host: andrew campanella of the citizens for responsibility & ethics. colorado springs, colorado a parent is on the line. caller: good morning andrew. for families who don't have education options that they feel that they need for their student, how can they advocate for more options, what is your advice for pushing for more educational opportunities for their children? guest: i encourage all families to check out the options that may be available in their state. a lot of families that we talked to don't realize how many options are actually available. see what is out there, our website has a lot of information that helps you navigate the process. the second thing i would say is, if parents want more options they should have their voices heard and they should explain why and they should tell their personal stories about why they want school choice and why they need more options. how their children's lives would benefit if they had additional options. the powerful testimonies of individual parents and families about why they want school choice are what cr

host: andrew campanella of the citizens for responsibility & ethics.olorado springs, colorado a parent is on the line. caller: good morning andrew. for families who don't have education options that they feel that they need for their student, how can they advocate for more options, what is your advice for pushing for more educational opportunities for their children? guest: i encourage all families to check out the options that may be available in their state. a lot of families that we talked to don't realize how many options are actually available. see what is out there, our website has a lot of information that helps you navigate the process. the second thing i would say is, if parents want more options they should have their voices heard and they should explain why and they should tell their personal stories about why they want school choice and why they need more options. how their children's lives would benefit if they had additional options. the powerful testimonies of individual parents and families about why they want school choice are what cre

one more perspective from andrew campanella about school choice, talking about student performance onelation he saw with the topic of school choice. [video clip] guest: the reason we do this work is because we want to see students have every opportunity to succeed. and what we know, based on research, is that when parents actively choose schools and learning environments for their kids, students succeed in schools at higher rates than if parents do not actively choose those schools. it does not matter what type of school apparent chooses, just the act of going through the process and making a decision is what matters. so what we see is if a parent participates in an open enrollment program or in public charter school program or a private school or online school or magnet school or home schooling, the fact that they exercise their options and the options were available lose to higher student graduation rates, higher college acceptance rates, higher lifetime earnings, and all the other good things we want out of education. that is why we do this. [end of video clip] host: sue texting fr

one more perspective from andrew campanella about school choice, talking about student performance onhe relation he saw with the topic of school choice. [video clip] guest: the reason we do this work is because we want to see students have every opportunity to succeed. and what we know, based on research, is that when parents actively choose schools and learning environments for their kids, students succeed in schools at higher rates than if parents do not actively choose those schools. it does not matter what type of school apparent chooses, just the act of going through the process and making a decision is what matters. so what we see is if a parent participates in an open enrollment program or in public charter school program or a private school or online school or magnet school or home schooling, the fact that they exercise their options and the options were available lose to higher student graduation rates, higher college acceptance rates, higher lifetime earnings, and all the other good things we want out of education. that is why we do this. [end of video clip] host: sue textin