Successful school choice requires that parents have ample access to high-quality information.
Last week, the Ohio Senate Primary and Secondary Education committee passed a provision that would weaken the state’s charter sponsor evaluation system.
Ohio’s teacher pension system is woefully underfunded, imposes significant costs on teachers and schools, and shortc
We’re back from vacation, covering pieces from 4/30 – 5/13. Celebrating National Charter Schools Week in Ohio
Pensions, a promise of guaranteed lifetime income for retirees, have been around since antiquity.
How many teachers know even the basics about their retirement plan? Too few according to a recent study by Dillon Fuchsman of Saint Louis University and Josh McGee and Gema Zemarro of the University of Arkansas.
A little over a month ago, the Biden administration proposed a new and unprecedented set of rules for the federal
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April is drawing to a close, and that (thankfully) means the end of tax season.
For nearly three decades, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has offered grants to support brand-new charter schools and, more recently, high-quality n
NOTE: Today, members of the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on
Hispanic students make up the largest share of charter school students nationally, but research focusing specifically on Hispanic school choosers is lacking.
Earlier this year, the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding filed a lawsuit aimed at eliminating the state’s EdChoice Scholarship Program
Earlier this year, a coalition of traditional public school districts filed a lawsuit that they hope will spell the end of EdChoice,
Just like the term “virtual schooling,” the moniker “hybrid learning”—which came to the fore at the start of Covid disruptions—does not denote one educational model.
Since the 1980s, parents in London, England, have been guaranteed the right to choose a state-funded school for their children, with capacity being the only barrier. Since 1996, school performance tables have been made publicly available to aid them in sorting through what can be a wide array of options.
