Private Schools
Which States Have Private School Choice?
Education savings accounts, voucher, and tax-credit scholarships are growing. This tracker keeps tabs on them so you don't have to.
The U.S. Private School Market: An Explainer
As private school choice programs expand, the sector is on track to grow in enrollment and value to education companies.
School Choice & Charters
Private School Choice Gets Supercharged in Trump's 2nd Term
At the same time, his administration is pledging to dial back the federal role in education.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
The Biggest Things People Don’t Know About School Choice
The school choice debate is rife with urban myths and dubious claims.
Education Funding
State Funding for Schools Is a Mess This Year, Too. Here's Why
The Trump administration's school funding disruptions have drawn significant attention, but schools are challenged by state budgets, too.
School Choice & Charters
Tracker
Federal Private School Choice: Which States Are Opting In?
Education Week is tracking state decisions on the first major federal program that directs public funds to private schools.
School & District Management
Q&A
This School Leader Still Sees the Effects of Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
Vera Triplett is concerned about the number of schools that have shut down in her city in the years since Katrina.
Families & the Community
What Americans Really Think of Public Schools
Americans continue to give a higher grade to their local schools than to the nation's education system as a whole, a new poll finds.
Education Funding
Who Will Bear the Brunt of Trump's Hold on $6.8 Billion in School Funds?
The sudden absence of expected federal funds has already cost some educators their jobs.
Federal
What Superintendents Think About a Steady Clip of Federal K-12 Changes
A state superintendent and two district leaders shared their thoughts on the latest changes coming from Washington.
School Choice & Charters
Federal Private School Choice Proposal Hits a Roadblock. Will Congress Persist?
Including tax-credit scholarships in Trump's tax cut package violates Senate rules.
Federal
Letter to the Editor
We Need More Options, Not Bureaucracy, For a Better Educated Public
More federal involvement won’t fix what ails education, says this policy analyst.
School Choice & Charters
What to Know About the Private School Choice Program Moving Through Congress
A new federal program would offer up to $5 billion in tax credits a year to fuel private school attendance nationwide.
School Choice & Charters
Another Judge Rules Against Private School Choice. Here's Why
Utah's education savings accounts violate the state constitution by giving public funds to schools that exclude students, a judge ruled.
School Choice & Charters
Texas Is Poised to Create a Massive Private School Choice Program
The bill’s passage represents a major shift in the state.
Federal
Title IX, School Choice, ‘Indoctrination’—How Trump Took on Schools in Week 2
It was a week in which the newly inaugurated president began wholeheartedly to act on his agenda for schools.