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For Families, School Choice Doesn't Mean Easy Decisions

ED Surge

One school choice researcher identified Milwaukee as having the most evolved legislation for making private school options accountable to families. In Wisconsin, school choice has existed for decades, with expansive options that include vouchers for private schools, public charter schools and traditional public schools.

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How Enrollment in the 100 Largest School Districts Has Changed Since the Pandemic

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In Nevada, state-sponsored charter schools collectively accounted for the nations second-largest enrollment growth rate. Melissa Mackedon, executive director of Nevadas State Public Charter School Authority, says parent demand is behind charter schools enrollment growth.

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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

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Texas’ Arlington Independent School District announced earlier this year that 275 staff positions will be cut. In Portland, Oregon, the school district is mapping out job cuts by campus to offset a looming $30 million budget deficit.

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How transparent is school data when parents can’t find it or understand it?

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Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. After going through the fellowship, he moved his eldest son, a 10th-grader, to a higher-performing charter school.

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School. Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school.

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

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It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education.

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U.S. education achievement slides backwards

The Hechinger Report

Twenty-seven large school districts, representing roughly 50 percent of the nation’s urban students, volunteer for extra testing so that they can have NAEP scores for their cities in addition to their states. Related: National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation.