The Wall Street Journal hits the ground in Douglas County, Colo., with a report on the school district’s pilot voucher program, highlighting that more affluent families will benefit from a policy that’s largely targeted to more disadvantaged children in other states and municipalities. Also, The Denver Post gives readers a[Read More…]
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Can a charter law facilitate a voucher plan?
From Education News Colorado: With interest flourishing in the Douglas County voucher pilot, school district officials are working to create the funding mechanism that will allow public dollars to flow through parents to private schools. Robert Ross, the district’s attorney, said the creation of a district charter school for voucher[Read More…]
Colorado school district readies voucher plan
From today’s Denver Post: After months of study, roiling controversy and emotional debate, the Douglas County school board Tuesday night unanimously approved a groundbreaking plan to help pay tuition for hundreds of students to attend private schools. The pilot program, which will be reviewed each year, would make up to[Read More…]
Parents are ready to make choice the norm. Are states ready to accommodate them?
These events are not isolated. If we are to accept Manno’s analysis, more than half the nation’s 57 million elementary and secondary school students are attending a K-12 school of their choice. Public education to these families no longer represents the traditionally zoned neighborhood school, and the leaders who they elect are taking notice.