By Madalyn O Neill
May 24, 2021 | 7:17 PM
MADISON, Wis. – The pandemic shook things up for all of us: how we work, play and learn. When many schools switched to virtual learning, many families and their students switched schools. Those who didn’t often had to learn a whole new way of schooling.
Going to a new school isn’t easy, especially when you never set foot in the building.
“It was hard,” sixth-grader Presley Rhindfleisch said. “It was like standing in a room of strangers.”
She started middle school over Zoom, finding little to praise about virtual learning.
“There wasn’t really anything to like about it,” she said.
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By Brian Mudd
Today’s entry:
You caught my attention when you mentioned Florida’s expanded voucher program will now include families who earn up to $100,000. I’d like more information on how it works. My family may be interested in using it.
Bottom Line: The maximum income threshold was one of three key areas of expansion in
HB 7045, aka Florida’s school choice bill. The three new additions are the inclusion of children of military families, special needs students, and the expansion of income eligibility from a maximum of $83,688 last year for families of four, to $99,375 this year.
The scholarships currently range from $6,775 in value to $7,250. In a change, all state scholarships are going to be handled by the state’s
Research & Commentary: Education Saving Account Program Would Be Timely and Much-Needed Compliment to Louisiana’s Education Choice Programs
April 15, 2021
Program Would Be Open To Children In Foster Care And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members
Legislation introduced in the Louisiana House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or “was enrolled in a [public] school that did not offer an option for students to receive one hundred percent of instruction continuously in person for at least one semester” during the previous school year.