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American Families Want School Choice
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
January 25, 2022
School choice offers families the opportunity to pair children with a school that meets their child’s unique needs. The demand for school choice isn’t confined to one segment of America’s population; parents everywhere are demanding the right to choose the best fit for their child.
Although Democrats in Congress actively work to undermine school choice and empower the teachers unions who vote for them, the numbers don’t lie; parents want and deserve school choice. In Case You Missed It via National School Choice Week, parents overwhelmingly support school choice options.
Survey Shows: More than Half of American Families Look(ing) for a New School – Winter 2022 By National School Choice Week Team January 20, 2022 School choice is the new norm, impacting the majority of American family’s K-12 education experience. In a survey conducted January 3-6, 2022 by National School Choice Week, more than half of parents said that they were considering, or had considered in the last year, choosing a new or different school for one of their children. … The top reasons parents considered new or different schools for their children were education quality and COVID disruptions.
… Parents indicated a willingness to choose or consider a wide range of schooling options for their children.
… Among parents of school-aged children, support for school choice is overwhelming – with high percentage of support across all races and geographics. 69 percent of parents say they strongly support, support, or somewhat support school choice, with 31 percent indicating strong support. Support for school choice was highest among Black parents (73 percent overall support) and Hispanic or Latino parents (72 percent).
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