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Students get a last chance -- rap - Hip Hop High counters a neighborhood culture of extreme violence and poverty with respect, attention and the chance to make music.

New Report Ranks Nation's 21 School Choice Programs -

BAEO to Host 2008 National Symposium in New Orleans - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) will hold its Eighth Annual Symposium in New Orleans, La., from Wednesday, Feb. 27 to Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. For each of the past seven years, BAEO has hosted a national Symposium, which brings together the largest gathering of Black parental choice advocates and supporters in the United States.

Hispanic Enrollment in Parental Choice Programs Rises, As Do Test Scores -

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE NOT APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS! -

Scholarships from The Gates Foundation -

Tuition plan aired for N.O. pupils -

Latin Lovers - An ambitious new Southwest Philadelphia charter school uses an ancient language as a formula for learning.

Choice for the Children -

D.C. parents, students need Opportunity Scholarships - Virginia Walden Ford: D.C. parents, students need Opportunity Scholarships

Save D.C.’s Catholic Schools - Hundreds of D.C. parents breathed a sigh of relief last week when a House subcommittee voted to fund the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for another year.

Crowd seeks shot at tuition aid -

BAEO Board Member, Kevin Chavous, on C-SPAN Saturday Morning -

1,250 N.O. families apply for private school vouchers -

870 win nod for school vouchers -

D.C. Mother, Parent Activist Honored with National Award for Education Reform -

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR ON PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA - This is truly a historic moment. I never thought in my life time that I would see a Black man elected President of the United States.

Board Chair urges President-Elect Obama to Challenge the Status Quo - When President Richard Nixon went to China in 1972, conservatives were outraged. Popular columnist William F. Buckley summoned a gathering of high-ranking Republicans.

Survey shows frustration with schools, choices -

A Brighter Course for Our Children -

Clarion call to Corzine on education reform -

Voucher Programs Grow by 8 Percent in 2008-09 - More than 171,000 children are benefiting from school voucher and scholarship tax credit programs this year, according to the national nonprofit Alliance for School Choice.

Democrats Limit Future Financing for Washington Voucher Program - Congressional Democrats have put conditions on future federal financing for a small school voucher program here, and they are urging the schools chancellor to prepare the public schools to re-enroll, in fall 2010, some 1,700 students currently attending private schools at taxpayer expense.

'Potential' Disruption? -

Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids? -

US schools chief wants DC kids to keep vouchers - ducation Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that poor children getting vouchers to attend private schools in the District of Columbia should be allowed to stay there, putting the Obama administration at odds with Democrats trying to end the program.

Stimulus to Help Retool Education, Duncan Says -

BAEO APPLAUDS SECRETARY DUNCAN’S SUPPORT FOR KEEPING DC OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM -

DC Students to President Obama: Save Our Scholarships -

Board member Kevin Chavous appears live on morning news to support DC Opportunity Scholarship Program -

D.C. school vouchers to lose funding; Barring renewal, 1,700 students could return to DC public schools -

Arizona Appeals Court upholds corporate tuition tax credits - The Arizona Court of Appeals on March 12 upheld a state law that permits businesses to reduce their tax liability by contributing money to organizations that distribute private school scholarships to students.

FRELINGHUYSEN, BOEHNER RESOLUTION SUPPORTS SCHOOL CHOICE - U.S. Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) and House Republican Leader John Boehner (OH) today introduced a resolution in support of the successful, yet endangered, private school scholarship program in the District of Columbia.

Fenty pushes for school vouchers; D.C. mayor breaks with Democrats on Hill -

School choice supporters gather at State House -

SC Democrat joins GOP Rep. for new voucher plan -

Ford pushes school tax credits -

PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS?; LAWMAKER: S.C.'S SCHOOLS FAIL MINORITIES -

Why We Must Fight for School Choice -

Cowardly Pols Crucify Pilot Program for Kids -

Empowering education -

Cowardly Pols Crucify Pilot Program for Kids -

School vouchers having positive impact -

Vouching for D.C. -

Why We Must Fight for School Choice -

Education, By Any Means -

Obama Stance Against School Vouchers Fuels Close-to-Home Debate -

D.C. Families Bemoan Imminent Loss of Voucher Program -

Mother promises her son to 'do whatever I can do' to save D.C. Opportunity Scholarships -

Only for the Privileged Few?; Members of Congress value school choice -- for themselves -

Will: Obama vows to ax program hated by teachers -

School choice debate: Black support growing -

A Reprieve on Vouchers -

Proudly Pro-Choice on Education -

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More Black Lawmakers Open to Vouchers -

Applications for Ohio school vouchers set record -

Vouching for Vouchers; A Senate hearing offers good reasons for preserving the District's education experiment -

With Critics Quiet, Hearing Praises D.C. School Voucher Program -

School voucher signups brisk; Ohio EdChoice applications hit a high; Columbus leads state in renewal requests -

SC legislators kill private school choice bill -

D.C. willing to discuss extending voucher plan -

Support education in D.C. -

School choice would help budget -

All parents should get a choice in schools -

Efforts Aim to Restore Funds -

Scholarship Information - BAEO does not provide college scholarships. We do, however, help parents access a growing number of public and privately financed K-12 scholarship programs to attend a private school. In addition, some BAEO Chapters operate scholarship programs in their area.

BAEO Year in Review: 2008 -

Save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program - Recipients of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program read letters urging President Barack Obama to continue the program that provides scholarships to disadvantaged students so they can attend the...

Board Chair Howard Fuller & DFER Chair Kevin Chavous Respond to Sec. Duncan's Decision about DC Scholarship Program -

Learn more about the battle to protect the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program -

Privately Financed Scholarships -

Supplementary Education Programs -

Tax-Supported Scholarships (Vouchers) -

Tuition Tax Credits and Deductions -

National Private Scholarship Programs -

Regional Private Scholarship Programs -

School Choice Glossary -