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03/04/24 | Lisa Buie
New NextSteps feature tracks education choice challenges
Welcome to docketED, your guide to the intersection of school choice, the courts and the constitution. If 2023 was the year of school choice for supporters, 2024 is shaping up...
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01/29/24 | Lisa Buie
Florida Catholic schools thrive amid record choice expansion
Editor’s note: This story is published in celebration of National Catholic Schools Week, which runs from Jan. 28-Feb. 3. Visit Guardian Angels Catholic School in Clearwater, and you’ll feel a...
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01/23/24 | Lisa Buie
State scholarship expansions send Jacksonville school’s enrollment soaring
Editor’s note: This story is published in celebration of National School Choice Week, which runs Jan. 21-27. In the early 1980s, a young educator and pastor named Frederic Pinkney received...
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01/04/24 | Lisa Buie
Virtual Reality games and banking app help mom make Florida teen’s education unique
Traditional school wasn’t working for Alexander Luther. The 15-year-old, who has autism spectrum disorder, would get overstimulated and tired toward the end of the 6-hour day. His mother, Sue, a...
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12/22/23 | Lisa Buie
A look back: How massive strides in education choice made history and set trends in 2023
If 2023 could be summed up in a single word, it would be transformation. Florida lawmakers passed House Bill 1, which expanded education choice eligibility to all students in the...
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11/20/23 | Lisa Buie
Florida school district sees charter schools as ally in managing rapid growth
Suzanne Legg had a problem. She had co-founded her county’s first charter school. Classes had barely begun, and already student behavior was causing serious issues. As a first-time charter school...
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11/17/23 | Lisa Buie
States and cities: the next battlegrounds for education freedom
Last year, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Carson v. Makin said excluding schools from choice programs solely because they teach religion violates the First Amendment’s free exercise clause. The...
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11/15/23 | Lisa Buie
New Hampshire judge rejects teachers union challenge to Education Freedom Accounts Program
The story: As legal challenges to the wave of newly adopted education choice laws wind through the courts, a judge just handed New Hampshire a big win. On Tuesday, the...
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11/15/23 | Lisa Buie
Brewer owner’s lawsuit looks to capitalize on Badger State’s new court and attack school choice options
The story: After two court victories in the 1990s, Wisconsin, the national birthplace of modern-era school choice, now faces a court challenge that, if successful, could send more than 60,000...
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11/14/23 | Lisa Buie
Chimpanzees and sewing lessons: Flexible scholarship fuels Florida student’s unconventional education
Kate Streets wants to be Jane Goodall when she grows up. “I have always wanted to work with animals that you can actually touch and play with and have a...
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11/09/23 | Lisa Buie
Florida Senate’s deregulation push targets third-grade retention, testing and turnarounds
A provision that made Florida a national literacy leader 20 years ago could be repealed in an effort to ease the regulatory burden on Florida’s school districts. A state Senate...
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11/02/23 | Lisa Buie
Two ed choice giants join forces to defend families’ freedom as ESAs usher in new era
The school choice movement has entered a new era. A clear signal of that came today with the announcement that Institute for Justice, the national public interest law firm...
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11/01/23 | Lisa Buie
Q & A: How a veteran home school educator helps West Virginians create customized learning plans for their children
For families in states that allow parents to use scholarships to customize their children’s education, the opportunities can be exciting. However, the plethora of choices can also make the process...
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10/30/23 | Lisa Buie
Award-winning science teacher and STREAM program credited for Catholic school’s success
Step onto the campus of Christ the King Catholic School, and you’ll find STEM everywhere. The first graders are raising chickens to provide eggs for the school cafeteria. The second...
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10/27/23 | Lisa Buie
South Carolina becomes latest battleground in fight over school choice
Add South Carolina to the list of states whose education choice scholarship programs are facing court challenges. The state teachers’ union, along with the state NAACP and six parents, has...
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10/26/23 | Lisa Buie
Federal proposal would bring school choice to families in all 50 states
As a fifth grader, Hera Varmah struggled with English. One of 12 children of immigrant parents, it made her question her own intelligence. “Growing up, I never thought I was...
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10/25/23 | Lisa Buie
Oklahoma religious charter school case divides GOP, school choice movement
The story: Oklahoma’s top lawyer, who already warned state officials about the constitutionality of a faith-based charter school, has now jumped into the legal fray. Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued...
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10/23/23 | Lisa Buie
Unique Alaska program stirs education choice legal battle
What started in 1939 to ensure students in even the most remote areas of Alaska got access to public education is now at the center of a court battle over...
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10/19/23 | Lisa Buie
Florida’s top education leader seeks to unify school choice movement
ORLANDO — Joining forces to form a powerful movement was the theme as the Florida Charter School Conference and School Choice Summit kicked off Wednesday. For the first time,...
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10/16/23 | Lisa Buie
Court challenge fails to derail Arkansas education choice scholarships
The headline: The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld state lawmakers’ vote to fast-track landmark education legislation. So, what: Education choice opponents’ legal challenge to lawmakers’ approval of an emergency clause delayed...
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