School choice
Answering Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto's question
She asks, and NPRI answers.
Read moreParents want to be able to choose their child's school
Not just in Nevada, either. Nearly nine out of ten Vermonters (89 percent) prefer choosing a school for their child among options that include private schools, charter schools, virtual schools, and homeschooling.
Democrats try to kill school choice in D.C.
Breaking news from Dan Lips and Robert Enlow, writing for National Review: Democrats have a $450 billion omnibus bill which has a provision to eliminate the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program—a voucher program which helps 1,700 low-income students attend private schools of their choice.
Commission wants to force Coronado students to go to Liberty High School
Last week, we told you about how Coronado High School has too many students and Liberty High School doesn't have enough. Since the Henderson schools are within five miles each other, the easy solution for the Attendance Zone Advisory Commission was to change the zoning.
Special needs scholarships
Please meet Lucas Estrada. Lucas is an elementary student in Florida who has autism. A voucher through Florida's McKay scholarship program allowed him to attend a private school, where "Lucas thrives in academic...
School choice would help solve problem of over- and under-crowded Henderson high schools
Liberty and Coronado High Schools are both in Henderson and are less than five miles from each other. Liberty is under-populated by 768 students and Coronado has 512 students too many. Now, if school systems operated in a free-market system, this wouldn't be a big deal.
Charter schools in Nevada need more control
Nevada's charter school situation is embarrassingly poor. We have about 420,000 students in the public school system and yet fewer than 30 charter schools. What, exactly, is a charter school? Basically it's a normal public school where tuition is free for all students and virtually whoever applies must be accepted. (Usually, if there are too many applications, a lottery is used.) Unlike traditional public schools, however, charter schools are free from much of the usual bureaucratic red tape.
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Students, scholarhips, and saving tax dollars (in Florida)
One of Florida's best and most effective parental choice programs has been Step Up for Students, a corporate tuition scholarship program for low-income children. The corporate tuition scholarship allows corporations in Florida to make tax-deductible contributions to organizations that provide scholarships to low-income children to attend private schools or out-of-district public schools.
Goal: Actually educate children
The State of Nevada Controller's Office released its "Report to the Citizens" on Tuesday, and beyond the obvious (Nevada spent more money in FY2008 than in FY2007 despite the recession), what are most interesting are the "Performance Measures" Controller Kim Wallin reports.
