As we celebrate National School Choice Week, the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom, Neal McCluskey, released a new podcast titled: History Makes Clear: School Choice Is Necessary in a Diverse Society, where he discusses the new book Fighting for the Freedom to Learn, which examines the history of school choice in America.

Cato Institute policy analyst Colleen Hroncich has a new op-ed examining the benefits Mississippi’s proposed Magnolia Account Program will bring to the state. The program would provide educational freedom for families throughout the state. She writes in part:

“No education system is perfect, and choice programs require careful drafting and implementation. But the old way of doing things — a system where kids are limited by their addresses, struggling students can’t escape schools that aren’t meeting their needs, and innovative approaches can’t get funding — is no longer good enough.

Education works best when families have options and schools have the freedom to meet students where they are. Mississippi is moving decisively in that direction.”

To speak with McCluskey and Hroncich on school choice policies throughout the country, contact Christopher Tarvardian.