Families, school leaders, school choice activists, and legislators will come together during National School Choice Week to demonstrate community support for opportunity in education.

On Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., students, parents, teachers, and education advocates will celebrate at the capitol to mark National School Choice Week and the support for educational opportunity around Nevada. Senator Scott Hammond will speak at the event, and will be joined by many parents, education leaders, and student performances.

The goal of the event is to celebrate quality education for all students and show grassroots support for school choice in Nevada. More than 500 people are expected to attend. The celebration is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week (January 22-28, 2017), which will feature more than 21,000 events across the country.

“National School Choice Week is a great platform to connect people across the state who are passionate about school choice,” said Michael Schaus of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. “Through this celebration, we hope to raise awareness about school choice and demonstrate how important it is to Nevada families.”

Ronnie Najarro of the LIBRE Initiative added, “School choice expands the ability of parents and families to choose the school that best meets their child’s educational needs. School choice provides children with the best opportunity to succeed, and our goal is to inform families on the benefits of school choice. With expanded school choice every child, regardless of ethnicity, financial resources, or zip code can have access to quality education.”

Event planners include Nevada Policy Research Institute, Nevada Charter School Association, LIBRE Initiative, Oasis Academy, RISE Resource Center, Coral Academy of Science, and Academica Nevada.

Held every January, National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort designed to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options for every child. Through more than 21,000 independently planned events across the country, National School Choice Week raises public awareness of all types of educational choices available to children. These options include traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.