Setting the record straight on collective bargaining
This morning, the House Finance Subcommittee voted 7-6 to pass HB130, the bill to limit collective bargaining by teachers’ unions. Speaker Beth Harwell used her prerogative to cast the tie-breaking...
View ArticleTCPR leads the way on opportunity scholarships
July 6, 2011 The Heartland Institute’s “School Reform News” notes the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s involvement in the effort to provide opportunity scholarships to low-income Tennessee...
View ArticleSurvey suggests need for more school choice
Today’s Tennessean publishes an article by Beacon CEO Justin Owen and Friedman Foundation CEO Robert Enlow about school choice. The two talk about what the result of a recent poll sponsored by the...
View ArticleFamilies should have school choice options
Beacon CEO Justin Owen and the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice’s Robert Enlow pen an article in today’s Knoxville News Sentinel on why families in our state should have more school choice...
View ArticleSchool choice debate heats up in Tennessee
Channel 4 News covers the growing momentum for bringing a school choice program to Tennessee, which would allow parents to choose where to send their kids to school. The TV station interviewed Beacon...
View ArticleBeacon, Friedman launch “Choose Me, Tennessee”
To help communicate the benefits of school choice to Tennessee families, the Beacon Center and Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice have launched a new website called ChooseMeTennessee.com....
View ArticleThe Choice is Ours: Empowering Families through Opportunity Scholarships
NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today released a new publication highlighting the school choice stories of families across the state. The report, The Choice is Ours, tells how opportunity...
View ArticleWashington Free Beacon covers school choice movement
The Washington Free Beacon, a national online publication, covers recent advancements of school choice efforts in both Alabama and Tennessee. The publication gets Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s reaction to...
View ArticleEducation funds not being spent wisely
The op-ed below by Justin Owen, Benjamin Clark, and Alexandria Gilbert outlines the findings of Beacon’s new education spending study. This article originally appeared in Wednesday’s Tennessean. A...
View ArticleTennessee moves one step closer to an opportunity scholarship program
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Federation for Children (TFC), the state affiliate of the American Federation for Children, today applauds the passage of SB 196 the “Tennessee Choice & Opportunity...
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