A network of conservative private investors and state legislators has ranked Florida as the best state, and Massachusetts as the worst, for school choice.
The American Legislative Exchange Council gave Florida’s K-12 education policies an “A” grade for offering flexible regulations, tax credits and scholarships to parents seeking alternatives to public schooling.
“Parents across the country have made their voices clear: the status quo in American education isn’t working, and they are demanding access to more educational options for their students,” ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson said. Florida topped a range of five indicators: funding and financing programs, charter schools, homeschooling, virtual schooling and open enrollment.
Report author Andrew Handel, an education and workforce development analyst at ALEC, praised these states for “recognizing that each student has his or her own unique needs, background, and learning style.”
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