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This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Last week, we introduced you to Jordan Visser, a student who has found academic and life success through the opportunities afforded to him by Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). As South Carolina considers whether ESAs are a good option to help children in… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org For Kathy and Christo Visser and their son Jordan, Education Savings Accounts have been the key to astounding success. Jordan lives with Cerebral Palsy, a neurological disorder that primarily affects coordination, movement, and balance. Although there is no cure for Cerebral Palsy,… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Our country’s future success rests on the quality of education the next generation of Americans receives. We will simply not be able to supply the engaged and skilled workforce our economy needs while relying on an education system built for the distant… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org More and more states are opening up new, individualized education opportunities for their students: Education Savings Accounts (ESA’s) in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi for example. Vouchers in Florida. And right here in South Carolina, you may have heard of the… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org For decades, South Carolina has funded K-12 education through a maze of line item appropriations in the budget. Today’s education budget comes from a long list of acts passed between the 1970’s and last year. From the Education Finance Act to the… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Last week, we made the case that one of the reasons South Carolina should consider Education Savings Accounts is because rural and low-income districts in South Carolina require structural education reforms. This week, let’s consider another reason South Carolina should consider Education Savings… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Each year, just under 130,000 South Carolinian’s attend public school in one of the 34 school districts that make up the representative districts in the public education lawsuit Abbeville School District V. State of South Carolina. If you do not know about it, you… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org While deep division runs between America’s two main parties on many issues, school choice is increasingly becoming a point of bipartisanship.  U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey and former mayor of the city of Newark, has witnessed how school… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Dr. Matt Ladner, one of the foremost scholars on Education Savings Accounts (ESA) writes in The Way of the Future: “The productivity of American education has collapsed over the past four decades. The students who start with the least in life suffer the most… Read More

This article was first published on palmettopromise.org Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are the 21st century education choice program that gives parents the ability to customize their child’s education. But what is the rationale for ESAs and where did they get their beginning? ESA’s are the latest innovation in the… Read More