Category: Private and Parochial Education
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CSF Parent Esperanza: “Education is My Top Priority”
Esperanza is a parent of Oralie, a CSF Scholar in the eighth grade at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School. My name is Esperanza Orozco. I immigrated from Mexico when I was 17 and I have been living in New York for 34 years. I reside in East Harlem. I am a mother of four children—two older boys and…
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New Study Finds 97% HS Graduation Rate for CSF Baltimore Alumni
More good news about the positive effects scholarships have on the children and families who use them. A recently released Friedman Foundation study found that 97 percent of CSF Baltimore (CSFB) alumni graduated from high school, and 84 percent of CSFB alumni went on to enroll in college. High school graduation and college enrollment rates for students…
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Meet a CSF Family: Patricia and Krystal
Patricia Prado is a parent of Krystal, a CSF Scholar in the seventh grade at St. Leo’s School in Corona, Queens. Why did you decide to send Krystal to St. Leo’s School? Patricia: My older daughter didn’t attend a private school and I felt that there was a lack of discipline. We had some issues…
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CSF Parent Lisamarie: “I Want Them to Experience Things I Never Did”
Lisamarie’s two children Jezmeriah (third grade) and Julius (seventh grade) are CSF Scholars attending St. Elizabeth School. Q&A with CSF Parent Lisamarie Lisamarie’s decision to send her son Julius to St. Elizabeth School After sending her oldest child, Julius, to a public school for pre-school, Lisamarie realized that the overcrowded student population would hinder her child…
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CSF Parent Marie: Parents, Schools, and CSF are Partners in Students’ Education
Marie Bathelmy is a proud parent of CSF Scholar Gabriel Laratte, a kindergartner at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy. On March 13th, 2015, Marie spoke at an Education Investment Tax Credit rally in Brooklyn. Read the full speech here. Q& A with CSF Mom Marie Bathelmy Why did you choose to send your child to…
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CSF Scholar Claudia: “If It Wasn’t For You, I Wouldn’t Be The Person I Am Today”
CSF Scholar Claudia Carrero is in the eighth grade at St. Elizabeth School in Manhattan. “Today is history, tomorrow is a mystery.” This statement means a lot to me. Tomorrow is never promised, and understanding that allows me to let things go and forgive. It also inspires me to live my life to the fullest…
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Mike McCurry: Florida tax credit scholarship a national model with bipartisan support
By Mike McCurry When I was President Clinton’s press secretary, I saw the power of bipartisanship. I now see an emerging bipartisan consensus on a critical issue: educational choice for low income families. I am chairman of the Children’s Scholarship Fund, a national nonprofit that provides privately-funded scholarships to poor parents, so they can send…
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Credit-worthy kids – New York Post
A Dominican honor student. A principal from a Harlem school serving poor kids. A Catholic teachers-union official. A parent who works with immigrant families. These and other backers of a plan to boost funding for New York schools hiked up to Albany Monday to make their pitch. They make a strong case. The setting was…
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CSF Applauds Governor Cuomo’s Inclusion of Education Tax Credit in State Budget
Governor’s proposal would empower families, Chairman Mike McCurry says (Wednesday, January 21st, 2015, New York) —The Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF), the largest K-8 scholarship program in New York State, today applauded Governor Andrew Cuomo’s inclusion of the Education Investment Tax Credit (EITC) in his 2015-16 Executive Budget, and the State Senate for passing EITC legislation…
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CSF’s Fall Newsletter Released
Read all about it! The Fall 2014 CSF newsletter is hot off the presses with: Highlights of CSF and CSF partner events in New York and across the country; An update on CSF New York alumni graduation rates and college enrollment; A feature on the new Ben Carson Reading Room at a CSF school, And much more!…
