Opinion
Court’s ruling meant to kill school choice in South Carolina backfired(The Daily Signal) – South Carolina’s school choice program faced a crushing setback when the state’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional after hundreds of students had already started classes at… Read More
Courts
$6 million in fraud, multiple bribes paid at Houston school districtMultiple guilty verdicts have been handed down in a nine-year fraud case that cost Houston ISD – and its taxpayers – millions. A federal jury convicted the Houston… Read More
School Choice
Utah judge declares school choice unconstitutional; governor, lawmakers prepare appeal(The Heartlander) — Utah’s universal school choice program is facing a lethal legal setback after a judge ruled it unconstitutional.The Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, created… Read More
Politics
Texas’ decades-long fight over school choice: How it happened(The Center Square) – For more than 20 years, House Republicans and Democrats have opposed a taxpayer-funded subsidy to allow families to send their child to a private school… Read More
Public Education
39K apply for Louisiana’s new school choice program, ‘among the largest turnouts’ in the nationMore than 39,000 students have applied for Louisiana’s new school choice program, the equivalent of about 6% of the state’s public-school enrollment. Applications came at nearly 1,000 per… Read More
Public Education
Another shooting at Dallas high school riddled with violenceA 17-year-old student is in custody after shooting four people at a Dallas high school Tuesday, the second shooting at the school in one year. No one died… Read More
Government
North Dakota close to approving charter schoolsNorth Dakota is on the cusp of becoming the 47th state to legalize charter schools, as a separate school choice bill is still on the table. Read More
School Choice
Politics stopping school choice in Pennsylvania, state senator says(The Heartlander) — The culture war and politics are interfering with education in the Keystone State, Pennsylvania state Sen. Scott Martin tells The Heartlander. Martin, a Republican from… Read More
Opinion
School choice isn’t to blame for Texas schools’ strugglesAs school choice nears passage in the Texas House, opponents are already claiming school choice will deprive public schools of funding and force them to close. While this… Read More
Public Education
A DOGE-like program could help Louisiana parents decide where to send their children to schoolAs Louisiana continues its push to improve education through school choice, it has introduced a new accountability tool granting an inside look at schools and how education dollars are… Read More