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Frances Floresca

Frances Floresca is a freelance reporter and educational policy analyst.

Public Education
Half of parents are sending or considering sending their kids to a new school, survey says

As students prepare to return to school, many parents are looking to send them to a new school. Nearly half of parents have decided on or are currently considering… Read More

August 7, 2023
Public Education
School choice advocates ‘fact check’ Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs who claimed ESAs are ‘unsustainable’ based on inflated numbers

School choice advocates are fact checking Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who called the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) “unsustainable.” “The newest voucher cost projections show us what we already… Read More

August 1, 2023
Public Education
‘They’re afraid of empowered and informed parents’: Nevada sex education committee accused of bias against parents, favored LGBT-inclusive applicants

The sex education committee for a Nevada school district favored “queer-inclusive” candidates as new members and frowned on those from a parental rights group, says one of the group’s leaders. Read More

July 26, 2023
Government
Hundreds of Nevada students expected to lose school choice scholarships. Supporters blame Dem lawmakers

Up to 600 Nevada K-12 students may lose their school choice scholarships next year after the Legislature failed to raise the cap on the program and support the governor’s agenda… Read More

July 24, 2023
Public Education
‘Armed with knowledge’: National conference empowers teachers to stand up to unions

Around 200 educators attended the Teacher Freedom Summit last week, a “first-of-its-kind” conference to help public school teachers understand and stand up to the unions that claim to support them. Read More

July 20, 2023