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Your guide to the intersection of school choice, the courts and the constitution.

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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 kids and other students whose state scholarships had been ripped away by a South Carolina Supreme Court ruling.  “This is... READ MORE
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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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Arizona Mama Bears versus the Blob of Bureaucratic Goop
  Years ago, education reformers coined the phrase “Big Learning Organization Bureaucracies aka the BLOB” to describe the collection of groups associated with the K-12 status quo. Recently the Arizona...
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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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