Could Montana OK Charters and Private-School Tax Credits All at Once? – State...
UPDATED Separate bills to allow charter schools and to provide a tax-credit for parents who send their children to private schools have made progress recently in the Montana legislature, but the...
View ArticleIslamic Society Review (Refer): Former Prime Minister criticises the...
The dominance of a private-school educated elite and well-heeled middle class in the “upper echelons” of public life in Britain is “truly shocking”, Sir John Major has said.The former Conservative...
View ArticleDelhi battle for private-school places proves brutal
Four-year-old Abraham has spent a year preparing for Delhi’s school admissions process. Every evening, under the watchful eye of his mother, he has practised counting and writing, hoping to impress the...
View ArticleThe DOJ and Wisconsin’s private-school choice program: a storm is brewing
Last week, the Wisconsin Reporter reported that the United States Department of Justice is still conducting an “ongoing investigation” into whether Wisconsin’s private-school choice program...
View ArticleMissouri Student-Transfer Bill Could Founder On Private-School Vouchers –...
A measure intended to fix Missouri’s much-maligned law that allows students to transfer out of unaccredited school districts won approval from lawmakers last week, but may be doomed by a provision that...
View ArticleSenate votes to expand private-school scholarship program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama senators on Tuesday agreed to both expand and tighten restrictions on a state program that helps some families pay for private school. “I’m happy for the parents and the...
View ArticleSandoval signs bill creating private-school scholarships
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Monday creating scholarships so lower-income families can afford private school tuition, declaring that Nevada now has “true school choice.”...
View ArticlePrivate-school proponents fear Alberta NDP will change funding model
Parents with kids attending private and independent schools fear that if talk of an “orange crush” holds true and the Alberta NDP forms government it could spur changes to how their facilities are...
View ArticleMost on private-school scholarships not from failing schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Most students attending private schools on scholarships from Alabama’s new school-choice program are from low-income families, but only 30 percent would otherwise be attending a...
View ArticlePrivate-school students ‘sleepwalking into predictable careers’
The head of Britain’s university admissions system has accused private-school students of “sleepwalking” through their education, shunning hi-tech subjects such as robotics and bio-engineering in...
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