Keep Kids First Nebraska

01/09/2024

See a statement from Keep Kids First below:

10/27/2023

"Florida has led the way because we've given parents a chance, and we've let them create that natural competition." How does competition create better outcomes for students? Hera Varmah discusses the power of school choice at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

10/26/2023

How does school choice perform in rural areas? What if there are few education providers available? Corey DeAngelis responds to this question at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

10/10/2023

KKF responds to petition signature announcement:

Our focus has always been on giving Nebraska families the opportunity to choose the right education for their children to grow and reach their potential. We are just as determined today as we were yesterday to help students struggling in a traditional education setting.

The Opportunity Scholarships Act creates a tax credit scholarship program for students from lower-income families, students with special needs, students who experience bullying, students from military families, students in foster care, and students who are denied option enrollment at a public school. The program will be effective in 2024, but a repeal will take this new hope and opportunity away from families and students who need it the most.

The teachers union was willing to say and do anything to take educational freedom away from Nebraska families, so it is no surprise they gathered enough petition signatures to qualify for the ballot. Support Our Schools made a mockery of the signature petition process by consistently misleading and misinforming Nebraskans about the Opportunity Scholarships Act and the intent of their petition drive. The evidence of their misinformation campaign throughout the summer was overwhelming, and Nebraskans deserve better.

09/05/2023

Tuition inflation over the last decade was lower on average in states with school choice, according to a report by the Heritage Foundation.

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Tuition inflation over the last decade was lower on average in states with school choice, a report by the Heritage Foundation says. “Data analysis from the past decade reveals that tuition inflation was lower in states that adopted school choice policies (about 15 percent, on average) than in stat...

08/30/2023

A statement from Keep Kids First.

08/29/2023

“The only way to break generational poverty is to access opportunities and to access education." Valeria Gurr corrects the myth that school choice defunds public schools.
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The deadline to collect signatures for the widely circulated Support Our Schools petition aimed at allowing Nebraska voters to decide the fate of an education tax credit law is approaching,

08/28/2023

This is what Nebraska Opportunity Scholarships are all about 👉 "If supporters rise to the challenge, Florida won’t be the outlier for long and all parents will enjoy true freedom and the right to direct their child’s education."

Parental choice has the potential to renew and reinvigorate one of the greatest success stories in American education.

08/26/2023

"Any conversation around equity and education can't be divorced from education freedom." Denisha Merriweather discusses the Black Minds Matter art and culture exhibit, Self-Determined: The Secret History of Education Freedom. Learn more at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/self-determined-the-secret-history-of-education-freedom-tickets-694930103647?aff=oddtdtcreator KMTV 3 News Now

08/25/2023

This art and culture exhibit showcases the fight of African Americans for education freedom in America. Get your
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An exhibit in Omaha points to school choice as a good thing, especially for children of color.

08/24/2023

"Every parent and child in Nebraska should have the right to pick a school they believe best suits their unique situation." Senator Murman agrees that taking away Opportunity Scholarships would be disastrous for Nebraska families. https://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/local-view-no-controversy-in-school-choice/article_4e346cae-4032-11ee-8c1b-1f3f49861c1f.html

Every parent and child in Nebraska should have the right to pick a school they believe best suits their unique situation. The Opportunity Scholarships Act, passed this last session in

08/23/2023

"Teachers unions and paid petition gatherers, operating under the banner of Support Our Schools, have encountered an unexpected form of resistance: Young people like Roberts and Slade-Bowers, who have personally benefitted from education options." https://ow.ly/w11m50PCthR

Sherlean Roberts felt a surge of adrenaline as she noticed the uniforms. At a summer jazz concert at a city park in Omaha, Nebraska, she first noticed a