![Choosing Between Family or Welfare Benefits](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Hispanic-Marriage-.jpg)
Choosing Between Family or Welfare Benefits
We know that to avoid poverty, it is essential to get a high school diploma, maintain a steady job, and marry before having children (see research from the Brookings Institution and Harvard University on these points). Not only are they key to avoiding poverty, upward...
![Disappearing Act: How an Entire Class is Fading From America](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Vanishing-person.jpg)
Disappearing Act: How an Entire Class is Fading From America
While lower, middle and upperclass can be defined in various ways, a State of the States report, defined lower class as those who did not complete high school; middle class (or moderately-educated, as referred to in the report) as those who graduated high school but...
![Protecting Free Speech in the Leaning Ivory Tower](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Untitled-1.jpg)
Protecting Free Speech in the Leaning Ivory Tower
Some things in life are guaranteed: death, taxes, and left-leaning professors in the ivory tower. Proof? The percentage of professors identifying as “far-left” increased from 42 percent in 1990 to 60 percent in 2014, according to UCLA researchers. Another study...
![National Marriage Week – Celebrating the Indispensable Institution](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nationalmarriageweek.jpg)
National Marriage Week – Celebrating the Indispensable Institution
National Marriage Week will be celebrated next week, just in time for Valentine's Day. The celebration is now in its eighth year and seeks to foster collaboration around the country to "strengthen individual marriages, reduce the divorce rate, and build a culture that...
![Washington Won’t Give You What You Pay For](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GCO-Blog-Post-.jpg)
Washington Won’t Give You What You Pay For
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Unless you’re a taxpayer, in which case you will get less than you wanted from Washington even though they used your money. President Obama has left office, and the results of the ideas issued under his watch are coming...
![The Morning Show with Bill and Joel talk to Jamie Lord about School Choice in Georgia](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/imageedit_1_7357344854.jpg)
The Morning Show with Bill and Joel talk to Jamie Lord about School Choice in Georgia
Jamie Lord, GCO's Director of Government Affairs, has been on the air waves discussing the benefits of school choice with the team at The Morning Show with Bill and Joel. For more information visit Georgia Parents Alliance or learn more through the GCO...
![Trending Today USA with Rusty Humphries: GCO’s Jamie Lord Discusses School Choice](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/radio-1569611_1280.png)
Trending Today USA with Rusty Humphries: GCO’s Jamie Lord Discusses School Choice
GCO's Director of Government Affairs discusses school choice in Georgia with Rusty Humphries, host of Trending Today USA. For more information visit Georgia Parents Alliance or learn more through the GCO website.
![New Report From Mississippi Finds High Levels of Satisfaction for ESA Families](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/imageedit_1_3602914083.jpg)
New Report From Mississippi Finds High Levels of Satisfaction for ESA Families
Research evidence loves company. Consistent findings from different populations mean the results are less likely to be an accident and more likely to demonstrate a trend. A new report from Mississippi finds that parents using education savings accounts report high...
![Private School Scholarships Save Money for Georgia Taxpayers](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/imageedit_2_7703296743-1.jpg)
Private School Scholarships Save Money for Georgia Taxpayers
New research from EdChoice finds that Georgia’s scholarships for K-12 private school students have saved the state between $12 million and $85 million since 2011. Nearly two-dozen states have similar tax credit scholarship programs that allow individuals or businesses...
![What do the Presidential Candidates’ Education Ideas Mean for Your Child?](https://d1f2pmkajn85sd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/imageedit_1_3797138296-1-1.png)
What do the Presidential Candidates’ Education Ideas Mean for Your Child?
In the dust-up of this election year, education settled near the bottom of the heap of news headlines. Before the final presidential debate, a Politico banner read, “Will Trump and Clinton Ever Debate Education?” Both candidates have education policy proposals, but...