The Colorado-based nonprofit, which provides school choice scholarships to low-income families in kindergarten through high school, has seen a surge in applications for the 2023-2024 school year.
ACE Scholarships, a school choice nonprofit that provides scholarships to K-12 students, will award a record 14,090 scholarships to K-12 children nationwide in the 2023-2024 school year. announced. As America's public schools continue to reel from test scores and learning failures, the number of scholarship applications received by ACE has nearly tripled in the past three years to 12,311 for the 2021-2022 school year. The number of applications increased from 10,000 to 32,113 this academic year. Losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Related: 'Severe violent incidents' in public schools from kindergarten to high school soar to record high level)
“The results were undeniable. ACE stands up for the safety of oppressed children and for parents who don't have the same income levels as those who are wealthier and on a more level playing field. Our Our hope today is that every child has access to an excellent education,” ACE President Norton Rainey told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Aug. 24: Kelly Goodall sits in an empty classroom at Walter Johnson Middle School with her eighth-grade students on the first day of distance learning in the Clark County School District amid the coronavirus pandemic. I teach online English classes. ) held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 24, 2020. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Since 2000, ACE has provided more than 80,000 scholarships to low-income families in 12 states, according to the nonprofit organization.
U.S. students are falling behind due to learning loss due to the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. students have dropped 13 points in their Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) math scores and now lag behind students in other developed countries. She attended a school in the United States where nearly 70% of students experienced chronic absenteeism.
Support for school choice is growing across America.
At least 71% of registered voters say they support school choice programs in July 2023, 7% higher than in 2020. Several states, including Tennessee and Texas, are considering proposing school choice laws in 2024.
“It's really great that we, as the last remaining American nation, can remain more competitive than other countries in the future,” Rainey told DCNF.
“Choice is important in our country, and frankly, that's probably the most important issue because without education, our country cannot thrive,” Rainey continued.
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