Speaking Out For a Better Education
In the nation's capital, thousands of parents are clamoring for scholarships that would allow them to send their kid to a private school. Since 2004, over 6,000 have applied for roughly 2,000 available scholarships. It's easy to see why -- exercising private school choice significantly impacts a child's life, as you can tell by watching the video testimonials of participating parents.

The Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program now serves more than 1,900 students from families with an average annual income of $23,000. Students now attend 54 of the 60 participating schools in the District. In all, more than 7,200 students have applied for scholarships. The Washington Scholarship Fund reports that 83 percent of these students would be attending public schools that did not meet “adequate yearly progress” under No Child Left Behind in 2006-07.