Arkansas’ open enrollment law scores 98 out of 100 points, second only to Oklahoma and surpassing other states, such as Florida and Arizona. Arkansas is one of only 10 states to codify both cross- and within-district open enrollment policies in law. reason.org/commentary/ark…

Public school funding is quickly approaching $1 trillion annually. That’s according to the latest U.S. Census data that was just released. Public schools have lost 1.3 million students since the start of COVID-19, but funding rose by about $49 billion in real terms between 2020

In 2023, New York public schools got $36,976 per student according to data that was just released by the Census Bureau. That’s up from $21,028 per student in 2002—a 76% increase in real dollars.

Why didn’t Craig Harris interview any ESA parents for this story? Why should kids who live in an A or B district not have Ed choices? And I guess he didn’t know we removed the archaic prior public school attendance requirement for ESA because it was hurting students!

Private school choice participation nationally recently eclipsed 1 million. Meanwhile, 1.6 million students use public school open enrollment—and that’s just in 19 states examined. Open enrollment is the most popular form of school choice in the country. Bravo Jude Schwalbach

In a sample of 10 states, 43% of students using public school open enrollment are from low-income households. That’s a major indictment of our public school zipcode assignment system. #NoMoreLines reason.org/policy-study/k…

1.6 million students use open enrollment across 19 states. Remarkably, more than 340,000 of them are students transferring into rural school districts. Public school open enrollment benefits students in remote areas.

New working paper with Matthew Lee is out! MAJOR findings, worth the read. In a nutshell, homeschool families are not who you think they are. 35% of HS families also have a child in a public school! Compelling evidence of within-household sector mixing.

Elon Musk discovered that Congress is like a hostile board of directors whose goals are completely misaligned with the mission they've been given, and that the executive has to play ball...by design. Had no one given him a copy of the federalist papers?

Administrative bloat is a problem for public schools. But the real growth in non-teachers comes from support staff. Public schools have added thousands of counselors, social workers, psychologists, teacher aides, etc. in the last couple of decades. They’ve expanded their

👏👏 Thank you, Gov. Lombardo and Selena Torres-Fossett for your bipartisan leadership to expand public education options for Nevada families!

You know that shirt, hat, etc. dad always wears? Buy him another one for Father's Day. It's that simple.

After 7 years at Reason Foundation , I am taking on a new opportunity as Senior Fellow with The FGA . I’m thankful for all of the experience, new skills, partnerships, and friendships I’ve built during my time at Reason. I look forward to this new chapter!

Literally can’t make this stuff up.

🚨NEW: My latest oped in the ⁦The Wall Street Journal on the monumental and unprecedented achievements for welfare reform contained in OBBB.⁩ “If Clinton’s Welfare Reform Was Big, Trump’s Is Huge” wsj.com/opinion/if-cli…

I’m struck by how many of these colleges with high student loan non-payment rates are technical schools and cosmetology schools.

Yup! I wrote about this a few years ago in a The Washington Post oped. Today, those pro-supply housing policies are paying off for Florida! washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

My latest in ⁦USA TODAY⁩: “But we shouldn’t want people to stay on welfare with no strings attached, especially able-bodied adults. We should want them to lead better lives.” Read more: usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

He ain’t wrong and every debt hawk ever has said this.

Charlie Kirk was a bold, passionate defender of America and our shared values. He didn’t just believe in life and liberty—he lived it by bringing the message to college campuses and engaging young people, regardless of their worldview, in a conversation that won many hearts and