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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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As final year of college planning unfolds at Match: ‘What’s it gonna take?’

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You can stay after school. You can always talk to your tutors or your teachers. The so-called “ Match Corps’’ tutors commit to a year of service and are given a living allowance of $15,000 and subsidized housing. Match’s charter network, governed by a board of trustees, spans four campuses from pre-K through high school.

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COLUMN: We could have avoided this disastrous fall

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As the public school system has teetered, already many parents across the country have turned to religious or private schools , or created smaller learning pods, hired private tutors or are considering play and learning programs that in some cases can cost close to $3,000 a month.

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OPINION: We’ve got to train special education teachers to be leaders as well as educators

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A student at work with her tutor. I witnessed this need firsthand during my 20-year tenure as Maryland’s state superintendent of schools. I witnessed this need firsthand during my 20-year tenure as Maryland’s state superintendent of schools. Fellows often go on to assume key leadership roles in public and private schools.

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Research on early college high schools indicates they may pay for themselves in the long run

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Leave this field empty if you're human: The history of early college high schools dates back to the 1960s with the founding of Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a private school. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report. ).

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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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High school seniors reveal choices in joyous ‘signing day’ ceremony

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The dramatic reveal has become an increasingly common ritual at charter schools where college acceptance is both the goal and part of the culture. Tutors danced. Since 2004, the school says, almost 90 percent of its graduates have gone on to a four-year college. dean of students Robert Hendricks exclaimed. Teachers clapped.