News Analysis A growing number of states are adopting a comprehensive new type of school choice program that would pose a threat to public schools if many students were to leave them for a private education. Eight states—including Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and West Virginia—have approved “universal” or near-universal school choice laws since 2021. They open…

Commentary In the view of Terry McAuliffe, former Virginia gubernatorial candidate, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” According to Mary-Michelle Upson Hirschoff, a former assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Law, it’s not even clear that parents have an unambiguous right to have their children excused from…

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation partnered with Bursch Law to file a lawsuit alleging Michigan’s restriction on the use of public funds to pay for private education is unconstitutional. Five Michigan families and the Parent Advocates for Choice in Education (PACE) Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the rights of Michigan parents to provide educational opportunities for…