…state’s tax-credit scholarship policy. Idaho HB 62 would establish education savings accounts under the Empower Parents in Education Act. The average grant amount is estimated to be $4,200. Students would…
…paperwork. Moreover, 44 percent of school parents said the amount of testing students and teachers must endure is too much. Only 22 percent of school parents said kids should be…
…of the case. 4. Friday Freakout: Why do Parents Send Their Kids to Private Schools? This freakout sprung from a CNN Parents post titled “Public vs. private school: What’s with…
Virginia Walden-Ford was having a rough day. She had spent the morning and afternoon on Capitol Hill with a group of parents, lobbying congressional offices about a potential school voucher…
…parents and teachers think of various education issues. Modern day education accountability has been largely based on testing. The two weren’t always hand-in-hand, though. Before 2001, not all states had…
…savings accounts (ESAs) in K-12 education establish for parents a publicly funded, government-authorized savings account with restricted, but multiple uses for educational purposes. Parents may use the funds to pay…
…12 percent of parents said they’d prefer homeschooling for their child. Lower income parents (18%) were more likely to prefer homeschooling compared to middle income (11%) and higher income parents…
As the United States locked down in March 2020, I joined parents across the country in scrambling to find information about schooling options for my three young children (5, 4,…
…wildly popular. According to a report that surveyed parents in the program, 86 percent of parents were satisfied with the program. Sixty-two percent said they were completely satisfied. Compare that…
…Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve to be expended on a nonprofit representing parents and families for outreach and scholarship education. The bill would also make changes to the Personal Education…