This article originally ran in the National Review Online on Sept. 15, 2005. There is a second rescue urgently needed in the terrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and one that is long overdue: saving New Orleans school kids from their broken public-school system. The tragedy of the storm provides America with a golden opportunity, and the answer lies in the tens of billions of dollars of federal emergency spending. Let's create emergency school-choice vouchers for the children displaced by Katrina.

This week, there is a chance to bring greater safety and opportunity to Texas schools, and we urgently need your help today, Sunday May 22, and tomorrow morning. The Texas legislature is in session this afternoon and it is appropriate to take action.

Pastor Revell is the pastor at Agape International Ministries in Rock Hill, SC and is a founding member of Clergy for Educational Options. Parental choice has become a hot issue in this state. Unfortunately, it is generating the heat of controversy rather than the light of reason. Opponents of reform, including certain media, are now pulling out the race card and arguing that school choice will "re-segregate" public schools. That charge is not just false, it is hypocritical.

COLUMBIA - Today, Clergy for Educational Options (CEO) organized a press conference at St. Martin de Porres Catholic School in Columbia where it was announced that an ad hoc group has been formed to explore funding opportunities and develop certain recommendations for potential Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO) that would be established through passage of the Put Parents in Charge (PPIC) legislation.

Supporters of the billion dollar I-884 tax hike would have us believe that Washington’s schools do not have the “necessary resources” for a quality education. History shows that this simply isn’t true—Washington’s inflation-adjusted, per pupil spending has increased by 16.5 percent since 1994 according to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.

Supporters of the billion dollar I-884 tax hike would have us believe that Washington’s schools do not have the “necessary resources” for a quality education. History shows that this simply isn’t true—Washington’s inflation-adjusted, per pupil spending has increased by 16.5 percent since 1994 according to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.

TRYON, NC. More than thirty interested activists and citizens attended the latest stop on the Fall School Choice Tour, which landed in Tryon on September 9th. Check out the photo!

TRYON, NC. More than thirty interested activists and citizens attended the latest stop on the Fall School Choice Tour, which landed in Tryon on September 9th. Check out the photo!