School choice
Negotiations revive education debates in Nevada statehouse

By Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 08:39 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A mining tax proposal introduced in the Nevada statehouse has revived longstanding debates about charter schools and tax credits that...

New Hampshire Senate gives initial OK to school voucher bill

By Holly Ramer Mar. 18, 2021 02:26 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican-led New Hampshire Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a school voucher bill that supporters say would especially...

Detroit schools to return March 8 to in-person learning

By Corey Williams Mar. 01, 2021 04:16 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — In-person educating in Detroit’s public schools is scheduled to restart March 8 for students and teachers who choose to return to classrooms. ...

Tate Rivera is photographed at his home in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Kelli Rivera is hoping a voucher bill passes that will help pay for her to move her son out of a public Cobb County school and into a private school. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
School voucher push taps frustration over distance learning

By Jeff Amy Feb. 24, 2021 07:36 AM EST

Action on school choice legislation delayed until next year

Feb. 21, 2021 10:22 AM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are setting aside a spirited debate over school choice for the next year. The House Education...

Bill would redirect student funds toward school of choice

By Patrick Hauf Of Capital News Service Feb. 16, 2021 05:23 PM EST
After Maryland Democrats successfully pushed through a multi-billion dollar education reform bill last week, one Republican lawmaker has proposed pandemic...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2021 10:00 AM EST
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 13, 2021. Editorial: Parson once again points the finger of blame elsewhere for his own failings ...

7 face off in primary for Wisconsin's school superintendent

By Scott Bauer Feb. 04, 2021 10:46 AM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The race to be Wisconsin's top education official is wide open for the first time in a dozen years and it's only the second time since the...

Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Education nominee pledges new guidance, more virus testing

By Collin Binkley Feb. 03, 2021 09:32 AM EST

School choice debate returns to New Hampshire Statehouse

By Holly Ramer Feb. 02, 2021 04:41 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The debate over school choice has returned to the New Hampshire Statehouse, pushed by a larger Republican majority and a growing number of...

Students of Avon Intermediate School South arrive for their first day back to school in the Avon Community School Corporation, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (Doug McSchooler/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Indiana lawmakers push for school choice, voucher expansion

By Casey Smith Jan. 30, 2021 09:15 AM EST

Dante Kneece and his step-daughter Marciella wait for P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold Elementary School to open, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in New York. Public schools reopened for in-school learning Monday after being closed since mid-November. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Students return to NYC schools once more after virus closure

Dec. 07, 2020 01:03 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2020 04:42 PM EDT
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT: Crackdown on COVID...

Garth Reeves, left, and Scott Canfield, co-founders of the Why Not You Academy charter school, pose for a photo with the school's new name and logo, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in front of the building that will house the school in Des Moines, Wash., south of Seattle. Seattle Seahawks NFL football quarterback Russell Wilson and his Grammy-winning wife, pop singer Ciara, are putting their money and celebrity behind rebranding the charter school, which advocates hope will boost the troubled Washington state charter school sector that has suffered from enrollment problems after years of legal challenges. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Russell Wilson, Ciara fund charter school in Seattle area

By Sally Ho Oct. 28, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2020, file photo Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives for an event in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington. As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents’ frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that DeVos has long championed but struggled to advance nationally.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents

By Collin Binkley Sep. 14, 2020 04:14 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Jul. 06, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Detroit News. July 4, 2020. True school choice still eludes Michigan The U.S. Supreme Court last week made a stand...

Kellyanne Conway speaks at an event before Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Ingleside Hotel Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Pewaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Pence courts evangelicals in conservative Milwaukee suburb

By Scott Bauer Jun. 23, 2020 12:43 PM EDT