Private Schools
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New Hampshire judge rejects teachers union challenge to Education Freedom Accounts Program
The story: As legal challenges to the wave of newly adopted education choice laws wind through the courts, a judge just handed New Hampshire a big win. On Tuesday, the Merrimack Superior Court rebuffed a legal challenge to the Granite State’s Education Freedom Account Program, siding with the state and... READ MORETwo ed choice giants join forces to defend families’ freedom as ESAs usher in new era
The school choice movement has entered a new era. A clear signal of that came today with the announcement that Institute for Justice, the national public interest law firm...
READ MOREBring out yer dead — Florida edition!
So last week I related the incredibly weak evidence for the “death” of district schooling in Arizona. That evidence shows flat to gently sloping enrollment district enrollment, all-time highs for...
READ MOREZoning, land use and local rules create hurdles for new private schools
The headline: Families who enrolled their children at a new Jewish day school in South Florida were forced to temporarily seek other options after local zoning and permitting issues delayed...
READ MOREFlorida’s Catholic schools see across-the-board enrollment increases
School is back in session for Catholic schools across all seven dioceses in Florida. This year, each of them is seeing another enrollment increase. This broad, widespread enrollment growth is...
READ MORESpecial report: Why Catholic schools in Florida are growing
This paper was authored by the Step Up For Students team of Lauren May, director of advocacy and a former Catholic school teacher and principal; Patrick Gibbons, senior manager for...
READ MOREThe federalism path to education freedom
The Teach Coalition Office of Jewish Education Policy and Research released a study last week on enrollment in New York Jewish Day Schools. Enrollment growth has slowed, and after exploring...
READ MOREpodcastED: National charter school movement leader talks about charter performance and Oklahoma’s approval of a religious charter school
On this episode, senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Founded in 2005, the alliance’s...
READ MOREThree trends worth watching in public sentiment on schooling
EdChoice is out with its latest Schooling in America Survey, one of the most comprehensive snapshots of what Americans think of their schools. It’s packed with interesting data points to...
READ MORECorcoran one of three finalists for New College presidency, Sarasota’s ‘woke’ school budget, new cell phone rules in Orange schools, and more
READ MORESchool choice, power and teacher perks
One of Florida’s leaders in expanding educational options within the public-school system is also innovating in a different way: Creating a two-tiered system for determining who can access those options....
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