Indiana OKs broad voucher bill
The nation’s most sweeping school voucher program — with tuition aid for low- and middle-income families — is now law in Indiana. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the bill today, along with another bill...
View ArticleElite schools ease up on homework
Some ultra-competitive private schools are assigning less homework to avoid overstressing students, reports the New York Times. Of course, that means cutting back to only four hours a night or perhaps...
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Choice rules: Red tape or red herring?
Most private schools will participate in choice programs, even if they’re held accountable for students’ achievement, concludes a new Fordham study, School Choice Regulations: Red Tape or Red Herring?...
View ArticleGifted or test prepped?
Test prep for four-year-olds keeps escalating in Manhattan, reports the New York Times. It’s a game played by well-to-do parents eager to get their kids into public gifted programs or into selective...
View ArticleStudy: Vouchers raise college-going for blacks
Black students who used vouchers to attend New York City private schools were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college compared to similar students who lost the voucher lottery, write Matthew M....
View ArticleCollegebound can’t opt out of Common Core
Common Core Standards will affect homeschoolers when their children apply to college, writes Paula Bolyard in PJ Lifestyle. Without traditional academic credentials, homeschooled students need strong...
View ArticleHow parents choose schools
Georgia parents don’t choose private schools for their test scores, concludes More Than Scores, a study of the the state’s tax-credit scholarship program by the Friedman Foundation for Educational...
View ArticleWho’s using Indiana vouchers and why
Eighty-one percent of Indiana’s voucher students are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch, reports the Friedman Foundation. Two-thirds live in urban areas, half are minority and 11 percent have...
View ArticleCincinnati’s Catholic teachers are ‘ministers’
“Thou shalt not” do — or publicly support — premarital sex, extramarital sex, unmarried cohabitation, in-vitro fertilization, a gay “lifestyle” or a host of other issues, if you want to teach in...
View ArticleVoucher advocates can learn from charters
Voucher advocates can learn from the charter sector’s experience argues The Chartered Course, a Friedman Foundation report. Private school choice advocates should look at school network structure, the...
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Choosers like their schools
Charter parents are considerably more satisfied with their children’s schools than are district-school parents, according to a new Education Next survey. Private-school parents are the happiest of all....
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Vouchers help religious schools
Church-affiliated schools — and the parents who value a religious education — are big winners in Indiana’s voucher program, writes Cory Turner on NPR. Since 2011, the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program...
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Public prefers private schools
Americans think private schools provide the best K-12 education, according to a new Gallup poll. Next in order are parochial, charter, home and public schooling. While 71 percent think independent...
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Schools for citizens
“Our public schools” have a critical role as “an incubator of citizens,” writes Erika Christakis in The Atlantic. Our public-education system is about much more than personal achievement; it is about...
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Test-optional students are as likely to graduate
At colleges that don’t require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores, students admitted on grades alone are just as likely to graduate as those who submit test scores, according to a new study,...
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Snobby private schools reject AP
Eight D.C.-area private schools are dropping Advanced Placement classes in favor of home-grown classes that will “allow for authentic engagement with the world and demonstrate respect for students’...
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NC parents choose alternatives
Homeschooling has surged in North Carolina, while enrollment in traditional schools is declining. Photo: Travis Long/News & Observer North Carolina public schools are losing students to charter...
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Fear and toadying at elite private schools
Harvard-Westlake School Wealthy parents are paying $40,000 and more a year to have their children taught that capitalism is evil and that all Whites are racist, writes Bari Weiss in The Miseducation of...
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Beware of ‘back to normal’
Photo: Yan Krukov/Pexels It’s great to get kids back into classrooms, but remember that “normal” wasn’t good, says Robin Lake of the Center for Reinventing Education in an interview with Stefanie...
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Elite private schools tackle ‘privilege’
Grace Church School’s elementary campus in New York City. New York City’s ultra-elite private schools, designed to ensure the children of the wealthy perpetuate their parents’ status, are teaching...
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