View email. We decided it was time to drop the “.org” because we are more than just a website (and, it’s 2018). Last week our coalition, formerly known as PublicSchoolOptions.org, announced a new name to more accurately reflect its mission: National Coalition for Public School Options (PSO). You can still call us PSO for short. PSO is…
View email. PSO Congratulates School Choice Champion Congressman Paul Mitchell School choice champion Congressman Paul Mitchell (MI-10) was recently named co-chair of the Congressional School Choice Caucus. As a virtual school parent, the congressman has a particular interest in empowering parents with choices and has supported federal education policies that place parents at the forefront of their children’s education…
PublicSchoolOptions.org parents in Missouri have been working hard this year to ensure passage of HB 1606, a bill that increases access to virtual school and other online courses statewide. Last week the Missouri Senate passed the bill, and earlier this week the Missouri House did the same. The bill now goes to the Governor’s desk…
Each year during National Charter Schools Week we are reminded of the great power and promise that charter schools give to so many families across the country. Every child deserves the educational environment that works best for their individual needs and every parent deserves the right to choose the best option for their child. For…
Last Friday, students, parents and teachers from across Utah gathered at the state capitol to celebrate virtual education and school choice. Despite heavy snow, hundreds gathered to talk about what school choice means to them and how virtual education has benefited their families. Some traveled hundreds of miles to attend. Students and parents…
Last week, virtual school families in Kansas and New Mexico participated in capitol day events where they met with legislators and shared their personal school choice stories. The Kansas chapter of PublicSchoolOptions.org hosted its inaugural “Parent Choice in Education Day at the Capitol” where about 100 students, families and teachers came together to celebrate…
Parents from across Iowa joined together on January 31 at the state capitol building to speak with legislators about the importance of public school options. A few students, enrolled in virtual education programs, even tagged along to learn first-hand about the legislative process. “We’ve been learning about the three branches of government in…
On Monday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) – an organization “dedicated to advancing the public charter school movement” released its annual rankings of state public charter school laws based on data from 2016-2017. These are the laws they’ve actively pushed for in states across the country. But as we point out below, the rankings…
Last week PSO board president Tillie Elvrum spent four busy days in Tampa and Tallahassee participating in Florida’s Celebrate Youth event, which was part of National School Choice Week, and taking part in a parent legislative fly-in. Tillie, along with Florida parent advocates Melissa Ley and Lawrence Kerwin, barnstormed the state capitol to meet with…
Last week, PSO national board president Tillie Elvrum kicked off National School Choice Week with parents and students from some of California’s public virtual schools. National School Choice Week started in 2011 and is now the world’s largest annual celebration of opportunity in education. Over the past seven years, there have been more than 58,000…