Alternative schooling options became widely popular among families during the pandemic. Will it impact the future of traditional public schools?

Two Republican lawmakers are trying to strengthen an existing Ohio law by requiring — instead of just allowing — school districts to create a policy letting students to be excused from school to go to released time religious instruction.

A state law was meant to help families by allowing the use of public money to fund students’ tuition at special education boarding schools around the country. But in solving one problem, lawmakers created another.

In the world of special education, each case is like a microcosm of how the problem is playing out across the country. Every party is unhappy and frustrated with the situation.