Public Education
Michigan parents demand resignation of school board and administrators(The Center Square) – A group of parents in Rochester, Mich., are demanding a dramatic change in school leadership. Parents expressed their anger at Rochester Community Public Schools administrators and… Read More
Public Education
DeSantis signs financial literacy bill into law(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law requiring high school students to take a financial literacy course as a graduation requirement. SB 1054, filed… Read More
Public Education
Suburban property values can surge along with student opportunity(reimaginED) – I’ve heard that advocates of open enrollment reform are encountering opponents who claim that if you allow open enrollment, then suburban property values will go down. Scottsdale, Arizona… Read More
Public Education
Teacher unions lose the ‘drain resources’ argument(reimaginED) – School choice opponents like the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers often argue that vouchers, education savings accounts, and other parent-centered reforms would “drain… Read More
Public Education
29,000 Minneapolis kids without school for 10th day as teachers strike(The Center Square) – First, COVID-19 disrupted classes in 2020, and now it’s teachers keeping kids out of class in 2022. More than 29,000 Minneapolis students couldn’t attend class Monday as… Read More
Legislation
Support for school choice and parents’ involvement in education is high in latest pollHow do Americans feel about school choice? Strongly supportive, according to a new poll by the American Federation for Children and Invest in Education. According to… Read More
Christian Schools, Legislation
Making Christian classical education accessible to all(reimaginED) – Kevin Clark is a fellow at The Society for Classical Learning. He’s co-author of an influential book about Christian classical education. For 15 years, he taught… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee Senate modifies higher ed ‘divisive concepts’ bill, sends it back to House(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Senate has approved a bill that would prevent public higher education students and employees from being required to conform to “divisive concepts” or be… Read More
Public Education
The impact of the 2022 Florida legislative session on public education(reimaginED) – On this episode, Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill and Legislative Affairs Manager Alexis Laroe discuss the changes coming to education choice programs in Florida following the… Read More
Public Education
Oregon’s woke curriculum revisions include all students, even kindergartenersOregon has set new curriculum guidelines that include making kindergarteners understand their “identity” and focusing on other issues related to race, gender and religion. The revised… Read More
Public Education
Seattle students breathing easier without mask mandate while union still pushes masks(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools’ (SPS) newly appointed Superintendent Brent Jones presented his first state of the district address on March 15 with no mention of the lifted… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent brings education choice vision to nation’s second-largest school district(reimaginED) – In a letter to members of the Los Angeles Unified School District community – families, students, educators and staff – newly seated superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who took the… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Georgia Senate kills school-choice bill(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. Read More
Legislation
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum(The Center Square) – Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the state’s open records law if a recently-filed… Read More
Legislation
Op-Ed: Let every Washington student have school choice like I did(The Center Square) – When Washington Governor Jay Inslee released a proclamation recognizing National School Choice Week, I was optimistic for the future of K-12 education in… Read More
Legislation
School choice offers hope to Oklahoma students, families(reimaginED) – Oklahoma parent Kelly Shank says that if her youngest son had anything to say about it, he would not socialize at all. Now in sixth grade, her son… Read More
Public Education
South Florida mom shares how school choice scholarship offered haven to bullied daughter(reimaginED) – On this episode, reimaginED Senior Writer Lisa Buie talks with Cherie Sanders, mother of a thriving eighth-grader at a faith-based school in the Fort Lauderdale area. Sanders’ daughter… Read More
Public Education
Rochester parent sues school district for thwarting FOIA requests(The Center Square) – Rochester Community School District in Michigan has received an “incomplete” grade for its response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a parent seeking curriculum… Read More
Public Education
Teachers union strike in Minneapolis enters second week as potential ‘make up days’ accumulateHundreds of Minneapolis teachers union members are on strike for a second week, demanding better wages, reduced class sizes and mental health support. And teachers are threatening to… Read More
Public Education
Education analysts: Schools’ COVID-aid spending could send new hires off a fiscal cliff again(The Center Square) – As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past, leading… Read More