A coalition of parents’ rights activists have reignited the fight for school choice for Virginia’s families with the help of The Heritage Foundation.
Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson Institute has pushed for education reform in the Old Dominion for years, including through its Virginia Education Opportunity Alliance, a parents’ rights coalition. A $150,000 Innovation Prize grant from Heritage in 2022 has since helped the institute reach out to the broader school choice movement and grow its coalition to advocate for greater educational freedom throughout the commonwealth. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)
According to Thomas Jefferson Institute President Chris Braunlich, the grant provided “a unique opportunity for our coalition to jump-start the education choice movement in Virginia, where it has lain moribund for decades.”
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