The School-Choice Century

The key Supreme Court decision, Meyer v. Nebraska, dates back to June 4, 1923.

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This has been a banner year for the educational choice movement. State legislatures have greatly expanded educational opportunity through programs that give families alternatives to public schools. The foundation for this success, however, was laid a century ago—by a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Nebraska.

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