Khan Academy partners with private school choice in Florida
A few months ago, 13-year-old ninth-grader Giovanni Munnerlyn was in a public middle school in Tampa, Fla., being shuffled from one...
Read More >For school choice, the best publicity ever
Talk about unintended consequences. Has anything ever - ever - generated more positive publicity for school choice than the teachers strike in...
Read More >'The train has left the station on school choice' - Florida BOE Chair Gary Chartrand, podcastED
Florida is a national leader in expanding school choice. And the state's new top education official doesn’t see the momentum...
Read More >More signs of a Catholic school comeback
News about Catholic schools in the U.S. usually isn't good. Rarely a week goes by without a headline about another...
Read More >Florida Gov. Rick Scott: 'We cannot declare war on teachers'
As part of his education "listening tour" this week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott outlined his guiding principles on education in...
Read More >Chicago teachers strike may do wonders for school choice
There’s a ton of coverage of the teachers strike in Chicago today, but as we scan the headlines, it’s clear some...
Read More >'The radical potential of school vouchers'
In this recent Los Angeles Times piece, education historian Jonathan Zimmerman (pictured here) credits Mitt Romney for offering a more ambitious education agenda...
Read More >KKK vouchers? Ethnic cleansing? All sides in education debate need a breather
Sad but true: The other day, one of Louisiana’s statewide teachers unions tweeted that the Black Alliance for Educational Options,...
Read More >Lawmaker worries next Florida education commissioner will be voucher-friendly
Should Florida’s next education commissioner be committed to the success of all students, no matter what type of educational setting...
Read More >FBOE member: Next Florida education commissioner needs "a lot of autonomy"
As the Florida Board of Education ramped up its search this morning for a new state education commissioner, one of its...
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