Category: Partner Programs
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CSF Celebrates National School Choice Week 2026
This year’s National School Choice Week was action-packed, with CSF and CSF partners celebrating educational freedom nationwide. New York Student Showcase: CSF celebrated school choice in the Big Apple with a School Choice Student Showcase, bringing together children, parents, and school administrators for a joyful program of student performances. We had steel pan drumming, ballroom dancing, and…
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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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From Fight Mode to Flourishing: How One Family Found Peace and Progress with Educational Freedom
Abbey Clegg is a mom to three children: Emilia Jo, Tey, and Corabelle. Like many parents, she hoped her local school would provide the support her youngest daughter needed. But the reality was far more difficult. “Emilia Jo was constantly stressed and in fight mode,” Abbey remembers. “She wasn’t herself.” A full evaluation by the…
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“I Love My School”: One Mom’s Story of Joy, Growth, and the Power of Educational Freedom
CSF New Hampshire Mom Natalie is raising three children, including an adult son with autism. Looking back, she remembers the frustration of watching him navigate a public school system that didn’t meet his needs. “The class sizes were huge,” she says. “I always felt stuck, unable to give him the kind of education I knew…
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CSF Creates Guide to Starting a Scholarship Granting Organization
CSF’s new Guide to Starting a Scholarship Granting Organization provides a practical roadmap for establishing and operating a privately funded scholarship granting organization, drawing from 25 years of Children’s Scholarship Fund experience. It covers essential elements from mission development and legal establishment to program design and donor relationships. With templates and practical implementation advice, this…
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Highlights from CSF’s Palm Beach event
Last week, Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) hosted an event in Palm Beach, Florida at the home of CSF Board Member Remy Trafelet and his wife, Missy. It was a lovely opportunity to introduce CSF’s work to a wider audience. For 25 years, CSF has been providing scholarships so that low-income children can attend a better school. CSF…
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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 Celebrates School Choice Week with Parent Power Event
Last week, CSF celebrated National School Choice Week 2022 with a Parent Power webinar featuring an interview with parent advocate Virginia Walden Ford, conversations with CSF parents and principals from New York CIty and New Hampshire, video testimonials, and a raffle drawing. Virginia Walden Ford, or Miss Virginia as she is known to fans of the…
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CSF’s 2019 Champions for Children Celebration Marks 21 Years
Last week, CSF was honored to recognize CSF Alumnus Jason Tejada, education reform advocate Derrell Bradford, and investor and philanthropist Arthur Rock as this year’s Champions for Children. The event marked 21 years since CSF’s founding, during which time 174,000 students have benefitted from scholarships funded by CSF and its partners. Kicking off…
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As CSF turns 20, equal opportunity in education remains a worthy goal
By CSF President Darla M. Romfo “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther King Jr.’s “‘Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963 Fifty-five years after Martin Luther…
