Government
Breaking: Americans can now use rent payments to qualify for a mortgage, FHFA saysAmericans can now use their rent payment history to help qualify for a mortgage, under a new directive announced Tuesday by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director… Read More
Homeschools
New report: homeschooling is growing and becoming more diverseA new report highlights both the expansion of homeschooling since the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing diversity of families participating in it. “Homeschool participation has grown dramatically in recent years… Read More
Public Education
Public schools down more than 1 million students since COVID; biggest losses in blue statesPublic schools have lost more than 1 million students since the COVID-19 pandemic, new data show, with the steepest declines in blue states that lack school choice. Hawaii, Mississippi, Oregon,… Read More
Homeschools
Real faces of school choice: Empowering homeschool families to learnA former public school teacher turned homeschooling mom is transforming her children’s education with the help of state-funded education savings accounts. Paula Bean taught public school for two years before… Read More
Culture
Congressional intern killed in DC shooting; not intended target, police sayAn aid to U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, was shot and killed Monday night in Washington, D.C. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Massachusetts, was killed when… Read More