Arkansas School Choice Students Top U.S. Average After 20% Performance Gain

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 14

Arkansas students using Education Freedom Accounts scored above the national average in both math and English, with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders citing a 20% rise in performance last year.
About 50,000 students participated in the program last school year or have already signed up for the coming year, with families receiving roughly $8,000 per student for private, charter or homeschool costs.
Sanders said the school choice expansion was paired with broader education spending, including higher public-school funding, literacy coaches for struggling schools and raises for more than 12,000 educators.
The results bolster Arkansas' case that universal school choice can coexist with public-school investment, a key argument as states debate how to structure K-12 funding and parental choice.