School Vouchers News

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval campaigned for office on a platform of attracting new businesses to Nevada and reforming public education.

At a D.C. Public Charter Board monthly meeting that nearly lasted into the following day the body approved two new schools out of nine accepted applications.

David A. Pickler, President of the National School Boards Association and member of Tennessee's Shelby County Board of Education, was featured in The Washington Post' s Answer Sheet today discussing the failures of school voucher schemes and the impact of the recent Louisiana Supreme Court ruling deeming their state's school voucher program ... (more)

It's a funding system that pays schools for failure. The court's decision rested on the voucher program's diversion of funds that are supposed to be allotted to public schools on a per-pupil basis.

State lawmakers are bracing for a frantic finish in Montgomery with the final day of the 2013 legislative session set for Monday.

One of Gov. Chris Christie's biggest antagonists is handing over her role at the top of the state's largest teachers union when her second term ends in August.

School voucher proponents should stop being defensive, stop trying to misdirect public concern over accountability and the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program's lackluster performance on the state's standardized test measure: the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination.

This week on "UPFRONT with Mike Gousha," the leaders of the state Senate sit down with Mike to talk about expanding school vouchers, what to do about the struggling Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and where to spend higher-than-anticipated state revenues.

Early childhood education groups are urging state lawmakers to preserve $5 million in funding for pre-school vouchers in the House budget.

Gov. Bobby Jindal shakes hands at a pro-voucher rallies on the Capitol steps on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

The superintendent of a large suburban Harrisburg school district will be Gov. Tom Corbett's nominee for education secretary and replace Ron Tomalis, who after a busy and rocky two-year tenure will move into an advisory role in the administration, Corbett said Wednesday.

In a state that is divided on one political issue after another, there's at least an apparent point of agreement that unites Badgers: freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., will have to find a new funding source for school vouchers in the state now that the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 6-1 the Minimum Foundation Program could not be used.

As mothers and grandmothers across America are toasted this Mother's Day, we find ourselves not just nurturing our children and grandchildren, but becoming increasingly frustrated with their assigned public schools.

With the release of letter grades for Maine's schools, Gov. Paul LePage unveiled yet another aspect of his misguided plan to reform education in the state.

A state lawmaker believes the Fond du Lac School District may have spent tax dollars inappropriately when it took out a Sunday newspaper ad regarding Governor Walker's proposed voucher expansion.

It's not just me pointing out that the republicans, led by Scott Walker, want to privatize public education.

More students such as siblings, special needs students, and children who live in the district of a public school that received a failing grade can get vouchers without having to go to a public school for a year first.

Legislation signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence will require high schools throughout Indiana to do a better job of determining whether their students are ready to go college.

RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina groups that want to protect the funding for traditional public schools are trying to raise opposition to legislative proposals to expand private-school vouchers and charter schools.