Lousiana voucher bill wins bipartisan support
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 61-42 Thursday night in favor of a sweeping voucher bill, and despite the initial...
Read More >Low-income parents are also underdogs in ed reform
Everybody loves the underdog except when it comes to education reform. More than a week after the Florida Senate rejected the...
Read More >Darrell Allison, parental choice leader in North Carolina - podcastED
North Carolina lawmakers took parental choice to new heights last year by removing a cap on charter schools and creating...
Read More >Rep. Richard Corcoran, sponsor of Florida tax credit scholarship bill – podcastED
Behind the scenes, this year's bill to expand Florida’s tax credit scholarship program (which passed the House and Senate and is awaiting...
Read More >More school choice can boost Florida's success with Hispanic students
One of the big, untold stories in Florida education over the past decade has been the rising academic achievement of...
Read More >Florida parent trigger debate didn't bring out best from established parent groups
Amidst all the inflated rhetoric that defined the debate over Florida's parent trigger bill, one persistent claim stood out as particularly jarring: the...
Read More >McKay voucher supporters look to up its game
A couple weeks ago, Scott Jensen, the senior governmental affairs advisor for the American Federation for Children, came down to the Sunshine...
Read More >Florida Legislature passes expansion of tax credit scholarships
Minutes after a dramatic 20-20 tie shot down Florida's parent trigger bill, the state senate voted 32-8 - and virtually...
Read More >Christian Dallavis, working to revitalize Catholic schools - podcastED
Catholic schools used to be neighborhood schools. Many of them served immigrant familes. But since 2000 alone, more than 1,700 have closed in...
Read More >Not all bad apples spoil the whole bunch
A year after I began work as an education reporter, I witnessed a classroom scene so shocking, it haunts me to this...
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