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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: School Choice Expansion Continues with Missouri Education Package
Description: This month, Missouri increased educational opportunity for families by expanding its Education Savings Account program. SB 727 widens eligibility for Missouri’s ESA program to include more students, increases teachers’ salaries, and makes it easier to open charter schools.
Different school environments help students learn in the ways that are most beneficial for them. Approximately 20 million American children are eligible to participate in a school choice program that includes private options. Millions more attend charter schools or benefit from other kinds of public school choice.
Oregon should join the “school choice states” and give parents the power to c...