“School choice is important because the choices that families make today will
universally impact the present and the future of
our communities,
our nation, and our world.”
—Principal Annette Miles, Academia De La Recta Porta
Our Programs in the News
2010:
2009:
- “Congress Considers Cutting D.C. School Voucher Program: With more families choosing charter schools, the voucher option is losing political favor,” U.S. News and World Report, December 17, 2009
- “D.C. vouchers on life support: A congressional 'compromise' means slow death for a worthy program,” The Washington Post, December 14, 2009
- “Limits are likely on D.C. school vouchers: Congress poised to restrict program to current students.” The Washington Post, December 10, 2009
- “The Teachers' Unions that Stole Christmas: The school-choice program for D.C. schoolchildren may end sooner than expected.” Weekly Standard, December 8, 2009
- “The Man Who Can Save D.C.'s Educational Lifeline,” By Anthony A. Williams and Kevin P. Chavous, The Washington Post, December 6, 2009
- EDITORIAL: "Killing opportunity for kids,” The Washington Times, December 3, 2009
- “D.C. School Vouchers Have a Brighter Outlook in Congress,” The Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2009
- “Open to Vouchers? Sen. Durbin is asking the tough questions that could lead to reauthorization,” The Washington Post, October 4, 2009
- "A Thousand Rally in Support for School Vouchers," The Washington Post, October 1, 2009
- “Dick Durbin and D.C. School Vouchers; Do you believe in political miracles?” The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2009
- “More Oversight Urged for Voucher Schools; Move a Condition for Senator’s Support,” The Washington Post, September 30, 2009
- “Bipartisan Supporters Call on Congress to Reauthorize D.C. Voucher Program,” ABC News, September 30, 2009
- “Beach Reading for Mr. Obama: Useful literature on school vouchers,” The Washington Post, August 28, 2009
- “Families, Activists Rally to Restore 216 Rescinded Tuition Vouchers,” The Washington Post, August 21, 2009
- “Parents rally for vouchers, Want federal funds restored for private school program,” The Washington Times, August 21, 2009
- “Students in D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program Make Significant Improvements in Reading, U.S. Education Department Study Finds: Voucher Gains Are the Largest Achievement Impacts from Any Federal Education Experiment So Far,” Business Wire, August 20, 2009
- “Children First: A D.C. scholarship program has bipartisan backing.” The Washington Post, August 3, 2009
- “D.C. Council Wants Vouchers: It would rather help poor children than unions,” The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2009
- “DC Voucher Debate Heats Up,” MyFoxDC.com, July 13, 2009
- “Federal cuts to voucher program force parents to look elsewhere,” The Washington Examiner, July 12, 2009
- “A Plea to Mr. Duncan: There are 216 D.C. children who could still be rescued,” The Washington Post, July 10, 2009
- “An Opportunity That Works for D.C. Schoolchildren,” by Sen. Joe Lieberman; The Washington Post, June 21, 2009
- “The NEA's Latest Trick: Trying to deny military families,” The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2009
- "What Educational Opportunity Can Do," by Bruce Stewart; The Washington Post, May 17, 2009
- "With Critics Quiet, Hearing Praises D.C. School Voucher Program," The Washington Post, May 14, 2009
- "Vouching for Vouchers," The Washington Post, May 14, 2009
- “More black lawmakers open to school vouchers,” USA Today, May 12, 2009
- “Topic A: Obama’s Compromise on D.C. School Voucher’s Program,” The Washington Post, May 10, 2009
- “A President and His Priorities,” The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009
- “Make scholarships available to all DC children,” The Examiner, May 8, 2009
- “The Boy and the Blob: Is Barack Obama’s education secretary too good to be true?” The Economist, May 7, 2009
- “Democrats v. Poor Parents,” TIME, May 7, 2009
- “Obama Offers D.C. Voucher Compromise,” The Washington Post, May 7, 2009
- “A Reprieve on Vouchers,” The Washington Post, May 7, 2009
- “Obama Proposes Extending D.C. Voucher Program,” The Washington Post, May 6, 2009
- “School Choice for a Few,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2009
- “Arne Duncan’s Choice,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2009
- “Standing up for the children,” The Examiner, May 3, 2009
- “An ‘Appropriate’ Education,” The Washington Post, April 28, 2009
- “Obama’s Budget Follies,” The Washington Post, April 23, 2009
- “Only for the Privileged Few? Members of Congress value school choice -- for themselves,” The Washington Post, April 20, 2009
- “Obama’s Hypocrisy,” Forbes, April 17, 2009
- “Education, By Any Means,” by Anthony A. Williams and Kevin P. Chavous; The Washington Post, April 14, 2009
- “Mother Promises Her Son to ‘Do Whatever I Can Do’ to Save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships,” Catholic Standard, April 14, 2009
- “Politics and Vouchers,” The Washington Post, April 12, 2009
- “Democrats and Poor Kids,” The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2009
- “Study Supports School Vouchers,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
- “Don’t Pull the Plug Yet,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
- “The Right People to Decide D.C. Vouchers’ Fate,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
- “Voucher Parents vs. Me,” Blog by Jay Matthews of The Washington Post, April 3, 2009
- “Letter to the Editor,” by WSF Scholarship Parent Victoria Owens; The Washington Post, March 29, 2009
- “The City’s Children Need Opportunities,” by Joseph E. Robert, Jr.; The Washington Post, March 29, 2009
- “Letter to the Editor: Fenty Backs School Vouchers,” The Washington Times, March 17, 2009
- “Vouchers On the Line,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2009
- “Fenty Pushes for School Vouchers,” The Washington Times, March 13, 2009
- “No Picnic for Me Either,” The New York Times, March 13, 2009
- “D.C. Students Face Tough Choices if Voucher Program Ends,” The Examiner, March 5, 2009
- “A Vote for Ignorance,” The Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2009
- “Carroll Student Says Opportunity Scholarship Has Inspired Her to ‘Want to Succeed’ in Life,” Catholic Standard, March 3, 2009
- “Will Obama Stand Up For These Kids?” The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2009
- “’Potential’ Disruption? Ending D.C. School Vouchers Would Dash the Best Hopes of Hundreds of Children,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2009
- “School Choice is the Freedom That Saves Kids Futures,” The Examiner, March 2, 2009
- “Democrats Limit Future Financing for Washington Voucher Program,” The New York Times, February 28, 2009
- “DC Parent to Push to Keep Vouchers,” The Washington Times, February 27, 2009
- “Obama’s School Choice,” The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2009
- “Congress’ Sneaky Slap at D.C. Kids,” The New York Post, February 26, 2009
- “Voucher Subterfuge,” The Washington Post, February 25, 2009
- "House Dems looing to kill vouchers set up roadblock to reauthorization," The Examiner, February 25, 2009
- "Democrat inserted provision endangers DC Opportunity Scholarship program," The Examiner, February 23, 2009
- "Reforming education is still key to Black progress," The Examiner, February 20, 2009
- “Archbishop Carroll Opportunity Scholarship Recipient Chosen as Deputy Youth Mayor,” Catholic Standard, February 18, 2009
- “School Vouchers: District parents know why the program should continue,” The Washington Post, January 26, 2009
- “A Word to My Successor,” by Margaret Spellings, The Washington Post, January 13, 2009