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WATCH: Dallas mayor, former Democrat, praises school choice
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (109+ words) Texas is a great state, and people" Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, who switched from Democrat to Republican three years ago, credited school choice as one of the reasons people are moving to Texas. Texas is a great state, and people…...
Colorado bill requests charter school funding access
23+ hour, 43+ min ago (238+ words) (The Center Square) " A bipartisan Colorado bill is designed to increase transparency and fairness in how charter schools access funding for construction projects. Senate Bill 26-145 was discussed Monday during a Colorado Senate Education Committee hearing, where it received unanimous support…...
Survey: Almost half of North Carolina residents disagree with higher taxes for public-school funding
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (445+ words) Just 27% of North" Less than a third of North Carolina residents support the idea of higher taxes to support public schools, according to a recent Catawba College-You Gov survey. Just 27% of North Carolinians agree the state should raise taxes to…...
Mc Mahon urges Shapiro to put Pennsylvania into national school choice program
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (665+ words) During an annual gathering of conservatives in the suburbs of Harrisburg on Friday, U. S. Education Secretary Linda Mc Mahon urged Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to opt the state into a federal school choice program. "It couldn't be more of a win-win…...
KS Gov. Kelly vetoes additional funding for tax credit scholarship program
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (631+ words) HB 2468 would have" (The Sentinel) "Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed a bill that would have expanded the Kansas Low Income Students Tax Credit Scholarship program by $5 million. HB 2468 would have authorized the state of Kansas to participate in the federal…...
Maryland's Assault on Private Education
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (671+ words) Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy Lawmakers who oppose letting parents choose better schools for their children are the same ones eager to dictate what private schools can teach. It garnered virtually no headlines, but the Maryland House of Representatives…...
Legislation protecting school choice participants from discrimination
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (445+ words) MONTGOMERY " The Alabama House of Representatives passed Senate legislation allowing participants in a new school choice program to sue the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) in certain eligibility disputes. The bill relates to the state's Creating Hope and Opportunity…...
Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school
6+ day, 13+ min ago (640+ words) JTA " A rabbi, a Jewish mother who invokes her family's Holocaust history, and a Jewish teenager are among seven Oklahoma residents who have asked a federal court to let them join the fight against a proposed Jewish public charter school…...
Is the GOP the New Education Party?
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (625+ words) Steve Cortes is president of the League of American Workers and advisor to Catholic Vote. He directs political campaigns on media, polling, and Hispanic outreach, including Trump 2016/2020 and Vance 2022 U. S. Senate. He is a former broadcaster for Fox News and CNN....
Committee will consider increase in Education Freedom Scholarships
1+ week, 1+ day ago (362+ words) (The Center Square)" The Finance, Ways and Means Committee in the Tennessee House of Representatives on Tuesday will consider an amendment to a bill that would reduce Gov. Bill Lee's proposed increase to the Education Freedom Scholarships. A subcommittee approved…...