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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

ED Surge

When it started, Fiske claims Mysa was the first school to call itself a microschool. But these days, microschools — loosely defined as schools with relatively few students that function as private schools or learning centers for homeschool students — seem to be everywhere.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Batchelor and another former school board member, Bret Gist, recalled hearing from longtime residents who were enrolling their children in private schools or leaving Russellville because they didn’t want their kids to be “the minority.” Parents know there will be an interpreter in the room and that sends a clear message.

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‘We just pick up the pieces’: As a new school year starts, this Mississippi Delta community is fighting for survival

The Hechinger Report

For Jefferson, the window is narrowing on making a decision on where — and how — her nephew will return to school. Public schools in Holmes County will start school online next month. She also spoke at a virtual gathering of the Poor People’s Campaign, an advocacy group.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called “ failing government schools.”

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

From Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X, the notion that separate and equal is not only possible, but in some cases preferable, has been a rallying point for those who believe that black educators should be the ones designing and leading schools for black children. The trade-off. secretary of education.