School Choice
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Tell people you teach middle school and you’ll get one of two responses:
You are a saint.
Ew, why?
Middle school teachers can go on for hours about why it’s …
Fidgeting used to be a problem teachers tried to solve. These days, we recognize that students don’t need to be completely still in order to learn, and constructive fid…
Students at one private school earn "learning credits" rather than traditional grades. What does that look like?
Researchers who have studied the evolution of charter schools over two decades find that their performance has improved over time.
Researchers who have analyzed charter school performance since 2000 now find that charters are outpacing traditional public schools.
A state board voted 3-2 to approve the St. Isidore Catholic Virtual Academy, which will aim to open in fall 2024, pending a court battle.
A charter authorizer has endorsed a statewide virtual school, which will be run by a Roman Catholic archdiocese and diocese.
Several states have passed private school choice programs with universal eligibility. But some have seen road bumps as they implement them.
So far this year, 14 states passed laws and lawmakers in 42 states introduced bills to expand private school choice.
Whatever happened to the results of MCAP from the Spring of 2022? For those who have forgotten, the MCAP is the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program. It is Maryland’s standardized testing program that is implemented every Spring. What was different in the Spring of 2022 is that it was the first assessment of any significance since …
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Can you send your child there instead of a Maryland K-12 school? Do they cost anything? The answer is not too complicated. Over the past decade, there has been an incredible increase in the number of these online schools. Many offer completely online services, and some offer hybrid. These online schools can offer both asynchronous …
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