More than 100,000 new students: Breaking down the historic growth in Florida school choice scholarships
Florida is making school choice history this year, awarding more than 455,000 scholarships to help students access education options of...
Read More >Mind the facts about school district enrollment declines
A Jacksonville television station has a story tying enrollment declines in local public schools to the growth of Florida's newly...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 13
Don't believe the hype about the declining value of college. Despite the bad vibes around higher education, the fastest-growing occupations that...
Read More >'We finally have to liberate our district schools'
Each year, Florida passes dozens of new laws affecting school districts. These, in turn, spawn dozens more administrative rules. While...
Read More >Microschools and the hype cycle
Microschools have been having a moment, garnering positive headlines in the Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 12
A new book by economist Melissa Kearney details the advantages of growing up in a two-parent household. She explains this...
Read More >Hybrid schools and ESAs: In theory, a perfect pairing; in practice, a work in progress
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed a contradiction. On one hand, remote learning and school closures were devastating to students and their...
Read More >New survey breaks down changing face of homeschooling
The face of homeschooling is changing, according to a new survey published by The Washington Post. Behind the headline: The Post...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 11
Broken habits Chalkbeat goes inside a Chicago classroom to show learning has not returned to normal. [I]nside Nikhil Bhatia’s classroom,...
Read More >The bowl or the meal? Charter schools could be both
At the intersection of two sets of challenges lies an untapped opportunity. A growing number of parents are using education...
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