From Direct Line:
Florida Gets It
Let’s start with what Florida is doing right. This year, the Sunshine State hit an impressive 89.7% high school graduation rate.1 Not only that, fourth-grade students scored an average of 243 in reading, outperforming the national average and leaving states like Maryland in the dust.2
How did they do it? Simple. School choice. Parents in Florida aren’t stuck sending their kids to a failing public school based on their zip code. They have options—charter schools, private schools funded by vouchers, virtual academies, and open enrollment policies. And guess what? It works.
Florida now operates over 730 charter schools with a 20.79% increase in charter enrollment over the last five years.3 That’s not just school reform—it’s a parent-powered revolution.
Maryland? Not So Much
Now let’s turn to Maryland—my home state and the land of great crab cakes and terrible education policy. (Read more.)
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