The CEO Foundation promotes parental choice in education through private tuition grants and tax funded options, giving families the power to choose the K-12 school that best fulfills the hopes and dreams they have for their children. CEO's long-term objective is to assure that every child receives a good education in a safe environment. Approximately 500 children were awarded scholarships for the 1999-2000 school year. Once a child enters the program, he is eligible to continue through the eighth grade. With a solid foundation in grammar school, these children will be poised for success in high school.
Siblings are automatically eligible for the program.
J.C.'s Background J.C. comes to Chattanooga from the Texas Public Policy Foundation where he was Director of Research. A former public school teacher, he served three terms as vice-president of the National Association of Professional Educators. He also served as Director of Government Relations for Professional Educators of Tennessee. No one has yet designed a system of education that would deliver a perfectly equal education to all children. At present, educational choice is concentrated among wealthier families, who can opt for private schooling.