Tag: vouchers
Choice, autonomy, and equity in schools
Voxitatis is seeking comments on a way to assess the quality of education provided by schools that is based on more than a standardized test score.
Sticks and stones at the president’s motorcade
Violence distracts our national focus away from more important matters, like a bill now in the US House that will voucher-ize the nation's schools.
Senate confirms Trump’s pick for ed. sec’y
Betsy DeVos is the next US education secretary, following a close confirmation vote in the US Senate this afternoon.
Why Republicans should oppose Betsy DeVos
The Senate could vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary as early as Feb. 7. Here's what they will get.
Fla. court won’t hear voucher case
FL's Supreme Court won't hear a case that teachers' unions say would challenge the constitutionality of private school voucher programs.
My school-centered alternative fact predictions
Kellyanne Conway made an observation this weekend that "alternative facts" were dispensed from the White House by the press secretary.
A plea against charters rises from Bethlehem
When charter schools and other private corporations or churches take money away from public schools, bad things can happen and often do.
Hogan wants to double private school scholarships
Gov Hogan wants to double the amount of money Md. taxpayers spend to help low-income students pay tuition at private schools.
Trump to nominate Betsy DeVos for ed. sec.
Donald Trump today named Betsy DeVos, an advocate for private school voucher programs, as his choice for Secretary of Education.
Trump releases sort of an education plan
Donald J Trump issued a few proposals for what he would do as president for education. It's about school choice, vouchers, and merit pay.