Back in January, I shared a “Feel-Good” map from the American Legislative Exchange Council showing how school choice was spreading around the country.

Today, let’s review another feel-good map, in this case from EdChoice’s newest edition of The ABCs of School Choice.  As you can see, there are now school choice programs in 34 states, which is amazing progress.

Indeed, there are actually 75 different school choice programs, with some being unfortunately limited.

But in a few states – notably Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, New Hampshire, and West Virginia – the programs are universal.

And I’ve written columns about the plans enacted by various states (West Virginia, Arizona, Iowa, Utah, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas).

Here’s a chart showing the growth of school choice over the years.

And here’s a chart showing the number of students directly benefiting (all students benefit to some degree since academic research shows that school choice leads to better performance by government schools).

I expect next year’s version of this map and these charts will look even better.

Victory for students (and Milton Friedman) over teacher unions!

P.S. School choice is also an international phenomenon. I’ve written about programs in Canada, Sweden, Chile, the Netherlands, and Denmark.