EdChoice

"We fought the AHSAA because educational freedom should not come with strings attached." - EdChoice President & CEO, Robert Enlow

We fought the Alabama High School Athletic Association and we won! The AHSAA wanted to limit students' participation in sports who utilized the state's school choice program.

Protecting Students On and Off the Field EdChoice Legal Advocates fought the Alabama High School Athletic Association and won.

EdChoice's legislative session recap blog was cited in an article from The Lion discussing the continued success of school choice nationwide despite some challenges.

School choice gains ground nationwide despite resistance in some states - The Lion State lawmakers continued advancing school choice in 2026, with states such as Texas, Tennessee and Missouri launching or expanding their programs. EdChoice, a leading school choice advocacy organization, compiled a roundup of major state actions affecting education freedom. At least three states ad...

Catch EdChoice's Vice President of Legal Policy Leslie Hiner on the Learning Curve podcast. She talks about several important school choice court cases that paved the way for the expansion of choice across the nation.

EdChoice's Leslie Hiner on School Choice Litigation In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Prof. Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas and Alisha Searcy of the Center for Strong Public Schools speak with Leslie Hiner, Senior Advisor for Legal Policy at EdChoice, about the constitutional foundations...

Two new school choice programs were launched in Texas and Idaho, but early application data show major differences in who participated. Idaho's refundable tax credit and Texas' education savings account have different funding mechanisms, program design, and scholarship allocations. All of these components matter when creating opportunities for families.

If You Build It (the Right Way), They Will Come Texas and Idaho, which both recently closed applications for the 2026-27 school year, teach us about policy design and school choice access

Last May, the EdChoice research team fielded a public opinion survey where they asked LGBTQ adults how they felt about the state of K-12 education. The results were bleak in 2025, and preliminary results from our most recent poll show similar levels of pessimism.

Polling Shows LGBTQ Americans are Worried About the Future of Education Our recent polling has revealed that almost two-thirds of LGBTQ people (59%) say that national education is going in the wrong direction.

Years ago, EdChoice founder Milton Friedman spoke to Jeff Yass and said to invest in school choice. Decades later, that investment and support has paid off and school choice is blossoming. Now the next step is to keep the momentum going.

School choice is winning. It’s time to double down In the 1990s, I asked Milton Friedman how I should approach charitable giving. His answer was to invest in school choice, a concept he had invented decades earlier. At the time, school choice barely existed. Now, it’s exploding. Friedman’s advice was right on — my bet has paid off. Now, it is ...

"Is this a school that my child could feel they belong in?" That question is asked by many families trying to find the right fit for their student. That question also came up during our recent Cool Schools podcast, where EdChoice's Mike McShane interviewed Bader Hillel High's Rabbi Yossi Bassman. Listen to their full conversation here ⤵️

When a School Finally Feels Like Home The goal isn’t simply academic performance in the abstract. It’s helping young people grow into confident, grounded adults.

The Sunday School Choice podcast is where the topics of faith and school choice are brought together. On this episode, we're joined by Josh Bowar of CASE and the Iowa Association of Christian Schools to talk about the growth of Christian education with the help of school choice and much more!

Ep 8: How Iowa Is Turning Churches Into Classroom Josh Bowar talks about the impact of the Iowa Students First Act, and innovative models in faith-based education.

When Judson was a toddler, his parents started to notice things might be different with him. A doctor's office visit confirmed Judson has autism which would make school challenging for him. Luckily, his parents learned about the Ohio Autism Scholarship.

Judson’s Last Ride | RealClearPolitics Today is a day I’ve dreaded for over a decade. At around 6:20 a.m., we’ll get my oldest son Judson up, give him a bath, put his safety harness on (don’t worry, we’ll dress him first), and...