It's the second time in a year public school advocates have had to carry out a signature-gathering effort to try to reverse a legislative measure to use public money for private school tuition.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee's universal voucher proposal stalled in the legislature this spring, even with a GOP supermajority. Now, in anticipation of a do-over, the governor is taking the unusual step of using his bully pulpit to endorse certain Republican candidates over others.
Many Michigan families would receive free pre-K and all high school graduates would receive free community college education under the 2025 spending plan.
A slew of education leaders in several states, including Florida, Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina, publicly advised school districts not to comply with the Biden administration's ruling.
Texas education officials and Republican lawmakers say proposed elementary school lessons that incorporate extensive biblical references will boost student achievement and save teachers time from developing their own curriculum.
Iowa's new education savings account (ESA) program is influencing private schools to raise tuition rates, according to a new working paper published by Brown University.
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.
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.
The state education department will write it's own model policy that districts may adopt, but so long as they come up with something to keep cellphone use "as limited as possible" districts can do what they like.
