Parents Need to Know: School Choice…

By Ashlyn Hauber, Power2Parent During the 2024 election cycle, “hot-button topics” have resurfaced, sparking waves of debate and legislation. One such topic is education. The latest report from the National Center for Education Statistics showed record-low proficiency in both math and reading. Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) explained that ““The mathematics score for the lowest-performing students has returned to levels last seen in the 1970s, and the reading score for our lowest-performing students was actually lower than it was the very first year these data were collected, in 1971.” Some, including U.S. Education