Lisa Buie

Lisa Buie is senior reporter for reimaginED. She spent more than a dozen years as a reporter and bureau chief at the Tampa Bay Times before joining Shriners Hospitals for Children — Tampa, where…

Christian Schools, Legislation
Florida Catholic school enrollment boosted by stellar academics, strong faith foundation and expanded education choice scholarships

(reimaginEd) – Enrollment in Florida’s Catholic schools, which rebounded slightly last year after a pandemic dip in 2020-21, is now the highest it’s been in more than a decade. Figures… Read More

December 9, 2022
Legislation
West Virginia’s highest court’s opinion: Education choice programs, traditional public school systems can co-exist

(reimaginED) – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, which last month upheld the constitutionality of the Hope Scholarship education choice program, issued on Thursday a 49-page majority decision that… Read More

November 21, 2022
Legislation
West Virginia advocacy group creates website to show impact of contested scholarship program

(reimaginED) – Almost immediately after a judge’s ruling shut down the state’s first education savings account program, emails flooded the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy from families pouring their hearts… Read More

October 7, 2022
Legislation
Vermont to school districts: No more religious discrimination in town tuitioning school choice programs

(reimaginED) – Vermont residents who live in towns too small to operate district high schools may now use public funds to send their children to faith-based private schools. The Education… Read More

October 4, 2022
Legislation
Vermont to school districts: No more religious discrimination in town tuitioning school choice programs

The Gallos were one of several Vermont families who sued the state over its policy banning religious private schools from participating in town tuitioning programs offered in areas… Read More

September 29, 2022