In states where parents can exercise choice about which schools their children attend, more effort should be made to help those parents understand the data collected about schools, and to ensure the information is what they need to reliably compare schools, according to a new report. Read Full Post >
A new analysis suggests ways school districts could help parents and policymakers make more informed comparisons of schools. Read Full Post >
A push by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, to delay a recently signed school-choice plan by two years fell short among lawmakers. Read Full Post >
Lawmakers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and other states are considering legislation to expand school choice. Read Full Post >
A new Indiana law allows students in F-rated school districts to apply for vouchers without requiring those students to spend a year in public school systems. Read Full Post >
A new poll commissioned by a foundation that supports school choice finds that 66 percent of mothers with school-age children support educational vouchers, and 69 percent support tax-credit scholarships to choose their children's schools. Read Full Post >
this highlights for me, the moral dimension that Merrow ignores, when, at the end of the film, he proclaims this experiment a success. How can we accept that a third of the schools in New Orleans have been consigned to the status of dumping grounds for the other two thirds? How can we celebrate the creation of a system that allows schools to wall themselves off from students who are the most damaged by poverty and violence - and relegates those students to schools that cannot possibly succeed in this competitive scheme? Read Full Post >
A letter from the U.S. Department of Justice asserts that schools participating in voucher programs cannot discriminate against students with disabilities. Read Full Post >
The money will go to support the national growth of former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's organization. Read Full Post >
The Florida Senate voted down proposed parent-trigger legislation by a 20-20 vote for the second straight year. Read Full Post >
