Category: CSF in the News
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CSF President Darla Romfo discusses CSF’s history and the future of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit on Freedom to Learn podcast
In the latest episode of the Defense of Freedom Institute’s Freedom to Learn podcast, CSF President and CEO Darla Romfo speaks with host Virginia Gentles, covering everything from how Ted Forstmann and John Walton founded Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) in 1998 to how CSF is preparing for the recently passed Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC). Under the…
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School Choice Week 2025: What a Week for Education Freedom!
CSF families had the pleasure of meeting New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte while touring the New Hampshire State House during a very busy School Choice Week. This year’s National School Choice Week was one of the most eventful yet for education freedom! Executive order and White House roundtable: President Trump issued an executive order prioritizing educational freedom and…
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DonorsTrust podcast features interview with CSF President Darla Romfo
This week, CSF President and CEO Darla Romfo was interviewed by Peter Lipsett on DonorsTrust’s Giving Ventures podcast, discussing how CSF has evolved from offering privately-funded scholarships to running New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program and serving as a connector and catalyst for other scholarship-granting organizations and educational choice allies. Throughout the interview, Darla emphasized CSF’s focus…
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Columnist Cal Thomas calls CSF scholarships “a gift that will keep on giving”
In a new syndicated column appearing today in many media outlets including the Washington Times and New York Post, Cal Thomas calls Children’s Scholarship Fund scholarships “a gift that will keep on giving.” Here’s an excerpt: What if you could give a gift that would literally keep on giving and continue to influence the lives of others…
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AEI podcast features interview with CSF’s President on empowering parents with education freedom
This week, CSF President and CEO Darla Romfo was interviewed by Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe of AEI on their Are You Kidding Me? podcast, discussing how education savings accounts (ESAs) are changing the face of school choice. Darla also noted how the pandemic has mobilized parents, leading to significant increases in homeschooling and the growth of…
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School choice is “one of the most hopeful things happening in our country”
On The Evening Edit this week, host David Asman and CSF President Darla Romfo discussed a recent New York Times editorial about the “startling” evidence of learning loss during the Covid pandemic. Darla addressed how school closures have resulted in a groundswell of support and parental demand for school choice, offering hope to children and…
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Forbes piece by Kerry McDonald highlights CSF participating schools
Author Kerry McDonald highlights Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) and several CSF participating schools in a new Forbes piece, “The Not-So-Secret World Of Low-Cost New York City Private Schools,” out today. McDonald, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and host of the LiberatED Podcast, regularly covers innovative schools all over the country, and we are…
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CSF Parents Travel to State Capitol for School Choice Week Celebration
This Tuesday, a group of CSF parents travelled from New York City to Albany to celebrate School Choice Week, joining forces with parents from across the state to share their stories with elected officials and raise awareness of the need for greater educational freedom for all New York children. The parents met with State Senators, Assembly Members,…
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CSF President Darla Romfo calls for greater educational freedom in Daily News op-ed
In today’s New York Daily News, an op-ed by CSF President and CEO Darla Romfo, “Let parents choose their kids’ schools,” spotlights the often-overlooked diversity of the private schools CSF Scholars attend and calls on our leaders to make schools like these accessible to more families through school choice. The piece concludes: “The schools referenced here and hundreds of…
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CSF President Darla Romfo: We need education freedom to combat learning loss and achievement gaps
Speaking with Edward Lawrence on Cavuto Coast to Coast last week, CSF President Darla Romfo discussed how Covid school closures continue to have negative effects on children’s learning, following a recent report that finds pandemic learning loss will lead to reduced lifetime earnings. She called for more school choice as a way to narrow achievement gaps and…
