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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20231 min read
54% of parents are considering a new school for their kids
A majority of parents are considering a new school, according to a new survey by the School Choice Awareness Foundation. Two-thirds say...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Skip the smart kids: We're holding back (and boring) high achievers
I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Scientists, engineers, chefs, gardeners become freelance teachers
An ecosystem of innovative schools and teaching specialists is growing in South Florida's Broward County, writes Ron Matus on ReimaginED....
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Ohio vouchers led to higher district scores, less segregation
Ohio's EdChoice vouchers enable 60,000 students from low-income families to leave district schools for alternatives. The program has led...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 15, 20221 min read
How Denver schools improved: Choice, accountability
Denver schools' reform strategy improved achievement dramatically, concludes a University of Colorado Denver study. "The overall effects...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Why they left district schools -- and aren't coming back
Seven parents tell Washington Post Magazine why they left district-run public schools for private school or homeschooling. "Since 2019,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Florida's special-ed students are doing very well: Is it choice?
In Florida, which pioneered school choice for special-needs students more than 20 years ago, students with disabilities are doing very...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Gone girls and boys
District-run public schools lost nine percent of enrollment between spring 2021 and spring 2022, concludes School Disrupted by Tyton...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 9, 20221 min read
School choice is a winner
School choice advocates did well in the midterms, writes Mike McShane, national research director of EdChoice, in Forbes. Governors Ron...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Woke charters stress 'anti-racism,' but parents want excellence
Urban parents' vision of a good school hasn't changed, writes Robert Pondiscio on Education Next. They want "safety, solid academics,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20222 min read
School choice withstands challenge in Arizona
A campaign to repeal Arizona's expansion of school choice apparently has failed to gather enough signatures to go on the ballot. Arizona...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 15, 20221 min read
California: 28% switched schools in pandemic
Twenty-eight percent of California parents moved their child to a new school during the pandemic and another 28 percent are considering a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Education's middle ground is 'vanishing'
When schools closed in 2020, support for schools remained strong, but the public's faith in the quality of their local schools has...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Parents choose 'diverse by design' schools
"Diverse by design" schools are catching on, writes Kate Rix on the Hechinger Report. In Dallas, "50/50" schools try enroll an even mix...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 13, 20222 min read
What will Arizona parents choose?
The 21st-century one-room schoolhouse could be the big winner in Arizona, which has "expanded the frontier of school choice," writes Max...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20222 min read
Biden picks teachers’ unions over students
The Biden administration has abandoned the Obama legacy on charter schools and chosen teachers’ unions over students, writes Jonathan...
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