Lisa Graham Keegan: My Testismony Before the House Committee on Education and Workforce

On Feb. 10, I was one of four witnesses who appeared before the Education and Workforce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Interestingly, all of us--in some shape or form--came down on the side of expanding virtual education opportunities.
I told the committee about a newspaper article from my home state of Arizona that spotlighted the shift from schools of assignment to schools of parental choice. In one Phoeniz school district highlighted in the article, 75% of students opt out of their assigned school into another school. Instead of their assigned school, parents are a public charter, a private school, an online school, or simply home school.
Bottom line: School choice has gone mainstream.
I also told the committee that our states are welcoming new learning technologies and online schools, with fully half of the states now offering full-time online schooling. And online instruction has in turn led to the creation of "hybrid" schools, where technology and traditonal blend to create some of the fastest pace achievement we have seen to date.
Click here to read the written transcript of my testimony.
Click here for a link to a video of the hearing.