By: Andrew Handel
ALEC Education & Workforce Development Task Force Director, Andrew Handel, was quoted in American Family News emphasizing the need for education freedom and how that is being reflected in the states.
"I think that it's emblematic of where Americans are today when it comes to educational freedom," he tells AFN. "We've seen so many different states over the past couple of years, especially since COVID, pursuing these programs that ensure that public education dollars follow students, not systems."
Handel points out that school choice has been around for a long time, but it was the pandemic and the shift over to Zoom learning that really gave parents "an inside look at what their kids were being taught."
"The key is just making sure that families have a choice here," he submits. "I think that's what's going to put students in the best position to succeed in the future."