The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. How can I help you?”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In 2016, the right-wing Heritage Foundation proposed turning the BIE into an education savings account, or ESA, which would grant families a portion of their childs per-pupil funding to spend on private school tuition, home-school supplies and other educational expenses. That same year, the late Arizona Sen.

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Diane Ravitch

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Thats something that Americans, hopefully, will not fall for, because the 2026 midterms will be key. Remember when Trump told an evangelical group during the campaign that if they voted in 2024 it would be the last time they had to vote? If guardrails are going to be rebuilt, thats where an important part of it will happen.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. — Walz does not support private-school vouchers, opposing statewide private-school voucher legislation introduced in 2021 by Republicans in Minnesota. —

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