Governor Mike Pence has been a leader introducing school choice, with the established education lobby vociferously opposed, duh! Results?
33,000 kids are now enrolled in the programs. 60% of students in Indiana qualify for vouchers, the largest in the country. The $4800 cap has been removed. Court battles have been won by the governor.
The results of our current model of educating our youth show how we do it today are failing. We have been sliding down the scale compared to other advanced countries. Denmark has installed “project based learning” and it seems to be working. They learned that from us. We don’t use the methods.
Disruption and experiments are needed to reverse the trend in results.
See the WSJ, Allysia Finley, “Pence on School Choice”, July 20, 2016.