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A new report says enrollment jumped 3.8% in the last year, suggesting that parents dissatisfied with schools during the coronavirus pandemic are making moves. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Newsweek | accountability |
National
Americans today are questioning the public school system more than at any other time in my life. And it's not just conservatives. Recently, liberals have started voicing their discontent with teachers unions, school closures and mask mandates for kids. Read More...
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Hybrid schools — or a combination of at-home and in-classroom learning — are starting up across the country from California to Louisiana and from Tennessee to Massachusetts as a way for students to get the best of both worlds when it comes to home learning and being with their peers. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Real Clear Education | homeschooling |
National
As the United States observes Black History Month, African-American families are making history by leaving failing public schools and homeschooling their children in record numbers. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Florida Today | school choice |
National
As public education is right now, students, parents, and taxpayers are certainly not getting what we’re paying for. We are already failing our children and country, and greater failure and conflict is inevitable until we embrace school choice, for starters. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | elections |
Towns, States, West, California
If it can happen in San Francisco, of all places, Democrats should be worried. They need to escape their union bondage and woke fixations. Republicans have a great opportunity to press parental choice on curriculum, charters and vouchers. The woke may wake up to a far bigger shock in November. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | elections |
Towns, States, West, California
San Francisco is so famous for its liberalism that the city has become shorthand for eccentric political sensibilities far to the left of most Americans. But after Tuesday’s trio of school board recalls, Democrats and Republicans alike see the city not as an outlier, but as a potential bellwether. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |New York Times | elections |
Towns, States, West, California
But the recall election this week that ousted three board members wasn’t about only local politics. It also reflected a trend: Many Americans, even in liberal places, seem frustrated by what they consider a leftward lurch from parts of the Democratic Party and its allies. This frustration spans several issues, including education, crime and Covid-19. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Associated Press | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s new school choice program survived several legislative attempts to repeal or curtail it Wednesday. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |KOCO | school choice |
States, South, Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Speaker of the House Charles McCall stood his ground against fellow Republican efforts to pass a school choice bill. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |nj.com | charter schools |
States, Northeast, New Jersey
Last summer, the New Jersey Supreme Court finally upheld the 2016 expansion of seven charter schools to continue to serve thousands more students after a contentious fight that undermined family choice and student achievement. That percolating tension still exists. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |KARE 11 | teachers unions |
States, Midwest, Minnesota
The St. Paul Federation of Educators begins voting Thursday, the same day members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers finalize their votes. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | school funding |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
In arguing that Pennsylvania’s method of funding public education is so inadequate and inequitable as to be unconstitutional, the school districts, statewide groups, and parents suing the state have cited an expert’s calculations that districts are underfunded by $4.6 billion. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |The Center Square | school choice |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
A new report is highlighting the record high demand for Pennsylvania’s school-choice programs as evidence lawmakers in Harrisburg should consider better ways of expanding access for families. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |The Detroit News | state budget |
States, Midwest, Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently made a big deal about her budget and its significant bump to education spending. In typical fashion, she’s keeping political considerations at the forefront — not necessarily what’s best for Michigan’s kids or their families. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |WJLA | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Virginia
School leadership said the current program is falling short of Arlington Public School’s vision of a “full range of academic and social-emotional services” for virtual students. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Associated Press | school choice |
States, West, Arizona
Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a massive expansion of the state’s school voucher system on Wednesday, a contentious proposal the sponsor says is aimed at low-income students but that also adds wealthier parents who could use public money to pay for private schools.
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Feb 17, 2022 |Dallas Morning News | higher education |
States, South, Texas
Despite automatic admissions, officials worry too many students aren’t seeking higher education. This might be why. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Colorado Springs Gazette | teachers unions |
Towns, States, West, Colorado
It’s time for another test of the death-grip teachers unions hold over public education in Colorado. Once again, the target is the Douglas County School District. I say “once again” because DCS has been targeted before and this has become a frequent pattern in our state and around the country. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Las Vegas Review-Journal | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Nevada
The state’s charter school board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Pinecrest Academy of Nevada to open a virtual school and increase enrollment at two of its campuses. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Wisconsin Public Radio | school districts |
Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin
Republican lawmakers in the Wisconsin Legislature defended their plan to break the state's largest school district into between four and eight smaller districts at a Wednesday hearing. Read More...
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Feb 17, 2022 |Salt Lake Tribune | school choice |
States, West, Utah
Some parents and teachers said they’re concerned that HB331 will drain money from the public school system. Read More...
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