Vouchers

Education groups are jockeying to influence Trump’s signature school choice expansion. The rulesmaking process will help determine whether public school students share in the benefits and whether blue state governors opt in.

Polis appears to be the second Democratic governor to opt into a tax-credit program that is expected to expand private school choice. An education coalition wants him to reconsider.

Political scientist Joseph Viteritti chronicles the contributions of education researchers, lawyers, theorists, and activists — many of them Black men and women — who believed that all children could learn and that what happens in schools matters.

The lawsuit marks the first legal challenge to the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which gave $7,295 in public tax dollars this fall to 20,000 Tennessee students.

Florida school districts are eyeing school closures and selling spots in classes to homeschool students as enrollment declines.

How many students are enrolled in Tennessee’s new voucher program? The state won’t say.

Tennessee will spend an average of $7,023 per public school student, nearly $300 less than a new private school voucher. Though public school students will receive more public funds overall given a local government contribution, Democrats and education advocates are criticizing the disparity.

One advocate likened a governor’s potential strategy to making lemonade out of lemons that will be ‘shoved down our throat.’

1 in 3 counties in Indiana don’t have voucher-accepting private schools, and rural students tend to use vouchers less often.

Supporters of the proposed tax credits are thrilled there’s a viable path for them to become federal law. Critics say they would harm public education.

The Texas governor tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.

Two groups want to open the first charter schools for at-risk students under a new state law.

Questions emerge about which company will manage the program, and how the state will verify students’ legal residency.

Minimum teacher pay would see a bump under Lee’s proposed budget.

Lawmakers defeat amendments seeking to strengthen accountability and protections for students with disabilities.

The executive order directs the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize private school choice programs in its own grants and issue guidance on how states can tap other federal money for vouchers.

Statewide plan is for all kids, not just disadvantaged ones, says sponsor

65% of vouchers would likely go to students who already attend private schools, the analysis says.

Disaster relief and preparations for Trump immigration policy will also be on the agenda.