LFC Daily News Clips | March 3, 2017
Good Morning
Must watch: Great WGNO-TV profile of our friend Dr. RaeNell Houston, taking over this summer as the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. http://bit.ly/2mNPfS6
Amidst the numerous columns in The New York Times and other media outlets attempting to discredit the empirical outcomes on school choice, we’re setting the record straight. Read the facts about credible research on school choice here, and please SHARE with friends and influencers in your networks: http://www.federationforchildren.org/setting-record-straight-school-choice/
Bottom line: There have been 15 gold standard empirical studies of private school choice measuring test score outcomes: 10 show improvement, 3 are neutral, and 2 are negative—only based upon on results in early years of those latter 2 studies.
Here is a one page fact sheet on the research: https://www.federationforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AFC-School-Choice-Research-Summary.pdf
Have a great weekend! – Paul
Louisiana
The Advocate
Letters: Never too late for school success
The Advertiser
New report analyzes Louisiana school fees
The Twitter Feed
The Times-Picayune (from The Washington Post)
President Trump’s first school visit will be to Florida Catholic school
The Washington Times
The Washington Times: Notable beneficiaries of school choice, vouchers
USA Today
Column: Betsy DeVos: President Trump delivers on education promises
Politico
Trump to highlight Florida’s controversial vouchers program in Orlando school visit
National Review
Denisha Merriweather’s Witness
The Federalist
Everything Betsy DeVos Said About Historically Black Colleges Was Correct
Ricochet
Butcher: NYT Gets It Wrong on Student Success
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