As most state legislatures convene new sessions, the historic expansion of school choice in the U.S. that has taken place in recent years is poised to continue in 2025. While most of the recent legislative victories for school choice proponents have occurred in GOP-led states, there are still a number of large, red states, including the most populous red state, where families still lack school choice.

During the last legislative session in 2023, a bill to create an ESA program in Texas passed out of the Senate but stalled in the Texas House. During the subsequent 2024 primaries and general election, more than a dozen members of the Texas House who blocked the 2023 ESA bill were replaced by candidates who campaigned on their support for school choice, with most of them endorsed by Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas). Thanks in large part to Governor Abbott���s efforts to get more supporters of school choice elected to the statehouse in 2024, Abbott and others are confident the votes are now there to enact school choice in Texas this year.

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The bill aims to end the Department of Education, and redistribute federal programs to other existing departments. But the biggest change would be allocating K12 education money directly to the states via block grants.

The bill, Returning Education to Our States Act, was introduced by Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota. In a press release, he said ���The federal Department of Education has never educated a single student, and it���s long past time to end this bureaucratic Department that causes more harm than good.���

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Ample research makes clear that forcing students to switch schools can be traumatic and even harmful, especially if they end up attending lower-performing campuses. Yet closing an underenrolled school is beneficial when displaced students land in better alternatives. And of course, the primary purpose of most closures isn���t just to help this generation of students. It ensures that future generations of children are well-served, too.

In the face of enrollment declines that won���t reverse for decades���if ever���common sense suggests that schools that are both underenrolled and underperforming should be the first to close.

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��is an increasingly popular enrollment strategy where students are offered admission to a college or university ��� sometimes with financial aid ��� without requiring them to complete a lengthy admissions process first. An increasing number of institutions have experimented with the program in an effort to boost enrollments and increase student diversity.

Think of it s a flipped system, something like receiving notice of a pre-approved mortgage. Here���s how it works in most states that have introduced the program. A student first creates and posts a profile, including information like grades, test scores, and other college-relevant information. Participating colleges then evaluate those profiles and extend admission offers without requiring students to go through the hassle of obtaining letters of recommendation, writing an essay, and filling out application forms.

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School attendance in many countries has fallen off a cliff since the pandemic, with absence rates significantly up on pre-Covid-19 levels.

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Instead, researchers point to external factors such as school funding, pre-school placements and opportunities outside school as much more important in bringing about meaningful change.

Children���s attitudes to learning has become a focus for intervention in schools over the last decade, most notably the ���growth mindset��� approach popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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Surprisingly to some, the cybersecurity, tech and education worlds are more intertwined than ever before and not always in a positive way. This is because, unfortunately, schools have increasingly become targets for cyberattacks.

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