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The June issue of School Reform News reports Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed a measure expanding the Indiana voucher program to children assigned to failing public schools and special-needs...
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The May issue of School Reform News reports the Douglas County, Colorado school district’s voucher program does not violate constitutional prohibitions against government establishing religion. Judge...
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The April issue of School Reform News reports on a Parent Trigger measure introduced by state Rep. John DeBerry (D-Memphis). The bill, making its way through the Tennessee legislature, would allow a...
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The March issue of School Reform News reports public officials are meeting behind closed doors in states across the country to plan implementation of new Common Core math and English language...
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The February issue of School Reform News reports Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took the stage at a meeting of the center-left Brookings Institution to promote school choice and competition as a...
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The January issue of School Reform News reports that unfunded government employee pensions are gobbling many states’ education budgets, leaving governments scrambling to find money to cover pensions...
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President Barack Obama’s re-election with no change of leadership in the House and Senate means he and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are likely to maintain current policies: multiple federal grants...
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The November issue of School Reform News reports Texas parents’ demand for school choice is overwhelming. Matthew Barnes, executive director of the Houston-based Families Empowered, says “It’s really...
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The October issue of School Reform News reports on a hearing before the Texas Senate Committee on Education, at which Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast and other speakers testified on school...
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The September issue of School Reform News reports more than 10,000 students applied to attend private schools this fall under Louisiana’s statewide voucher program, five times more than State...
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The June issue of School Reform News reports on the Tennessee legislature’s passage of a bill allowing public school teachers to explain the strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories such as...
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The May issue of School Reform News reports Louisiana lawmakers have approved bold education reforms, including the nation’s largest voucher program and tenure changes.
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The very...
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The April issue of School Reform News reports that enrollment in the Milwaukee Parental Choice program – still the largest voucher program in the nation – grew 12 percent in 2011 after Gov. Scott...
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The March issue of School Reform News reports Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has outlined long-promised education reform proposals, including the largest voucher program in the nation, altering teacher...
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The February issue of School Reform News reports the cost of implementing the federal government's Common Core curriculum standards could cost states $30 billion or more.
Also in this issue:
An...
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The January 2012 issue of School Reform News reports on the defeat of proposed education tax hikes across the country, including a 64–36 “drubbing” in Colorado. That state’s voters simply didn’t...
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The December issue of School Reform News reports on efforts by Pennsylvania lawmakers and advocacy groups to increase school choice options available to parents and their students. Gov. Tom Corbett...
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The November issue of School Reform News reports the Obama administration has released long-promised criteria stats must meet to receive a waiver of No Child Left Behind requirements. Sen. Marco...
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The October issue of School Reform News reports on legal challenges facing Indiana’s new voucher program, which has attracted more than 2,800 students and 250 private schools this fall, despite the...
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The September issue of School Reform News reports on the progress of bills in Congress aimed at reauthorizing No Child Left Behind. HR 2218, The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act...
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The May issue of School Reform News reports on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in favor of the Arizona tuition tax credit scholarship program. The majority opinion, written by Justice...
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The April issue of School Reform News reports on the U.S. House of Representatives’ late-March vote to approve a bill that would restore the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program.
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The March issue of School Reform News reports on efforts underway to “clean up” – reformers fear that means “repeal” – California’s landmark Parent Trigger...
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The February issue of School Reform News reports on new Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to expand the state’s trail-blazing school choice programs to cover all children, not just low-...
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The December issue of School Reform News reports the city of Baltimore, Maryland is inching towards merit pay, adopting a new contract that would include a novel, incentive based teacher pay system....
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