Government
PA House passes bill that could create separate high school sports playoffs for private schoolsThe Pennsylvania House approved a bill this week that could reshape high school sports in the state. Lawmakers voted 178-23 to pass House Bill 41, which could… Read More
Homeschools
Choose your own education adventure: Florida town showcases multiple learning optionsAs Laura Felker works in the data and artificial intelligence (AI) industry, sheâs planning for her sonâs education to be anything but ordinary. âI wanted some kind of meet-in-the-middle microschool,â she told… Read More
Courts
Public education nonprofit sues Wisconsin county for selling empty property to Christian schoolÂA thriving Christian school in Wisconsin is facing a lawsuit against its effort to purchase an unused public college campus. FaithRidge Christian School, formerly Ozaukee Christian School, has offered… Read More
Courts
Colorado Christian school challenges state ban on religious fundingThe outcome of a Colorado Christian school’s lawsuit could reshape American education by creating an avenue for religious schools to receive public funding. Riverstone Academy is suing the Colorado Commissioner of… Read More
Homeschools
Maine homeschoolers enjoy flexibility, success in alternative education modelsFor Lisa Berry, educational âsuccessâ involves far more than a diploma or other certification. âMost people would agree that success, in life or education, is really about being able to… Read More
Christian Schools
Alabama reopens school choice applications after huge first year popularityApplications are open for Alabamaâs second year of school choice scholarship after receiving 36,000 applications in its inaugural year. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced last month applications for the next school year would open Jan. 2 for the Creating Hope and… Read More
World
Christian school in Ukraine sustains damage in Russia drone strikesA Christian school in Ukraine suffered damages to its building Nov. 30 after it was hit in an alleged Russian drone attack, WORLD News Group reported… Read More
Government
Arkansas may ban school choice funds from being used for team sportsA proposed new rule may prohibit homeschool and private-school families from using Arkansasâ education freedom funds for team sports â even as public schools face no such restrictions. In describing… Read More
Christian Schools
New Christian school challenges Colorado’s ban on public fundingA Christian school in Pueblo, Colorado, has reopened the debate on whether sectarian schools should be able to receive public funds. Riverstone Academy, which opened this… Read More
Christian Schools
Watch: Children learn to love faith, farm life at Virginia one-room school house started by former public school teacherWhen Virginia school teacher Dennita Miskimen quit her 23-year career to start a one-room school house, people thought she was crazy. But four years later The Little Red Schoolhouse is… Read More
Culture
Watch: Annunciation school shooting victim released from hospital, receives heroâs welcomeÂNearly two months after being shot during an attack during a chapel service at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota, 12-year-old Sophia Forchas was released from the hospital on Thursday. Read More
Christian Schools
Pennsylvania allowing more private school children to play interscholastic sportsStudents at certain private schools in Pennsylvania will soon have new athletic opportunities. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has begrudgingly approved a policy letting students of faith-based private… Read More
Christian Schools
Enrollment grows for Florida nonprofit with no-cost Christian school for at-risk kidsA faith-based Florida nonprofit is continuing to grow its free private Christian school program to serve at-risk children in Palm Beach County, Florida. Urban Youth Impact in West Palm Beach offers K-5th… Read More
Christian Schools
Oklahoma Catholic leaders plan to open online private schoolAfter the U.S. Supreme Court blocked what would have been the nationâs first religious charter school on a rare 4-4 vote, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma now… Read More
Culture
Trans gunman, 2 children dead at Minneapolis Catholic school, 17 others injuredA gunman is dead after shooting through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church where K-8th grade students were gathered for Mass Wednesday morning, killing two children and leaving 17 others… Read More
Government
Georgia school choice program starts strong, with room to growGeorgiaâs school choice program is off to a robust start, but thereâs room to expand it to more families, an advocate says. Starting this year, students zoned for public schools… Read More
Government
Iowa school choice program goes fully universal, approves nearly 44,000 scholarshipsSchool choice is booming in Iowa as the program is now fully universal. The stateâs education savings account (ESA) program has grown over 50% in just… Read More
Christian Schools
School choice helps launch private school for low-income boys in PennsylvaniaA new private school serving low-income boys is opening this fall in West Mifflin, located 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, made possible in part by Pennsylvania’s private school choice program. Read More
Christian Schools
âGod is faithfulâ: How one homeschool mom started a tuition-free Christian school for children of incarcerated parentsIn the late 1980s, Robin Khoury was a new homeschool mom facing opposition from friends and family members who didnât understand her decision to teach her oldest son at home… Read More
Christian Schools
Inaugural pro-life award recognizes Ohio Christian school’s dedication to the sanctity of lifeA Christian school in Ohio has received a new pro-life award for integrating pro-life values into its curriculum. Calvary Christian School in Bellefontaine, Ohio, about 45 miles northwest of Columbus,… Read More