Government
Gov. Cooper recognizes School Choice Week in about-face, joins majority of North Carolinians(Nyamekye Daniel | The Center Square ) – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation recognizing North Carolina School Choice Week next week, according to National School Choice… Read More
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School Choice Week celebrates freedom to choose the best education for your childIf you love your school (or better yet, the freedom to choose the best education for your child), this January provides the perfect time to share that with others. Read More
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Learning pods for underserved students earns South Carolina group national recognition(Lisa Buie | reimaginED) – As the pandemic gripped the nation in the spring of 2020, American schools shut down and sent students home to finish the semester through… Read More
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Why we can hope for a better K-12 world in 2022(Jonathan Butcher | remaginED) – Federal officials are trying to appear analytical. Facing dismal student outcomes and lower enrollment at assigned schools in the wake of—and, in some places,… Read More
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Analysis shows education vouchers saved Georgia taxpayers money(Nyamekye Daniel | The Center Square) – Georgia's school choice programs saved taxpayers at least $605 million in fiscal year 2018, an updatedanalysis by EdChoice found.EdChoice… Read More
Government, Public Education
Record-breaking fundraising highlights importance of parents in 2022 electionsWith the primary election still five months away, a Republican candidate for South Carolina Superintendent of Education is already smashing fundraising records. In the first six weeks of her… Read More
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WATCH: Nebraska senator roasts colleagues for hypocrisy over school choiceThe school choice debate in Nebraska remained contentious for the fifth straight year as lawmakers approached voting on LB364, a bill that would give a tax credit per… Read More
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Corey DeAngelis on School Choice: ‘We’re just getting started’Longtime education choice advocate Corey DeAngelis, national director of research at the American Federation for Children and executive director at the Educational Freedom Institute, continued to champion… Read More
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New Hampshire bill would create opt-in version of education freedom account(reimaginED) – For decades, “public education funding” has carried a simple connotation: money, raised by state and local taxpayers, going to local public schools.But Rep. Kevin Verville sees… Read More
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School districts sue to stop Ohio school vouchers(J.D. Davidson | The Center Square) – A coalition of about 100 Ohio public school districts filed a lawsuit Tuesday, challenging the state’s growing private school voucher program.The group,… Read More
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Religious freedom proponents push back on Build Back Better Act childcare languageIn late October President Joe Biden announced the framework for his “Build Back Better” legislation, which would cost taxpayers close to $5 trillion over the next decade. The bill,… Read More
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Conservative justices scoff at Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from tuition-assistance programThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a challenge to a Maine program that pays tuition for some students to attend private school when their… Read More
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in case of public funding for Christian educationA Supreme Court case centered around the use of taxpayer funding for private Christian schools is being heard this week. Today the Court will hear oral arguments in the… Read More
Government, Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools scramble, surpassed by charter schools in enrollmentIn a stunning shift, the number of K-12 students enrolled in Kansas City charter schools has surpassed enrollment in public schools. This means more than half of the 26,500… Read More
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Tennessee Governor Calls for Review of State’s “Outdated” Funding FormulaThe Tennessee governor and the state’s commissioner of education announced a review of Tennessee’s educational funding formula last month, after years of debate and complaints about the complexity of… Read More
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Hawley introduces Parents’ Bill of Rights to protect parental involvement in schoolsThis week, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introducedThe Parents’ Bill of Rights Act, which if passed, will codify parental rights into federal law. As a means of holding school… Read More
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Condoleeza Rice and Congressional School Choice Caucus meeting highlights importance of parent-led education in the USOn November 3, the Congressional School Choice Caucus met with former Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, for a conversation on education issues facing students and parents across the country. … Read More
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The Parent-led education movement can no longer be ignoredAs we look back at the 2021 legislative sessions, there’s a lot to unpack. Whether it was laws pertaining to critical race theory or election integrity, there has certainly… Read More
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Florida Mother Receives Standing Ovation after Calling for ‘Mass Exodus’ from Public Schools over IndoctrinationQuisha King, a Florida mother of two, received a standing ovation when she called for a ‘mass exodus’ from public schools over CRT and concerns that the Biden administration… Read More
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White House “Weaponizing” DOJ to Silence Parents at School Board Meetings in Response to NSBA RequestCritics are pushing back against Attorney General Merrick Garland’s effort to mobilize federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies against uncited ‘threats of violence’ against public school administrators,… Read More