Unleashing the Power of Opportunity: The Utah Fits All Scholarship
February 14, 2023
On Thursday, Jan. 26, Gov. Spencer Cox signed HB 215, establishing the Utah Fits All Scholarship, a landmark universal education savings account (ESA) program that provides scholarships for 5,000 students. This is a major step towards empowering families in their right to educational freedom. Through the scholarship program, families can spend scholarship funds to support their kids’ various educational expenses, including private school tuition, homeschool curriculum, supplies, therapies, and necessary technology. Education policy analyst Jon England from the Libertas Institute, the Utah-based think-tank that authored the bill, recognizes the importance of the scholarship in providing families with educational freedom. According to…
Fund Every Kid Coalition
November 3, 2022
Every child is capable of amazing things. Each one is a unique individual who has something valuable to contribute to society. The culture and system of American education have not valued these innate abilities, defaulting instead to a one-size-fits-all system that will never meet everyone’s individual needs. We believe in the ability of each child. We believe in the ability of families to collaborate with educators to help each child become the best version of themselves. Families and kids should be empowered with the freedom they need to find their gifts and to learn the unique way they can contribute.…
Talking Out of School: High-Stakes Tests
April 16, 2020
Imagine if you will… a music class in inner-city Miami. Kids of all cultures blending together in the most amazing heterogeneity. Influences from calypso, congo, bolero, Afro-Cuban jazz, hip-hop, southern roots rock, salsa, merengue, and more. They all meet together in the music room as an educator tells the narratives of our cultures through notes on the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRMbMlLTm84 Kids are cultured, they have a release, they have an escape from the demands of their day. It’s likely the only time they can express themselves in this way, and maybe the only time they’ll get to do it in their…
