This awesome trend empowers parents and ensures kids get the best possible education.
Chalkboard News covered the release of the 2025 ALEC Index of State Education Freedom: A 50-State Guide to Parental Empowerment, examining the latest legislative actions being taken across the states that promote education freedom, empower parents, and meet the unique needs for each student. Andrew Handel, ALEC Director of the Education and Workforce Development Task Force, was also featured in the piece and gave insights on the education freedom revolution across the states.
A new report from a nonprofit organization that ranks states by educational freedom found large differences between them based on their efforts to improve the school choices families have for their children.
The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Index of State Education Freedom, released Thursday, ranks states based on the school choice options and funding programs they offer students and their families.
Handel later told Clarey which states ranked in the index based on their education freedom programs.
“The top five states are Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa,” Handel said. “It’s no surprise that all five states have universal eligibility programs.”
Handel said North Carolina jumped 23 spots on the index because it allowed 50,000 students to join its school choice program.
But other states fell on the organization’s index because of changes to their school choice programs.