Too many students are trapped in schools that don’t meet their needs, and parents are left without choices for their children’s future. The Goldwater Institute works to create a modern education system where families are empowered to choose the best schooling option for their children regardless of their zip code, where funds follow students, and where the government monopoly over the funding and provision of education is broken.
Education
Recent Highlights
Massachusetts School Hides Pre-Teens’ ‘Gender Identity’ from Parents—and Goldwater Takes Action
Two Massachusetts parents were blindsided when they learned that middle school officials had been referring to their two pre-teens by different names and pronouns—and deliberately hiding it from both parents. Now, they...
Anti-School Choice Group ‘Save Our Schools’ Endorses Racial Discrimination
The Arizona state senate advanced a historic measure this week to protect racial equality and prohibit public agencies from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race or ethnicity. Yet in a bizarre twist, ...
‘School Choice’ & Homeschool Families Must Fight Together
President Reagan once famously quipped , "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.” Indeed, those of us on the right are rightly skeptical of gove...
States Winning on School Choice, Tee Up Academic Transparency
2023 has opened the floodgates of educational freedom. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ “Arkansas LEARNS” package cleared both chambers of her state’s legislature in recent days before Sanders signed it into law...
More About Our Education Work
Keeping Radical Politics Out of the Classroom
Parents just want to know what their kids are learning in school. But too many school districts stonewall parents and keep them in the dark.
The Goldwater Institute is standing up for parents and working to make curriculum transparent and put a stop to radical politics in the classroom. Learn more about it here.
Expanding School Choice
School choice ensures that every family has the freedom to pursue educational excellence for their children—regardless of their geographic location or socioeconomic background.
Goldwater’s Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) make that choice a reality. Learn more about how ESAs can help low-income families.
Restoring Free Speech on Campus
Violent protests have shut down speakers on campuses across the country, and administrators are refusing to protect speakers’ and students’ First Amendment rights.
Our nation’s precious tradition of freedom of speech is increasingly imperiled in universities and in society at large. Read about Goldwater’s plan to restore free speech on campus.
More Issues
Property Rights
Goldwater is protecting a cornerstone of Americans’ liberty: the right to own and use their property as they see fit.
Jobs & Economy
When government stands in the way of people who just want to pursue their career, Goldwater breaks down barriers to work.
Free Speech
Free speech is under attack in America. But Goldwater is leading the fight to protect Americans’ right to speak their minds.
Healthcare
Goldwater is unleashing innovation in healthcare, fighting to protect and expand patient choice, access, and affordability.
Constitutional Rights
Anytime government threatens to trample the U.S. Constitution, Goldwater is ready to go to court to defend our rights.
Limited Government
Goldwater takes down cronyism, sweetheart deals, and government overreach so Americans are treated fairly and equally.
Education
Goldwater is expanding school choice nationwide so families can get their children the education they deserve.
Academic Transparency
Parents have a right to know what's being taught in the classroom, and we're defending that right.
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