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A top GOP state senator wants to completely overhaul Indiana’s private school vouchers with a grant program that would allow all Hoosier families — regardless of income — to choose where their students get educated. The proposal will not advance in the current legislative session, but discussion at the Statehouse on Thursday previewed likely legislative […]

Whether red or blue, Virginia voters will send a signal to the political world through its legislative elections Tuesday. The message they deliver about education could carry significant consequences for students and families. Four Southern states schedule off-cycle races the year before a presidential campaign. Two, Kentucky and Mississippi, are deep-red bastions where incumbent governors […]

The landscape of American education has undergone an unmistakable change since the emergence of COVID-19, with building closures and virtual instruction giving way to a sizable, national disenrollment from schools. As many parents began searching for private and homeschool alternatives to the traditional K–12 experience, conservatives seized the opportunity to enact or expand sweeping school […]

With an expected special lawmaking session on public education on the horizon, a Texas House committee in August proposed a path forward to reach a compromise on school vouchers, one of the most polarizing issues the Texas Legislature debated this year. The 15-member committee, composed of Republican and Democratic lawmakers, released a report that also […]

Last month, the nation’s largest school choice initiative went into effect in Florida. A week before the program’s launch, 650 parents and children gathered in Fort Lauderdale to explore their new education options. “It was the most beautiful tapestry of people I have ever seen in my life,” said Shiren Rattigan, co-founder of the Innovative […]