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For Families, School Choice Doesn't Mean Easy Decisions

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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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Taking Schools and Education to Another Level With Digital Publishing

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School newspapers and magazines could be taken to an unparalleled level with Adobe DPS. Digital publishing tools will function to bridge the gap between websites and traditional apps. The possibilities are endless, but what is needed is a change in mindset amongst many schools and educators.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

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I wish that I could make sure there was a school librarian in every single elementary school and high school. I wish every school was resourced with a full-time, certified school librarian.

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

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birth and immigration rates have been falling since before the COVID-19 outbreak, decreasing the number of school-aged children,” according to an analysis by the firm. The pandemic accelerated these trends and sparked a shift in enrollment from traditional public schools to charter schools, homeschools, and private schools.”

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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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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The Higher Education Model is Broken. Together We Can Fix It.

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Add in demographic changes, and it’s no surprise that demand is falling for the traditional college experience. While the quality of education offered at private colleges is unsurpassed, many students end up at large state schools solely because they want to pursue a degree that the smaller private schools don’t offer.

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