Category: CSF in the News
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CSF President tells Fox & Friends that parents are the first educators of their children
CSF President Darla Romfo appeared on Fox & Friends this morning, discussing the need for education freedom for parents who want alternatives for their children. Speaking with co-host Ainsley Earhardt, Darla emphasized the role of parents as the first educators of their children and called for rethinking the status quo: “We all pay taxes and the…
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CSF President: The majority of Americans agree on parental choice in education
Last night, CSF President Darla Romfo appeared on Fox Business Tonight with host David Asman, speaking about the need for parental choice in education: “We need to fight for parents’ rights. The idea that parents don’t have a right to say something about their children’s education? That’s just un-American. They’re the first educators of their children. The family…
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Fox Business News’ David Asman interviews Darla Romfo about pandemic-inspired school choice momentum
“Education might be the one area where we have more freedom after this rather than less, because parents are tuned into what’s happening and a lot of parents are saying, ‘We need to have school choice. We need to have the option of sending our kids to private schools or homeschooling or doing whatever we…
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CSF President Darla Romfo discusses the need for school reopenings on Cavuto Live with David Asman and KDKA Radio
This past week, CSF President Darla Romfo had two opportunities to talk about school reopenings – over the weekend on Cavuto Live with David Asman and earlier in the week on Pittsburgh’s KDKA Radio Morning Show with Larry Richert and Kevin Battle. It’s been widely shown that remote learning has had negative impacts for many…
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Watch Fox Business News anchor David Asman interview CSF President Darla Romfo
Last night on Fox Business Tonight, CSF President Darla M. Romfo discussed the issue of school closures and how private schools are proving schools can reopen safely with David Asman. In making the point that children are suffering learning losses that will affect all of us for years to come, Darla said: “Right now, something…
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In New York, Parents Want and Need School Choices for their Kids. So Why Are the City and State Putting Up Roadblocks?
Note: This opinion piece appeared in The 74 on January 25, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed the need for parental choice in education, and nowhere more starkly than in New York. As we saw this spring, when some students adapted quickly to remote learning while others struggled, in education, one size does not fit all.…
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Private schools prove reopening learning institutions safely can be done
Note: This opinion piece appeared in The Hill on October 9, 2020. By CSF President Darla M. Romfo Weeks into the new school year, many urban public schools serving some of our nation’s poorest children remain closed, continuing to educate remotely. In contrast, the overwhelming majority of inner city private schools opened weeks ago — and many…
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Calling for educational reform, Steve Forbes highlights CSF
As we enter a back to school season like no other, Steve Forbes has joined the growing number of voices calling for better educational options for families. In his What’s Ahead podcast, he notes that charters and organizations like CSF have offered many parents the chance to provide their children with a solid education, but more help is…
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CSF President interviewed on AEI podcast and Chicago radio
This week, CSF President Darla Romfo appeared with Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Howe of AEI on their Are You Kidding Me? podcast, discussing how CSF families have fared during the pandemic, and the challenges their schools face as the new school year approaches. She called for more equitable relief funding for tuition-based schools and the families…
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When private schools lose funding, low-income kids lose too
Note: This opinion piece appeared in The Hill on July 9, 2020. By CSF President Darla M. Romfo The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a wrecking ball into American education. The media has focused on the disruptive shift to remote learning, sometimes with uneven results. Largely ignored however, has been the story unfolding at inner-city, tuition-based…
