School Choice Picks Up Steam Ahead of Nevada’s Legislative Session

Legislation and a viral video follow Texas’s new school choice law, adding momentum to a national movement for promoting options.
School Choice Picks Up Steam Ahead of Nevada’s Legislative Session
A school sign in Orange, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Aaron Gifford
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School choice in the Silver State, and potentially the rest of the nation, recently got a huge boost from a 9-year-old art prodigy with a 170 IQ.

During a hearing for Nevada’s proposed AB 584 Educational Accountability Act last month, Juliette Leong of Reno told the Assembly Ways and Means Committee that she performs high school math, won six national math competitions, performed music at Carnegie Hall, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sales of her paintings to charities.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.