Public Education
Public schools down more than 1 million students since COVID; biggest losses in blue statesPublic schools have lost more than 1 million students since the COVID-19 pandemic, new data show, with the steepest declines in blue states that lack school choice. Hawaii, Mississippi, Oregon,… Read More
Homeschools
Real faces of school choice: Empowering homeschool families to learnA former public school teacher turned homeschooling mom is transforming her children’s education with the help of state-funded education savings accounts. Paula Bean taught public school for two years before… Read More
Culture
Congressional intern killed in DC shooting; not intended target, police sayAn aid to U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, was shot and killed Monday night in Washington, D.C. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Massachusetts, was killed when… Read More
Christian Schools
‘God is faithful’: How one homeschool mom started a tuition-free Christian school for children of incarcerated parentsIn the late 1980s, Robin Khoury was a new homeschool mom facing opposition from friends and family members who didn’t understand her decision to teach her oldest son at home… Read More
Fentanyl
Middle school teacher busted for fentanyl trafficking(The Heartlander) — A North Carolina middle school teacher was arrested and charged with drug trafficking during a roundup in which officials found enough fentanyl to kill… Read More