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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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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

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“Education is free, lunch is free, books are free, sanitary napkins are free,’’ Ballani tells parents, urging them to visit this government-run school on the edge of the Thar Desert, where, on a warm day late last spring, 12 teachers were overseeing the education of 260 students from first grade through high school. With over 1.3

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OPINION: U.S. Supreme Court tax-credit decision won’t change much in terms of public-school spending requirements

The Hechinger Report

What would a decision in Espinoza’s favor really mean for school choice and public education? Below, Jonathan Butcher of The Heritage Foundation explores the issue. In 2002, the nation’s highest court also considered a challenge to a private-school scholarship program. As the U.S. Supreme Court considers Espinoza v.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

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Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. For Johnson, the school was a bid to cultivate the greatness she saw in these local kids, including her own daughters.

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States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement

The Hechinger Report

Kristi Noem, a Republican, signed an executive order in April 2022 restricting how race and equity can be taught in the classroom, Tilsen-Brave Heart decided to enroll her daughter at Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, a newly opened private school in Rapid City. Interest from families in enrolling their children is high, she said.

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‘We just pick up the pieces’: As a new school year starts, this Mississippi Delta community is fighting for survival

The Hechinger Report

For Jefferson, the window is narrowing on making a decision on where — and how — her nephew will return to school. Public schools in Holmes County will start school online next month. Kinkaid had a lot to be proud of: None of her three oldest children dropped out from high school.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Looking back, our high school has crowned a Latina Homecoming Queen, as voted by the student body and has recognized the first Latino Valedictorian. Others worried that the English learners would drag down test scores and hurt their school district’s reputation.