LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional, affirming that state funds “are for common schools…
Read more Kentucky Supreme Court rules that charter schools law is unconstitutionalEven with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might have predicted what actually materialized…
Read more The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025As former members of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education, we have long respected the complexity and responsibility of serving on the board. It is a demanding…
Read more These DPS incumbent candidates don’t support school choice (Opinion)KISSIMMEE, Fla. — It’s not a rebrand. But the Moms for Liberty group that introduced itself three years ago as a band of female “joyful warriors” shedding domestic…
Read more At Moms for Liberty summit, parents urged to turn their grievances into lawsuitsChildren explore magnifying glasses at the Downtown Children’s Center in St. Louis. (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.) Frustration runs deep for Missouri parents like Libby Eversgerd. Her youngest child has…
Read more Teachers’ union’s lawsuit hurts Missouri’s most vulnerable kidsThis story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to get rid of the U.S. Department…
Read more Trump has won a second term–here’s what that means for schoolsOK. I guess we’re doing this (again). It feels awful for lots of reasons, of course, but mostly it’s because the country chose political vibes over policy ideas.…
Read more OPINION: Trump is back. We’re still waiting on his plan for schools – The Hechinger ReportAs a political scientist with a background in policy analysis, I used to approach questions about policy plans in terms of which had data behind them and which…
Read more OPINION: If Trump wins, count on continued culture wars, school vouchers and a fixation on ending the federal Department of Education – The Hechinger ReportPredicting the future is often compared to reading tea leaves. In the case of forecasting what education policies Kamala Harris might pursue as president, though, a more apt…
Read more OPINION: I’d love to predict what a Kamala Harris presidency might mean for education, but we don’t have enough information – The Hechinger ReportJust because Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick didn’t include vouchers on his list of charges that he wants the Legislature to tackle before the coming session, doesn’t mean he…
Read more Is Voucher Passage Inevitable This Legislative Session?While advocates staunchly defend the benefits of homeschooling, others are raising questions about lack of data and accountability in some states. A map published by the Coalition for…
Read more Homeschool requirements vary from state to stateEducation vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the governor of Minnesota,…
Read more What to know about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on educationThe proposals in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — known as Project 2025 and designed for Donald Trump — would reshape the American education system, early education through…
Read more How could Project 2025 change education?SPOKANE, Wash. — Before giving birth to her daughter, Kaleeya Baldwin, 19, had given up on education. She’d dropped out of school as a seventh grader, after behavior…
Read more Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teensNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher…
Read more Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after finalizing $1.9B tax cut and refund for businessesSAN FRANCISCO — It was two days before the start of the school year, and Lauren Koehler shrugged off her backpack and slid out of a maroon hoodie…
Read more Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?This story was produced by The Dallas Morning News and reprinted with permission. WASHINGTON — A professional poker player turned TikTok billionaire is helping to bankroll Texas Gov.…
Read more TikTok billionaire spends millions on Texas candidates supporting school voucher efforts – The Hechinger ReportAmelia Copersito reads during her first grade class at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School in Apex on Jan. 24. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com READ MORE North Carolina School Choice…
Read more A ‘history changing’ moment in NC education as universal private school vouchers arriveIf you live in Arizona, school choice may be coming to your neighborhood soon. As someone who has had more school choice than I know what to do…
Read more PARENT VOICE: They call it ‘school choice,’ but you may not end up with much of a choice at all – The Hechinger ReportATLANTA – It’s unclear to Tameka how — or even when — her children became unenrolled from Atlanta Public Schools. But it was traumatic when, in Fall 2021,…
Read more For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles
