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(RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENN) The Rutherford County School System has a total of 26 Pre-K through 12th Grade Choice School’s for eligible students. Choice School’s Coordinator Dr. Caitlin Bullard told WGNS News… There are 5-different types of Choice School’s available… To give parents a better understanding of the School Choice program, a “School's Choice Fair” will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 in Smyrna. The fair will...

Some of the poorest performing public schools in America can befound in the nation's capital. Despite per-pupil expenditures ofmore than $11,000, 94 percent of 4th grade students in Washington,D.C., are not proficient in math, and 90 percent lack proficiencyin reading, according to the National Assessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP). Given the failure of other reforms to improve thecity's poor academic achievement and the growing recognition thatadditional funding alone will not impr...

Arizona Republican leaders want Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to quickly reject the referendum that’s blocking school voucher expansion.

Arizona Republican leaders want Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to quickly reject the referendum that’s blocking school voucher expansion.

Some Missouri parents can now apply for scholarships for their children to attend private schools or other alternatives to their local public schools.

The core of a functioning american republic. paul: and, kyle, the religious liberty case is particularly interesting. theres an old test called the lemon test, i dont want to get into the details, but thats gone now totally. and theres kind of a restoration of a more proper balance between the establishment, the ban on the establishment of religion and the command that government must allow the free exercise of religion. why dont you expand on that. >> yeah, sure. i mean, two big cases were one ...

Chairman Paul Farrow discusses the possibility of no endorsements for statewide office races.

Behind you ready to stand up and fight for their children. we are in a global academic crisis and, there is an extreme cost for what is happening. and our children are paying the price. rachel: thank you for saying that. im also sick of treating our children like they are a disease. they are the customers and they should be treated well. rebecca, wisconsin has always been on the forefront of school choice but it always been it ared to poor kids or certain areas. what are you seeing on the ground...

Has -- is that, has it worked out before? have we had an experiment of school choice locally? >> oh, we have a great experiment in florida. florida has the most broad school choice program in the country, and its actually theres enough money following the children, about $7900, i believe, which is still far less than the government spends on education. but that $7900 is enough to attract new suppliers. you get innovation, and now theres something like 49% of children in florida go to schools oth...

The plan under consideration would see Whittier and Hadfield elementary schools merge at the start of the 2022-23 school year.