A key thread connects many of 2016’s biggest political conflicts over school choice: Money. In Nevada, the nation’s most ambitious educational choice program was challenged in court, and technically prevailed, but it may still wither away unless lawmakers agree to fund it. In Louisiana, lawmakers cut funding to a statewide[Read More…]
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Florida roundup: Special needs, charter schools, ESOL and more
Special needs. Orange County schools used restraints on students with disabilities more than 1,000 times during the past school year, but the district uses them less frequently than the state average. Orlando Sentinel. Charter schools. The City of West Palm Beach identifies a site for a planned municipal charter school.[Read More…]
Building a new education system with an old financial formula
A new report on how charter schools are funded in Florida is a reminder that being different typically comes at a price. Though state policymakers are indeed charting new approaches in the field of public education, their budget writers are still ciphering students in the same old ways. The impact is[Read More…]
What public radio and television can teach us about public education
In this week’s Washington Post, Laura R. Walker, president and chief executive of New York Public Radio, and Jaclyn Sallee, president and chief executive officer of Alaska-based Kohanic Broadcast Corporation, defended taxpayer-funded journalism. According to Walker and Sallee, the federal government currently allocates $430 million to the Corporation for Public[Read More…]