When Less Is More: Charter Schools Receive Less Funding But Deliver Better Student Outcomes

Jillian Schneider | August 13, 2023 (The Lion) — Charter schools outperform their traditional public-school counterparts despite receiving significantly less funding, recent studies show. The University of Arkansas released a new report analyzing nearly two decades’ worth of education funding from 16 states. It found charter schools have been chronically underfunded by 21% to 34% compared to

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‘UNMITIGATED DISASTER’: Lawmakers Call for School Choice After Students Soil Themselves Stuck on Buses for 6 Hours

Tony Kinnett | August 12, 2023 (The Daily Signal) — A dozen Kentucky legislators are calling for a complete overhaul in state education after a transportation nightmare on the first day of school stranded hundreds of Louisville students on buses until almost 10 p.m. Wednesday. Relying on the controversial computer program AlphaRoute to remap already lengthy bus routes for

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Youngkin Blasts DOJ Offer to ‘Mediate’ School Board Meetings

(The Lion) — The Republican governor’s office in Virginia assailed the Biden administration for using the Department of Justice Community Relations Service to insert itself into local school board meetings. “The fact that the Biden DOJ hasn’t learned its lesson from the last time they overstepped their authority shows a stunning lack of judgment,” said

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