Expanding School Choice Is the Fastest Path to Better Educational Options

Norton Rainey, CEO of ACE Scholarships, advocates for the expansion of school choice programs as a means to improve educational outcomes for students across the United States. The below article highlights the personal story of Greta Alexander and her daughter Miracle, who, through a scholarship, accessed a private education that led to significant academic and personal growth.

Rainey emphasizes the success of such programs, citing data from Ohio where scholarship recipients were 32% more likely to enroll in college compared to their public school peers. He argues that federal legislation, specifically the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), could replicate these successes nationwide by providing tax credits to donors of scholarship-granting organizations, thereby empowering more families to choose better educational paths for their children. The article underscores the urgency of this reform in light of declining national test scores and posits school choice as a bipartisan solution to the current educational crisis.