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The No Child Left Behind Act, the Charter Schools Program, the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program and other federal initiatives have expanded educational options for disadvantaged students on a national scale. New initiatives at the state and local levels have also increased opportunities for parents to choose among public and private school options. In fact, there are now 24 programs in 13 states providing financial assistance in the form of vouchers, tax credits, and tax deductions. There were only seven such programs a decade ago.
The U.S. Department of Education's Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and the Office of Innovation and Improvement will conduct regional summits to highlight educational innovations. The summits will showcase educational options at the local level and seek to empower community leaders and parents with information, ideas, and successful models that can be replicated elsewhere.
These summits will bring together parent advocates, public and private school representatives, homeschoolers, state education officials and faith-based and community leaders to share educational innovations going on in the region.
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