by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Educational Savings Accounts, or ESAs, are modeled on highly successful health savings accounts (HSAs) and put taxpayer funds directly in the hands of parents so that they are free to optimize their children's education. Now that COVID19 health orders prompted school shutdowns across the country, education savings acc...

Despite the clear cut law that names of government servants are public records, Superintendent Jillian Balow thinks she is above the law. School districts across this state will burn through more of our tax dollars hiring attorneys to try and weasel out of a simple public record request by Senator Tom James asking for the names and salaries of thos...

by Austin Hein Child Safety Accounts (CSA) would undoubtedly help protect Wyoming's children from bullying and harassment in their schools. A CSA program would provide funds to families of bullied children to allow them to escape harmful environments in their schools. CSAs give them enough financial flexibility to even attend different schools. All...

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff As a political economist I am the first to admit that the final word on any policy reform goes to facts and impartial analysis. There are many times when I have recommended against reforms even though they were ideologically desirable, simply because the economic and fiscal aspects of the reform did not work out right...

by Austin Hein Earlier this year, the American Federation for Children (AFC) released the results of a poll they conducted, testing the favorability of school choice programs. The poll showed that 78% of people polled support education savings account programs (ESA). This begs the question: if nearly four-fifths of people support ESAs, why hasn't W...

by Austin Hein Last week, I wrote about the constitutionality of education choice programs and how they relate to the recent Supreme Court ruling of Trinity Lutheran v. Comer. If that was not enough to convince you of the Constitutionality of education choice programs, this will. Regardless of the Trinity Lutheran decision, programs like Education ...

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Education choice is vital to growing and developing Wyoming as a state. Wyoming needs a strong, student-centered education system to move forward. Many of the state legislators understand this, but why is there such little progress in education freedom? Most arguments you hear are weak excuses, such as the case with t...

We are proud to announce the release of Chapter one of Cassie Craven's latest series "All Kids Deserve to Thrive: Making the Case for Education Choice Access in Wyoming." All Kids Deserve to Thrive: Making the Case for Education Choice Access in Wyoming by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff CHAPTER 1 WHAT THE CAMPBELL CASES TAUGHT US ABOUT EQUAL PROTECTIO...

Jarratt is the project manager for the Center for Transforming Education at the Heartland Institute. The Heartland Institute has been providing resources on issues like school choice since 1984. The Heartland Institute is one of the nation's most influential think tanks, producing very well regarded articles and policy measures conservative people ...

Robyn Bagley is well known in national education circles for her engaging speaking style and passion for school choice. Her long involvement in the school choice movement in Utah has given her hands-on experience with forming vibrant volunteer grassroots networks to help shape local and statewide governmental policies. Robyn's message empowers indi...