A cross-country, whistle-stop train and motor coach tour in support of school choice will make a stop in Jackson, organizers announced today. Hosted by National School Choice Week, the tour – which will feature 14 “whistle-stop” events from Newark to San Francisco – will provide students, parents, educators and community leaders with the opportunity to celebrate effective education options, while calling for even greater school choice in Mississippi and across the country. The Jackson event, the eighth event on the tour, will take place on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Alamo Theatre. Attendance is free but an RSVP is requested by visiting schoolchoicetrain. Local event planning partners include: Foundation for Excellence in Education, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, GreatSchools.org, Mississippi Center for Public Policy and National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Speakers at this event will be announced in the coming weeks. Now in its fourth year, National School Choice Week (Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2014) shines a spotlight on the need for all types of education options — from traditional public schools to public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online learning, and homeschooling. The Week is an independent, nonpolitical and nonpartisan public awareness effort. Stops along the National School Choice Week 2014 Whistle-Stop Tour include: Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta, Birmingham, Jackson, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Tucson, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. In addition to the tour, National School Choice Week will feature an estimated 5,000 independently-planned and independently-funded events across the country. Just as whistle-stop tours were used in the past to promote issues of transformational national importance, our tour is designed to galvanize public support for school choice and educational opportunity in local communities across the country,” said Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. “We look forward to bringing our tour to Jackson and working with people across Mississippi and our nation to celebrate school choice where it exists – and demand it where it does not. # # # National School Choice Week (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2014) is an independent public awareness campaign designed to shine a spotlight on effective education options for children. For more information, visit schoolchoiceweek or follow NSCW on Twitter at twitter/schoolchoicewk
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