School choice advocates say they don’t see a change in Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s public posture on school choice, despite a recent speech that others read as a backing away from her calls for a federal school choice program.

“School choice has had its detractors before Betsy became secretary of education, and it will always have its detractors,” Romfo said. “I think the much more powerful thing is … there are a lot more parents who are becoming aware that they really benefit from choice.”

There has been plenty of movement at the state level in 2017, she said, citing the expansion of education savings accounts in Arizona, the creation of a tax credit scholarship program in Illinois, more equitable funding for charter schools in Colorado, a new charter law in Kentucky, and first-time state funding for charter school facilities in Texas, among others.

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