State senator's mission is changing schools in Texas
75 days ago
"Patrick is pushing for expansion of charter schools and touting an ambitious voucher plan that would allow students to attend private schools with public money.
Court overturns block of Colo. school vouchers
79 days ago
The Douglas County program offered up to 500 students $4,575 in state funds for tuition at private schools, including religious schools.
School districts expanding choices of students, parents
82 days ago
The district is drawing students from multiple attendance zones and outside of the district by billing its concept of specialized learning as a private school education without the cost.
Attendance 'scrubbing' tempts low-ranked schools
86 days ago
Losing the voucher meant that 15-year-old Kailey Beard's $9,000 tuition to a nearby private school was no longer covered - and that she couldn't play sports.
More funding might not be solution for Texas schools
93 days ago
"Grusendorf's favored solution is, and has long been, to provide vouchers to send public school students to private schools.
'Choice' schools OK testing, not open enrollment
107 days ago
Start with an existing tax, in this case the state franchise tax, and let taxpayers, in this case Texas businesses, pay some of it to a non-profit organization that awards private school...
Texas schools aren't among the odds-on budget favorites
127 days ago
School funding advocates face a decision on strategy: fight for big money in this session, or accept Dewhurst's approach: set aside as much as possible pending a court decision and spend more time...
Dewhurst and other Texas leaders may leave us no 'choice'
133 days ago
What we're really talking about here is putting state dollars into private schools, a large percentage of them parochial.
Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools
133 days ago
Perez dipped into her 3-year-old daughter's college fund to pay for one semester at Pembroke but has since transferred to Methodist University in Fayetteville, a private school.
Tackling the ongoing challenge of helping poor kids learn
135 days ago
They prepare all students for college, as private schools do.