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

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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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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

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Child care vouchers Much like North Carolina, Ohio has been offering families publicly-funded vouchers to pay for private school for decades. Lawmakers in Ohio in recent years have lifted income caps on those vouchers, along with their requirement that to be eligible, families must live in an area with schools designated as failing.

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70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation

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Credit: Stella Kalina for The 19th With 133,560 residents, Pasadena has one of the densest concentrations of private schools in the country , according to school officials. But the moms in the community who support public schools have organized to create a more equitable and diverse educational landscape.

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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

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The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”. Hirsch, Jr.

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OPINION: The charter school debate is more complex than either side admits

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Voicing the concerns of charter-school proponents after protesting at a Warren rally in Atlanta last month, parent-activist Sarah Carpenter pointed out during a meeting that followed the protest that Warren had sent one of her children to private school. as well, thanks in part to high-quality charter schools.

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Isn’t desegregation a measure of educational quality?

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New Orleans, which at 25 percent has the highest percentage of students attending private schools , mimics national trends. Meanwhile, most white students attend selective schools that administer tests that students must pass to be enrolled. Schools should get the resources they need to be successful with any population.

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Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

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At no point in recent memory has Melrose Public Schools been failing. But the outgoing superintendent, Cyndy Taymore, is four years into an effort to fundamentally rethink traditional schooling here. Competency-based education demands a shift away from traditional teaching, testing and grading.