Joanne Jacobs
Poll finds strong, bipartisan support for school choice
Democrats and Republicans strongly support school choice, according to a new I&I/TIPP poll, reports Terry Jones. Here's the question,...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Don't ignore the smart kids
Victoria McDougald thought kindergarten would be exciting and joyful for her son, "an eager, rapid learner," but she learned that the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Choice and common culture
We need to find a way to have school choice and to teach our "shared inheritance" as Americans, writes Fordham's Checker Finn. He worries...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Church, state and public school: Is the wall crumbling?
An Oklahoma board rejected a proposed Catholic charter school, citing the need for clarification on how a tax-funded Catholic school...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Back in the USA
We returned from Barcelona last night, so I'm a bit jet-lagged -- and where was my breakfast buffet this morning? -- but the blog is...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Conservatives shouldn't give up on public education
Public education is progressive in its goals, yet schools are conservative institutions, writes Robert Pondiscio in National Affairs....
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Is a religious charter school kosher?
Oklahoma is considering approval of the first religious charter school in the U.S., reports Andrea Eger in Tulsa World. A state board is...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Parents need 'choice navigators'
"Choice navigators" can help parents use education scholarships to find the right options for their children, writes Travis Pillow of the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Do parents know best? ESAs go for robots, rabbits, roping lessons
If a homeschooled child learns to code a toy robot, care for a pet rabbit or take cowboy roping lessons, is that an educational expense?...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Choice lets parents find a school that respects their rights
"Families should not be stuck in an education system that actively undermines parental rights and ideologically grooms children, argues...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 24
- 1 min
54% of parents are considering a new school for their kids
A majority of parents are considering a new school, according to a new survey by the School Choice Awareness Foundation. Two-thirds say...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Scientists, engineers, chefs, gardeners become freelance teachers
An ecosystem of innovative schools and teaching specialists is growing in South Florida's Broward County, writes Ron Matus on ReimaginED....
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
How Denver schools improved: Choice, accountability
Denver schools' reform strategy improved achievement dramatically, concludes a University of Colorado Denver study. "The overall effects...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Why they left district schools -- and aren't coming back
Seven parents tell Washington Post Magazine why they left district-run public schools for private school or homeschooling. "Since 2019,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Florida's special-ed students are doing very well: Is it choice?
In Florida, which pioneered school choice for special-needs students more than 20 years ago, students with disabilities are doing very...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
Gone girls and boys
District-run public schools lost nine percent of enrollment between spring 2021 and spring 2022, concludes School Disrupted by Tyton...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
School choice is a winner
School choice advocates did well in the midterms, writes Mike McShane, national research director of EdChoice, in Forbes. Governors Ron...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
'Red wave' includes frustrated parents
Education is an "iceberg" that will sink Democrats' chances in the midterms, argues Hugh Hewitt in a Washington Post commentary....
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
School choice withstands challenge in Arizona
A campaign to repeal Arizona's expansion of school choice apparently has failed to gather enough signatures to go on the ballot. Arizona...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Parents want choices
Parents want education options, concludes Never Going Back, based on a Mary 22 Harris Poll for the National Alliance for Public Charter...
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