LA county's three-year network engineering program pays students wages during on-the-job training while they also receive classroom instruction.

In an effort to reduce inequality in education outcomes, some school districts are removing honors classes or other programs for high achievers. Some students, parents and teachers say the push to "de-track" or "de-level" classrooms is limiting learning for everyone.

Having innovative options for families that want a niche offering could help them learn and could create new learning opportunities for students that did not exist before. That being said, it seems like the experiment of school vouchers in Ohio may have swung a bit far.

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