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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-one states employ more bus drivers, librarians, cafeteria workers, deputy superintendents, accountants, coaches, nurses, assistant principals, and other non-teaching personnel than they do classroom teachers, according to a new analysis of state education employees by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. The report, a sequel to last fall's "The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America's...
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than half of North Carolina voters support policies that would increase student access to private and charter schools, according to a new poll released by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and Civitas Institute. The "North Carolina K-12 & School Choice Survey" found 65 percent of voters support charter schools and tax-credit scholarships for private schools; 15 percent opposed charter schools and 23...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 60 percent of Tennessee voters support school vouchers, or opportunity scholarships, according to a survey released today by the Beacon Center of Tennessee and Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. This comes as a task force appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam meets next week to analyze how such an initiative fits into Tennessee's overall education agenda. The Beacon/Friedman poll found voucher support was highest among...
BATON ROUGE, La., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty percent of Louisiana voters support an expansion of the state's school voucher program, with support as high as 67 percent in some New Orleans area parishes, according to a new poll released Monday by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. The statewide poll, commissioned by the Friedman Foundation, found that 63 percent of Bayou state voters support school vouchers...
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public schools throughout the country are not harmed by school choice programs as most of their costs are flexible and can change with student enrollment, according to a new report issued by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. The report entitled "The Fiscal Effects of School Choice Programs on Public School Districts," found that 36 percent of public school expenses are "fixed" costs while 64 percent are...
The Friedman Flyer will promote vision of school choice for all INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As efforts to reform education and improve learning spring up across the nation, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice announced a new on-line information hub for advocates, parents and concerned citizens: the Friedman Flyer. The Friedman Flyer, FriedmanFlyer.com, will advance Milton and Rose Friedman's vision of school choice for all with daily updates...
Comprehensive handbook, with all-new material, is one-stop shop for school choice programs INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To mark the beginning of National School Choice Week, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice today releases the 2012 edition of its annual ABCs of School Choice, the comprehensive guide to school choice programs throughout the United States. The new ABCs of School Choice has been called a must-have for anyone interested in...
