Tag: reading

New Hampshire (USA) flag waving on the wind

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 12, 2025
School Choice

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“Live Free or Die” State Becomes First Universal School Choice State in the Northeast

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 12, 2025
School Choice

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With Governor Kelly Ayotte’s signature on Tuesday, New Hampshire became the first state in the Northeast and the 17th state in the nation to enact universal school choice. New Hampshire joins Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming in empowering all parents statewide with a portion of their children’s education funding to select the K-12 education avenue of their choice. Previously, New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program, which began in 2021, was restricted to only families meeting a certain household income threshold. However, during this legislative session, the state House and the Senate took up separate bills to make all students eligible for the program. On March 13, House Bill Read More ›

close-up portrait of sad little child covering ears with hands and looking away

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2025
Education Policy, Unions

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Fearmongering and Falsehoods Over Education Dept. Shutdown

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2025
Education Policy, Unions

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Unsurprisingly, there is tremendous fearmongering marked by falsehoods from the opposition regarding President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Public school personnel are already claiming that special education funding has been cut and that closing the department will devastate their ability to educate students. These claims are unfounded. Read More ›

Cute boy and girl reading book in library

^{Peter Biles
July 16, 2024
Technology in Education

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Banning Smartphones Helps. Now Bring Back the Books.

_{Peter Biles
July 16, 2024
Technology in Education

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This summer, several states have proposed banning smartphones in public schools or introducing programs that will limit kids' phone use during school hours. So far New York, Indiana, Ohio, California, and Oklahoma have proposed bans or restrictions, showing rare bipartisan concern over the issue. Read More ›

^{Donald Nielsen
May 2, 2024
Education Policy, Innovation

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Uniform Schools Yield Uniformly Poor Results

_{Donald Nielsen
May 2, 2024
Education Policy, Innovation

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Parents who have two or more children know how totally different children can be. Even with the same two parents, living in the same house, eating the same food, and having very similar learning experiences, children will still turn out to be different in personality, interests, and even appearance. So why would we stick with an education system that treats all children alike? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Learning

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Staggering Learning Loss

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Learning

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Students fortunate enough to have their school move toward a hybrid learning model may begin to return to campus two days per week. However, many districts implementing a hybrid learning format are only allocating four days a week to some form of student learning. Why? Read More ›