Texas Republicans pushing for vouchers often note that the state’s public schools receive more than $15,000 per student. But that doesn’t account for inflation or reflect the money districts can actually use.

Republican senators in Tennessee are targeting school board and superintendent associations following opposition to the governor’s private-school voucher bill. A new bill would bar districts from funding lobbying groups, and lawmakers are requesting internal communications from the Tennessee School Boards Association related to vouchers.

Superintendent Jeni Gotto and Westminster Public Schools are so accomplished at competency-based education that she has literally written the book on it.