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01/31/25 | Lisa Buie
Florida charter schools grow – and challenge their own status quo
At the annual Florida School Choice Conference and School Choice Summit, attendees got their customary sendoff from Jim Horne, a former state senator, state education commissioner and pioneer of the...
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01/29/25 | Lisa Buie
Microschool fellowship program helps former public school educator pursue his entrepreneurial dreams
Growing up, Adam Tweet loved learning. Until he didn’t. Kindergarten was amazing, but as he got older, Adam wanted the freedom to pursue things he enjoyed. He loved reading but...
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12/20/24 | Lisa Buie
Father fighting to save South Carolina scholarship program calls decision ‘an opportunity to stand up for my children’s education’
When Constantine and Aliona Shulikov left the former Soviet Union as children to escape religious persecution three decades ago, public education there was one-size-fits-all. Students attended assigned cookie-cutter government schools...
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12/05/24 | Lisa Buie
Palmetto state parents fight to regain power to send their kids to private schools
Two South Carolina parents are fighting to reclaim the power to direct their children’s education after a state Supreme Court ruling ripped it away only weeks into the new school...
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12/05/24 | Lisa Buie
After years of enrollment declines, new migration to the Tampa Bay area creates rising demand for Jewish schools
TAMPA, Fla. — With 16 dormer windows that peek out from all sides of the roof and a wrap-around porch, the building looks more like a place to relax than...
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11/26/24 | Lisa Buie
‘If you don’t innovate, you will stagnate’: Florida charter schools urged to evolve
Education is no longer about students sitting in rows of desks from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. And school choice, the term supporters used for years to describe the movement...
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11/13/24 | Lisa Buie
Rising parent demand stretches Florida’s Personalized Education Program to its limit for 2024-25
Florida’s scholarship program for K-12 students who don’t attend school full-time has turned on the “no vacancy” sign. The Personalized Education Program operates as an education savings account that allocates...
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11/12/24 | Lisa Buie
Despite setbacks at the ballot box, young education choice alum vows to continue the fight for parent-directed education
Jayleesha Cooper sat in her apartment at the University of Chicago and watched with hope as the election results rolled in. The college senior from Omaha had marked her mail-in...
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10/17/24 | Lisa Buie
Billionaire awards a new version of the Yass Prize, this time to help an entire state
The big news: Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez could hardly contain her excitement. A Philadelphia billionaire whose name she had never heard before had donated $900,000 to cover tuition for her three...
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10/09/24 | Lisa Buie
SCOTUS sidesteps families’ challenge to Michigan’s restrictive Blaine Amendment
The big story: After delivering a one-two punch to Blaine Amendments, the nation’s highest court decided not to take aim at Michigan’s version. Zoom in: This week, the U.S. Supreme...
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09/30/24 | Lisa Buie
‘I was in shock’: South Carolina education choice ruling sends mom scrambling
For a decade, Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez served her country as a Marine sergeant. She spent seven months deployed in the Middle East where she fought to stem the tide of...
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09/17/24 | Lisa Buie
Report: Educational struggles continue for vulnerable populations after COVID
The story: Students with disabilities and English language learners were poorly served before the pandemic and will need urgent, long-term help to recover from learning losses, according to a report from...
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09/13/24 | Lisa Buie
School choice threatened for thousands of families after back-to-back court losses in two states
The story: The nation’s education choice movement suffered its second legal defeat in as many days after the Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday put the fate of a new school...
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09/11/24 | Lisa Buie
South Carolina’s top education leader vows to defend ESA program after state high court strikes it down
The big story: Nearly 3,000 low-income students and their families now find themselves scrambling for education options a month into the new school year after the South Carolina Supreme...
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08/19/24 | Lisa Buie
Maine could be ground zero again for another Supreme Court ruling on school choice
The story: A federal judge’s ruling means that Maine can continue to bar religious schools from a state school choice program, despite a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that...
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07/15/24 | Lisa Buie
With no court ruling, almost 3,000 South Carolina ESA families face uncertainty as new school year draws closer
The latest: With about a month left before the new school year begins, nearly 3,000 South Carolina students and their families still face uncertainty as they wait for the South...
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07/12/24 | Lisa Buie
A victory in the Treasure State
Families of children with special needs who signed up for Montana’s just-launched education savings accounts are celebrating. A judge blocked an attempt to halt the program while courts hear a...
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07/02/24 | Lisa Buie
Alaska high court ruling ensures certainty during upcoming school year for thousands of families using unique ed choice program
The news: About 23,000 families who rely on a unique Alaska’s education unique correspondence program that dates to before statehood will not have to scramble to find other educational options...
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06/26/24 | Lisa Buie
Arkansas education choice opponents want to challenge like it’s 1999 – in Florida
The story: After trying once and failing, opponents of Arkansas legislation that established education savings accounts are trying again to shut it down with a lawsuit. The latest: The complaint,...
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