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.

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.

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.

The high-achieving sixth graders huddled near the gym bleachers to mull their options: African drumming at the Future Leaders Institute, debate team at Democracy Prep or piano at New Heights Academy.

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.

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today condemned a provision tucked into Congressional Democrats' $410 billion "omnibus" spending bill that would phase out the District of Columbia's groundbreaking school choice program, which has provided educational opportunities for thousands of inner-city children since it was established with bipartisan support in 2004.

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.

A Senate sponsor of legislation letting some New Orleans children attend private school at public expense says she's pleased with response to the program, although the number taking part in its first year is relatively low.

Former Milwaukee Public School superintendent Howard Fuller led marches before and after King was killed and like Barack Obama, he was once a community organizer.

Imagine this situation: The economy is facing a crisis with no recent parallel. Many Americans have lost jobs and homes.

In key ways, discussion of school reform in the District is missing the forest for the trees. Perhaps the biggest misconception is that reform begins and ends with the city agency overseeing the school district.

When President Richard Nixon went to China in 1972, conservatives were outraged. Popular columnist William F. Buckley summoned a gathering of high-ranking Republicans.

With the country surging to the political left on Election Day, an Indianapolis native hopes that Barack Obama will take the education system in what he considers to be the right direction.

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.

As you know, I support Barack Obama. I appreciate his support for charter schools. But, I can not stand silent as he sends his kids to private schools, but yet questions the value of vouchers because there is "no proof that they work".

Boys' Latin is a BAEO-Gates Small High School

America's educational system is falling behind. We must find innovative leaders with a vision who can prepare children for the future they deserve.

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.

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

Hundreds of New Orleans school children will have a chance to go to private schools at taxpayer expense this fall under a bill given final passage in the state House on Wednesday with a 62-34 vote that marked a major victory for Gov. Bobby Jindal.

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

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.

Shre� Medlock of LA BAEO Speaks Out In Favor of Parental Choice

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

The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution publishes The Future of Children