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No more 'F' schools in Houston: Mike Miles takes a victory lap
After two years of Superintendent Mike Miles' reforms, 74 percent of Houston students are in A/B schools and zero are in "F" schools.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 71 min read
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Charters are growing: Latino enrollment is way up
As district-run public schools lose enrollment -- 1.5 million students since 2019 -- charter schools are adding students, according to a...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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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 5, 20223 min read
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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 19, 20222 min read
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Public schools are losing white, middle-class students
Urban school districts are losing students, writes Matt Welch, a public school parent in New York City, in Reason. White, middle-class...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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