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As students across the country return to their classrooms, parents clearly support having options for which school their children will attend. Will they attend a traditional public school? A magnet school for science? Perhaps a public charter school in their neighborhood? These choices are good for children, good for parents and good for communities. Yet […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Unless Park Maitland School successfully appeals its suspension from Florida’s school voucher programs, nearly 320 of its students will not be able to use state scholarships to help pay tuition at the Orange County private school. On Friday, Florida announced that Park Maitland and the former Parke House Academy — now run by Park Maitland — and two private school campuses in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida yanked four private school campuses, including the top-rated Park Maitland School, from its voucher programs because of “direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said late Friday. The announcement by DeSantis — who has called the Communist Party of China the United States’ “greatest geopolitical threat” — did not provide any evidence of the ...

Florida yanked four private school campuses, including the top-rated Park Maitland School, from its voucher programs because of “direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said late Friday. The announcement by DeSantis — who has called the Communist Party of China the United States’ “greatest geopolitical threat” — did not provide any evidence of the ties it found ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Park Maitland School said Saturday that it does not have any connection to the Communist Party of China and does not know why Florida yanked it from participating in its school voucher programs claiming it had “direct ties” to the Chinese leadership. “We were not contacted in advance and are seeking more information regarding the basis for this decision,” the school said in an ...

Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs, while a group that administers the programs says they will not bring an “exodus” from public schools as critics have predicted.

Critics argued that the expansion of Florida’s voucher programs would lead to large numbers of students exiting traditional public schools.

Facing backlash for enrolling the eldest of her three children in a private high school, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates emailed members Thursday evening to address the scrutiny over her opposition to school choice or voucher programs. Davis Gates came under fire after SubX.News, a site critical of the union and one Davis Gates said is operated by a “disgruntled former CTU ...

Facing backlash for enrolling the eldest of her three children in a private high school, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates emailed members Thursday evening to address the scrutiny over her opposition to school choice or voucher programs. Davis Gates came under fire after SubX.News, a site critical of the union and one Davis Gates said is operated by a “disgruntled former CTU ...

A report sent to Little Rock's housing authority by HUD opens it up to more questions regarding its expenses and management that has plagued it for years.