— Public school advocates in Nebraska are decrying the passage of bill to directly fund private school tuition with taxpayer money as a “cowardly act” to keep voters from deciding the issue at the ballot box. The new measure will directly fund those private school tuition scholarships from state coffers, and leaves the ballot measure to repeal the private school …
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Public school advocates in Pennsylvania are criticizing publicly funded programs that help underwrite tuition at private and religious schools, saying many of the eligible schools discriminate by cherry-picking the students they want to teach. “It is schools that are choosing students.” The money that goes to this program, as well as the Educational Improvement Tax Credits program, …
This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. But 1 in 4 food-insecure kids live in households that don't qualify for the federal free and reduced meal program, leading to "mounting school lunch debts in the tens of thousands of dollars," Minnesota Public Radioreported. "As a former teacher, I know that providing free breakfast and lunch for our students is one …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a South Carolina General Assembly session that has already shown some sharp divides between lawmakers and teachers and school administrators, a school choice bill has them trying to sing from the same sheet of music. The bill would put some limits on choice — schools, classes and programs can’t get overcrowded, students have to meet eligibility …
