Speaker’s Poverty Taskforce Highlights Importance of School Choice
The American Federation for Children applauds Speaker Paul Ryan for highlighting the importance of school choice in the newly released poverty task force report, “A Better Way.” The report cites the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program which provides low-income D.C. families access to a quality private school, encouraged Congress to embrace policies that will allow students to obtain an education “regardless of where they live and the difficult circumstances they face,” and includes Denisha Merriweather’s powerful story as a case study of how school choice can break the cycle of poverty.