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By STEPHANIE BANCHERO Louisiana is poised to establish the nation’s most expansive system of school choice by adopting a package of vouchers and other tools that would give many parents control over the use of tax dollars to educate their children. The initiative would effectively redefine vouchers, which have typically Primer for Students and Parents [...]
Story By: by Tovia Smith Alyssa Rodemeyer, 16, talks about her younger brother Jamey at an anti-bullying rally in San Francisco. Jamey committed suicide in September 2011 after being bullied. More schools are looking for ways to combat bullying among students. – Marc Skvirsky, vice president, Facing History and Ourselves Erica Newell of the Massachusetts [...]
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Story By: by Lucy Nalpathanchil – Edward Young Mike Haynie, founder of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans, teaches at EBV-Syracuse last year. – Mike Haynie Since 2008, more than 400 veterans have completed EBV. Nearly 70 percent of them have launched a business. Haynie says a large alumni network is one of the keys to [...]
Story By: Talk of the Nation Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications, Education TrustFrederick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute The achievement gap between black and white students has narrowed significantly over the past 50 years. The gulf between rich and poor students, however, has widened dramatically ref. Several [...]
Story By: by Christine Jessel Some students just don’t do well in high school â many struggle with bad grades or have discipline problems, and others choose to drop out ref. But there’s also an alternative that some students are taking advantage of: A few school districts are opening up specialized schools inside shopping malls.