Study: Open Enrollment Benefits Students, But State Policies Aren’t Robust Enough
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National School Choice on the Agenda Following Trump’s Win
Adam Wittenberg | November 8, 2024 (The Lion) — School choice measures didn’t pass in three states Tuesday, but that may be irrelevant following Donald Trump’s election as president. Trump, who won a decisive victory over Kamala Harris, has ambitious plans for education in his second term, including enacting federal school choice and possibly dismantling the Department of Education
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Teacher With Links to Terrorism Pushes Anti-Israel Views in Classroom
Jillian Schneider | October 11, 2024 (The Lion) — A Virginia school district is in the spotlight after one teacher’s anti-Israel advocacy and past terrorist ties raise concerns. Documents obtained by Parents Defending Education (PDE) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed Shayma Al-Hanooti, an English teacher at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington,
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One Year After October 7 Attacks, Jewish Education Has Found New Life
Jillian Schneider | October 7, 2024 (The Lion) — It’s been 12 months since the worldwide Jewish community was shaken by Hamas’ gruesome attack on Israel, Oct. 7, 2023, which left nearly 1,200 civilians dead. While Israel continues to war with its adversaries, Jewish families in the United States are fighting a different sort of battle –
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Public Schools Have Been Pushing a ‘Secularist’ Religion
Shanxi Omoniyi | July 27, 2024 (The Lion) — Advocates of current public schools often oppose Christian-based options, arguing religion has no place in government-funded education. In doing so, they disregard years of historical precedent where the nation intentionally supported and financed Christian instruction in public-school classrooms. The question has never been whether public education
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‘RECALIBRATION’: AP Test Scores Double in Some Subjects
Adam Wittenberg | July 25, 2024 (The Lion) — What came first, the chicken or the egg? That seems to be the question with the College Board “recalibrating” Advanced Placement (AP) test scores in the midst of college grade inflation. But experts worry that other factors are at play, such as a push for “social
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Public School Closures Rise as Enrollment Continues to Decline
Julie Smyth | July 12, 2024 (The Lion) — Public school districts nationwide are closing some schools permanently as they grapple with declining enrollment based on demographic changes and the explosion of interest in alternative education. School district staff in Woodland Park, Colorado, for example, are scrambling to consolidate two elementary schools before classes start in the
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West Virginia’s School Choice Program to Become Universal in 2026
Jillian Schneider | July 9, 2024 (The Lion) — The K-12 educational scholarship program in West Virginia will officially be available to all students in fall 2026. “I’m thrilled to announce that Hope Scholarship Program enrollment numbers have met the threshold established by the Legislature to expand this program to all West Virginia school children,” said State
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American Parents Should Declare Independence From Government-Run Schools
Shanxi Omoniyi | July 6, 2024 (The Lion) — On the 248th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, we should consider declaring independence from today’s public education system. While dissatisfaction with government-funded schools has been growing for years, we haven’t yet found a document explaining the causes and objections in a
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Top-Ranked Florida Sees K-12 Test Scores Improve Again
Jillian Schneider | July 6, 2024 (The Lion) — Florida’s public school students continue to improve in core subjects, recent testing data revealed. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released the latest test scores on Monday, using year-of-year analysis and “progress monitoring,” which tracks learning over the course of a single year. “The substantial gains achieved by
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