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The proposal in Wimberley, Texas, sought to circumvent the system to place children in private schools with taxpayer money.

Philanthropy Roundtable believes every American should have the freedom to reach his or her full, unique potential and achieve economic security. The

The new private school is an affiliate of Acton Academy, which is based in Austin, Texas.

“Like so many other families across the country, when the pandemic brought public schooling onto my kitchen table, I was floored,” Jessica Gregory says. “We became the unintended participants in the daily grind of standardized learning plans, un-engaging lessons and burnt out educators – conversations that, until the pandemic, were abstract for many adults."

Daytona Beachs Downtown Farmers Market will allow kids to set up booths and sell their wares Saturday. The event is free and open to all.

Jeff Sandefer said he shattered the lower part of his back after falling 100 feet into a mountain.

On Saturday, young entrepreneurs showed their innovative ideas at the 1st annual Avila Beach Children's Business Fair.

Kidpreneurs showcase their business skills at the Childrens Business Fair July 17   Updated 7/14/2021 6:25 PM Could a 10-year-old invent the next Uber? Could you be living next door to the next Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey? Find out at the Acton Childrens Business Fair at Arrow Academy, showcasing kids entrepreneurial genius! On Saturday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to noon, the inaugural Acton Childrens Business Fair will host young entrepreneurs on Arrow Academys campus at 1120 E. Diehl Ro...

Before Jordan Peterson became the world’s most polarizing intellectual, he was a salesman. In the late 1990s, he flew to corporate HQs across North America to pitch a piece of hiring software called ExamCorp, a 90-minute psych assessment he’d developed with colleagues as a young assistant psychology professor at Harvard. It was simple, a personality test and some computerized tasks—click certain objects, generate words that start with, say, the letter H. Peterson told managers it could he...

How COVID-19 could force lawmakers to broaden K-12 school choice Many families don’t want to return to conventional K-12 schooling. By William Mattox If Texas legislators do not soon embrace new approaches to K-12 education, Texas could easily fall further behind its Sun Belt rivals in attracting education-minded newcomers to the state. And COVID-19 would be partly to blame. When I speak of new or unusual education approaches in K-12, I’m not referring to forms of education that lack merit....