Our K-12 education system is in an undeclared state of emergency. That’s the stark assessment from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP, or the Nation’s Report Card).

Like other recent results, the level of education catastrophe should surprise no one. Like before, we’re already seeing a surge of public hand-wringing and headlines of concern that will fade with the next news cycle. Unlike before, there is a chance to do something different in every state. We have to take it.

Tucked in the One Big Beautiful Bill was the nation’s first federal school choice tax credit, the most significant federal education policy in generations. Advocates have been working toward it for decades, and it first became a real possibility under then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Now, one fina

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