School Choice & Education Reform

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (250+ words) The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how Russia manages the official narrative. The Kremlin has long maintained…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (152+ words) From the very first one-room schoolhouse to the sixteen schools of today, the Twin Falls community has a long history of supporting education. Eric Smallwood is the board chairman of the Twin Falls School District. If the proposed levy is…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (610+ words) SCHOOL CLOSURES COULD SPUR STUDENT EXODUS Portland Public Schools has an enrollment problem. I’m increasingly concerned that its proposed solution may make that problem worse [“Shell Game,” WW, Sept. 16]. PPS is considering closures, consolidations, program moves, changes to K–8 schools…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (413+ words) The Republicans running for District 5 House, incumbent Matt Roby and return-hopeful Byron Callies, both signaled in last night’s forum in Watertown that they want to focus on improving public schools, not diverting more public dollars to private-school vouchers: “We are…...

18+ hour, 53+ min ago   (451+ words) Florida's governor warns of an ongoing risk of flooding after Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the state on Friday. Nearly 900,000 people were without power after Isaias made landfall as a hurricane on the northern Gulf coast near Destin, Florida, on…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (229+ words) [Regarding “I Beg to Differ: Should Students Be Excused for Religious Instruction?” Sept. 2, Xpress:] Of all the amendments contained in the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment is probably my favorite. It states among other things: “Congress shall make no…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago   (849+ words) Colorado may be leading the way among a small band of optimists who see opportunity for public schools in a new Trump-backed tax credit that others say will spell doom. A loose coalition of public school supporters in Colorado are…...

12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (233+ words) New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed up the state Friday to the Trump administration's school choice program despite opposition from teachers unions. The initiative, known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, allows individual taxpayers to receive up to a…...

11+ hour, 57+ min ago   (457+ words) As election season reaches its climax and we get bombarded with competing, conflicting messages and numerous, often difficult choices at the ballot box, at least one ballot item offers clarity and, really, a fairly easy choice. On Nov. 3, or sooner…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1486+ words) Cub Scout Pack 225 occasionally holds pizza night fundraisers at Moondog Pizza, something that Drexel Mayor Dennis Anthony said in Tuesday’s public meeting that he opposes. Anthony later rescinded his disapproval. The Town of Drexel pays for utilities at the Scout…...