Heartland Newspapers - Education

Common Core Withdrawal Hits Missouri

Joy Pullmann
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January 31, 2013
Missouri legislators are filing companion bills to withdraw the state from the Common Core, a set of national requirements for what students should know in math and English.

Utah Senator Proposes Private Preschool Funding

Sally Nelson
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January 30, 2013
A Utah state senator is proposing to let private investors put up $10 million dollars to fund more preschool for “at-risk” students eligible for special education.

Tennessee Governor, Parents Seek Vouchers

Ashley Bateman
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January 29, 2013
In January’s State of the State speech, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam outlined a proposal to let poor students assigned to low-performing public schools attend private schools using tax dollars.

Study: Serving the Poor, Neighborhood Motivates Voucher Schools

Joy Pullmann
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January 29, 2013
A major motivation for private schools to enter voucher programs is to “help needy children in the community” and expand their reach, according to a new survey of 241 schools in Indiana, Ohio, and

Unwritten Tests Present Major Common Core Obstacle

Joy Pullmann
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January 28, 2013
Education leaders are beginning to publicly worry that two coalitions attempting to determine mandatory tests for some 40 million U.S.

Louisiana Parents: Our Voucher Schools Are ‘Wonderful’

Jim Waters
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January 26, 2013
Louisiana parents remain largely satisfied with their kids’ new private schools four months after joining a program that expanded New Orleans vouchers statewide, according to numbers from the state

Online Learning Grows

Joy Pullmann
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January 26, 2013
Angelika Weiss’s family “technically can’t afford” online Latin classes for their sixth grader and for all four kids to attend a private school in their southern Minnesota town, “but we’re making i
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