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Education Freedom

Every child is different. So why should every child be forced into the same school? We are putting parents back in charge.

MCPP students and supporters at an education-freedom event
Students and supporters at an MCPP education-freedom event.

For decades, Mississippi families were told that better education simply meant more spending. The data says otherwise. We champion education freedom — letting every family choose the learning environment that fits their child.

Parent power

Funding that follows the child — so families, not bureaucracies, decide.

Universal Education Freedom Accounts

We make the research case for universal Education Freedom Accounts. With a limited ESA program already in place, we continue to study and explain the evidence for full school choice — as Arkansas and other southern states have embraced.

Historic school-funding reform

MCPP's research helped inform the historic 2024 school-funding reform, which gives every child an individual education budget — a precursor to letting families spend it at the school of their choice.