Frances Floresca

Frances Floresca is a freelance reporter and educational policy analyst.

Public Education
Half of parents are sending or considering sending their kids to a new school, survey says

As students prepare to return to school, many parents are looking to send them to a new school.  Nearly half of parents have decided on or are currently considering a… Read More

August 7, 2023
Public Education
School choice advocates ā€˜fact checkā€™ Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs who claimed ESAs are ā€˜unsustainableā€™ based on inflated numbers

School choice advocates are fact checking Arizonaā€™s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who called the stateā€™s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) ā€œunsustainable.ā€ ā€œThe newest voucher cost projections show us what we already… Read More

August 1, 2023
Public Education
‘Theyā€™re afraid of empowered and informed parentsā€™: Nevada sex education committee accused of bias against parents, favored LGBT-inclusive applicants

The sex education committee for a Nevada school district favored ā€œqueer-inclusiveā€ candidates as new members and frowned on those from a parental rights group, says one of the groupā€™s leaders. Read More

July 26, 2023
Legislation
Hundreds of Nevada students expected to lose school choice scholarships. Supporters blame Dem lawmakers

Up to 600 Nevada K-12 students may lose their school choice scholarships next year after the Legislature failed to raise the cap on the program and support the governorā€™s agenda… Read More

July 24, 2023
Public Education
‘Armed with knowledge’: National conference empowers teachers to stand up to unions

Around 200 educators attended the Teacher Freedom Summit last week, a ā€œfirst-of-its-kindā€ conference to help public school teachers understand and stand up to the unions that claim to support them. Read More

July 20, 2023