choice legislative candidates were victorious in races across the state, marking a significant achievement in the fight to expand educational options for Georgia families.
Read more here!
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Voucher Students More Likely to Enroll in College Study Finds
A new study released by researchers at the Brookings Institution and Harvard University shows that African American participants in a private school choice program were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college as a result of receiving a voucher.
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What Public Opinion Says About Educational Choice
A new national polling report by the American Federation for Children demonstrates strong support for educational choice among the public.
Click here to read more!
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Condoleezza Rice Calls for School Choice to Address “the Civil Rights Issue of Our Day”
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the RNC National Convention, calling our education crisis the civil rights issue of our time.
Click to watch Rice's speech.
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School Choice Momentum
The school choice momentum continues in 2012. More children than ever before are participating in private school choice programs across the country.
Read Progress in 2012 for more information on the five newly-created and six expanded school choice programs.
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Save the Date: 2013 National Policy Summit
Make sure you save the date for the American Federation for Children's National Policy Summit to be held on May 20-21, 2013.
Visit AFC's Policy Summit's website for more information.
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Parents Know Best
Special interests are attacking parents claiming that parents make poor decisions when it comes to their children's education. The American Federation for Children - the nation's voice for school choice - is launching a campaign to defend parents because we believe that parents know best!
Click here to learn more!
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Education Trumps Immigration Among Top-Tier Issus For Latino Voters
Education ranks behind only the economy and jobs as the most important consideration among likely Latino voters in five battleground states, according to a survey released by AFC and the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO).
Click here to learn more!
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WATCH: Breakthrough Victories for Children
In 2011, seven new private school choice programs were enacted and in total, more than 210,000 students were benefiting from school choice. And through the first few months of 2012, that amazing momentum has continued. Find out exactly how in "Breakthrough Victories for Children."
Click here to watch!