Government
Texas picks experienced operator for school choice program, announces name: Education Freedom AccountsTexas has selected an experienced company to help administer its new $1 billion school choice program and announced the program’s official name: Texas Education Freedom Accounts. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock… Read More
Culture
Education reform movement nurtured at Harvard’s Kennedy SchoolDeep within the bastions of liberal Harvard University, a small enclave of school reformers is quietly reshaping the conversation around education. Nearly 30 years ago, Paul E. Peterson… Read More
Christian Schools
North Carolina nonprofit launches effort to expand private schools in rural areasThe lack of rural private schools has long been used as an argument against expanding school choice programs, but a North Carolina nonprofit is looking to change that. Parents for… Read More
Schools
Public schools spend more per pupil than private schools in all but one state, study shows, smashing the ‘underfunded’ myth(Heartlander News) — Public school spending has grown so rapidly in recent years that it now exceeds the average cost of private school in every state but Utah, a new… Read More
Government
Texas expected to open school choice applications by Jan. 1Texans hoping to take advantage of the state’s new school choice program can expect to submit applications “by the first of the year,” acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said this week. Read More