Tag: School Choice

It took three days to come to a final vote because opponents are waging an all-out battle to destroy the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, a program that bolsters district public schools, charter schools, and enables more than 1,100 poor students annually the opportunity to attend private schools by choice. (Washington Examiner file)

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More school choice means more school safety

martin-lueken, Corey DeAngelis · April 4, 2019 4:50 pm

Teachers’ unions step up fight against charter schools

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2019 4:00 am

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School choice cuts crime, reduces paternity suits

Kate Hardiman · March 7, 2019 5:00 am

Group of middle school students collaborating on a project.

Education should focus on who students are, not what they are

Benjamin Payne · March 6, 2019 4:54 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

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DeVos scholarship plan is modeled on a proven success

Quin Hillyer · March 2, 2019 12:25 pm

Teachers, students, and supporters rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall in Oakland, Calif. on Feb. 21, 2019. Teachers in Oakland hit the picket lines just as West Virginia teachers went back to class this week in a display of the national teacher unrest that in many places has moved beyond pay to politics, tackling issues like charter schools and vouchers.

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What are the teachers’ strikes about? Racing to the left

Ray Domanico · February 25, 2019 5:00 am

Students march at the Texas School Choice Rally at the Capitol in Austin.

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As National School Choice Week comes to an end, the movement gains momentum

Nicole Russell · January 26, 2019 5:00 am

Students march at the Texas School Choice Rally at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Hundreds of parents and students from around Texas gathered at the south steps of the Capitol to rally for school choice.

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Want more diversity in Catholic schools like Covington? Try school choice

Nicole Russell · January 25, 2019 7:06 pm

Proponents for a parents' right to choose their children's school gathered with other like minded families and students representing a number of public charter, religious and some home schooling institutions at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, to celebrate National School Choice Week. Those attending represented a number of public charter, religious and some home schooling institutions.

School Choice Week: Help DC students achieve their full potential

Donna Taylor · January 20, 2019 5:00 am

Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush's final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas.

If criminal justice reform is the ‘first step,’ then school choice is the second

Anthony Leonardi · December 31, 2018 10:09 pm

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Fed-up millennial parents should turn to school choice

Brad Polumbo · December 27, 2018 10:17 pm

Elementary school students get on bus

Parents keep sending kids to public schools when they’d rather send them to other kinds of schools

Kate Hardiman · December 19, 2018 8:54 pm