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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20242 min read
Who benefits from universal choice? Mostly families with kids already in private school
Arizona's universal choice program mostly benefits middle- and upper-middle-class families who already had children in private school.
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Missing: 87,000 students
California's public schools have "lost" 87,000 students, according to an analysis by Thomas Dee, a Stanford professor, and AP. An...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Competing for kindergarteners
Kindergarten enrollment has fallen by 17 percent in the last six years in district school in New York City, reports the New York Post. In...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20232 min read
The students who never returned
A quarter-million students who left public schools during the pandemic are missing, according to an analysis of 21 states and the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Funding follows students to religious school, if that's parents' choice
Empowered with a $7,000-per-child "backpack of cash," Arizona parents can choose an educational program -- including a religious private...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20232 min read
ESAs expand in red and purple states, states, and blue-staters are interested too
"Capitalizing on parent’s frustration with public schools during the pandemic," Republican governors are pushing for education savings...
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