New Index Rates Some States More Free Than Others
Arizona is at the top and Hawaii at the bottom of a New York City think tanks first-of-its-kind rating of all 50 states based on their commitment to school choice.
The Education Freedom Index, devised by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, unabashedly values private school vouchers, charter schools, minimal regulation of home schooling, and public school choice as desirable state policies. The institute also says its research suggests a positive correlation between a state's ranking on the index and academic achievement.
Arizona ranked highest among the states because of its large number of charter schools, a tax credit for donations to funds providing private school tuition aid, relatively light regulation of home schooling, and an unrestricted interdistrict-choice program in the public schools, according to the institute's...
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