By Zachery Schmidt | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an initiative to regulate the state’s school choice program appears to lack enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot.
Parents who drive their kids to and from school could receive $1,000 this school year, thanks to a new pilot program from the Clark County School District. There are a few catches, of course. The program is only for the parents or guardians of CCSD students who are zoned for a one-star school but attending […]
Amy Starzecki, administrator of the Superior school district in northern Wisconsin, detailed the financial difficulties her district has faced in recent years to a roomful of public education advocates gathered in the auditorium of Superior High School at the end of July. Starzecki’s district had to transfer $6 million from its general fund to cover […]
(The Center Square) – Low- and middle-income Wisconsin students fared better after multiple years in private school choice programs than comparable public-school students, according to a new peer-reviewed study.
(The Center Square) – Thirty-one states have opted in to the federal Education Freedom Scholarship Program, while 19 states and Washington, D.C. have not done so, ahead of the January 2027 deadline.
Ohio public school districts continue to be desperate for bus drivers, while the status of school transportation as a whole is being debated by public and private schools alike. A recent transportation workgroup put together by the state recommended, among other things, a “comprehensive system change” to transportation along with immediate actions to “ease current […]
LINCOLN — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz, Nebraska’s Democratic nominee for governor, unveiled her platform and day-one commitments Wednesday should she unseat Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, while sidestepping specifics at times about what they would look like. The proposed “Lynne’s Commitment to Nebraskans” offers aspirations for the early days, long-term priorities and values for her administration […]
(The Center Square) – School choice supporters are questioning why one of Wisconsin’s members of Congress is pushing so hard to kill the new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit.
By Zachery Schmidt | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) - Arizona voters will get to vote on a constitutional amendment to protect military families who rely on the state’s school choice program.