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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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When Students Miss School, Teachers Enjoy Their Jobs Less

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,” claims to be the first to inspect the link between whether students attend school and how satisfied teachers are with their jobs. It only occurred by October of 2023 using federal relief dollars, according to economic analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. Using data from the U.S.

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Chinese “parachute kids” tackle U.S. schools on their own

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for middle or high school because their parents had been planning for it from before their birth. Most parachute kids attend private schools, which can range from swank boarding schools like Phillips Andover, to small private day schools. A small, but growing, number attend public schools.

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Middle schools are experimenting with ‘themes’ like math, sustainability and the arts. But is it all just branding?

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Meanwhile, some high-performing themed schools remain out of reach to many low-income students, due to screenings — such as tests or auditions — that favor families who can afford private lessons and tutors. Related: Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it? The citywide average for all middle schoolers was 46.3

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As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants

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Private schools will tell their students to apply to 20” universities and colleges, said Cynthia Blair Tognotti, a private college counselor in Northern California. Tutoring and test-prep companies such as Signet Education report record business, the company’s president and chief operating officer said in an interview.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

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It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S.

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Opening the doors to elite public schools

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Meifeng Jiang, a Chinese immigrant whose daughter is applying to Boston’s exam schools. Zaphiris’ daughter, who is enrolled in a private school, is applying to Boston exam schools, ranking Boston Latin School first. “I just want her to succeed, to have more opportunities.”