2025: A Surge of Freedom for Every Child’s Education
June 12, 2025
Policies to Empower Families and Expand Educational Choices In 2025, states across the nation have boldly reshaped education, dismantling rigid, one-size-fits-all systems and handing families the keys to their children’s futures. Here’s how the biggest policy changes of the year are redefining what’s possible, state by state. Texas redefined the scale of education freedom with Senate Bill 2. Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott and fueled by a $1 billion investment, it will be the largest ESA launch yet. February polling showed 75% of Texans want this for every kid. Beginning next school year, this universal ESA program offers $2,000 for…
Gov. Sanders and Arkansas’ Education Freedom Revival
May 22, 2025
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn’t just talk about fixing Arkansas’ schools during her 2022 campaign for governor of Arkansas, she made it her mission. As a mom and a Natural State native, she saw education as deeply personal. Her leadership to deliver bold, transformational change for families and kids in her state stands as a model for the nation. On the campaign trail, Sanders made education freedom a top issue. Her website laid out her vision—centered around literacy, empowerment, accountability, readiness, networking, and safety (LEARNS), which promised to deliver more options for parents and fix Arkansas’ troubling reading proficiency rates.…
Beyond Boundaries: Arizona’s Choice-Driven Future
March 31, 2025
Education should be truly boundless, no matter a student’s address, ability, wealth, or family status. If you want to see this vision in practice, look no further than my home state of Arizona. Our three-decades-old, universal open enrollment policy has contributed to a sincere evolution in the culture of K-12 education. It’s turned education freedom into a statewide norm. For bold lawmakers and reformers eager to rethink education’s frontiers, Arizona offers a glimpse of what’s possible when environment drives culture—and how that culture paves the way for even bigger changes. For the last few years, the state has published an…
