Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are "the way of the future," writes Matthew Ladner in a new report released this month.
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10/9/2012
Two new elementary schools approved by voters but not yet built should ease overcrowding at existing Columbia K-5 buildings.
10/9/2012
The DeKalb County school system will shift to a “balanced” attendance calendar next fall, despite a survey showing most parents oppose the change.
10/7/2012
How the Austintown Board of Education conducts the public comment portion of its meetings has become a major point of contention over the past several months.
9/30/2012
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that “unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
9/26/2012
The Philadelphia School District is preparing to close roughly 40 schools in June, and officials want your opinion on how they should pick which ones to shutter.
9/26/2012
The Center for the Next Generation and Parents magazine recently surveyed over 2,100 parents across the country about how the recession and ensuing slow economic recovery has impacted parenthood — from family planning to education choices.
9/19/2012
Dissatisfied parents and elected officials from West Nashville are exploring a never-before-utilized state law that would allow a public school to be converted into a parent-controlled charter school.
9/18/2012
The Beaufort mother who has petitioned the Beaufort County School District to put cameras on school buses says she will now look to the courts to keep her children from being bullied.
9/6/2012
The issue of class size dominated the Board of Education’s first meeting of the school year last week, when enrollment data was discussed on several occasions.
9/3/2012
Elfega Cazares isn't taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in the city's Pilsen neighborhood, she knows her children stand to lose the most if teachers walk off the job next Monday.
8/30/2012
In advance of students returning to Foxborough Public Schools on Tuesday, Sept. 4, the town’s School Committee reviewed and approved the district’s goals for the 2012-13 at Monday’s meeting.
8/28/2012
Advocates for special education students will rally Wednesday in Lansing, hoping to influence state officials to abolish rules they say are leading to increased class sizes and caseloads.
8/27/2012
For most students in New York City, the end of August means stocking up on school supplies, picking up uniforms or school clothes, and wondering who their new teachers and classmates will be.
8/19/2012
When a state education official said last week that some home-schooled children may not be getting an adequate education – and that some may even be kept home to babysit younger siblings – the response was fast and fierce.
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