Tag: School Vouchers

Teachers' unions are attacking charter schools for supposedly "cherry-picking" which students to admit. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

School choice movement showing remarkable growth

Jason Russell · January 29, 2015 9:35 pm

In an impressive display of "we don't care how this looks," the Florida Education Association has sued the Sunshine State to prevent students from receiving more state-managed, privately-funded scholarships, including a new scholarship program for disabled students.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers union sues to prevent expansion of privately-funded voucher program

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 6:57 pm

Deion Sanders: ‘It’s time’ for school choice, charter schools

Paul Bedard · July 16, 2014 2:33 pm

Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke said Tuesday that the state should not have expanded the private school voucher program statewide or created a new private school tax deduction. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful would cut school vouchers

Washington Examiner · March 19, 2014 4:00 am

Republicans accused the Obama administration of meddling in how parents choose to educate their children, preventing students from attending schools they could otherwise not afford. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)

Justice Department drops lawsuit over Louisiana school vouchers

Brian Hughes · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal expressed solidarity with Phil Robertson after he was suspended by A&E from the show "Duck Dynasty" for making controversial comments about gay people.ÃÂ (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty images)

Feds seek more time for documents in Louisiana school voucher case

Associated Press · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal attacked the Justice Department for trying to impede the program that gives vouchers to poor students, arguing that the use of vouchers âimpeded the desegregation processâ of failing Louisiana schools. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Justice Department: Bobby Jindal’s student vouchers are racist

Joel Gehrke · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Radio Stations pull Ke$ha, Foster the People songs after Newtown massacre

Laura Byrne · December 19, 2012 7:33 pm

D.C. school voucher program in danger of expiring in 2010

Leah Fabel · January 6, 2009 5:00 am