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EdChoice vouchers boost college-going and degrees -- but not test scores
Ohio's EdChoice vouchers are under legal attack: A new study says they help disadvantaged students.

Joanne Jacobs
May 92 min read
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Merit pay is coming to Houston under Mike Miles' go-big-or-go-home plan
Merit pay raised students' scores in Dallas. Now Superintendent Mike Miles is bringing it to Houston.

Joanne Jacobs
May 62 min read
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New teachers 'don't understand how kids learn to read'
A majority of Wisconsin students -- about three out of five -- score below "proficient" on state tests, write Danielle DuClos and Kayla...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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Will 65% of Tennessee 3rd-graders repeat the year? Not likely
If Tennessee's read-or- repeat law had been in place last year, 65 percent of third graders would have been at-risk of retention for...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 12, 20232 min read
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Some teachers resist 'science of reading' laws
Teachers' unions are pushing back against state laws requiring early literacy instruction to be based on the "science of reading," write...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 5, 20232 min read
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Ohio vouchers led to higher district scores, less segregation
Ohio's EdChoice vouchers enable 60,000 students from low-income families to leave district schools for alternatives. The program has led...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 15, 20221 min read
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