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New National Survey Finds Americans Have Dim Outlook on K-12 Education, Want School Choice
(NAPSI)—The majority of Americans of all ages are pessimistic about the direction in which K-12 education is heading today, and most are supportive of expanding school choice options, according to an annual survey conducted by EdChoice and Braun Research, Inc. The 2016 Schooling in America Survey measures the nation’s public opinion and awareness on a range of K-12 education topics and policies, such as school performance, schooling preferences, educational choice reforms and more.
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School choice is as American as the Happy Meal
Atlanta’s school superintendent, Meria Carstarphen, said the idea of school choice is quintessentially American, noting that “people like choice. They want to pick their president. They want to pick their Happy Meal.”
She also said, “What I hear here in Atlanta is that [families] do want a portfolio of options.”
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Millennials Are the School Choice Generation, New Survey Says
Millennials support equal opportunity and a society without borders. School choice delivers on both fronts. Read the article here.
Bullying victim gains a new sense of self
October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
Bullying is something many children go through. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that one in five children ages 12 to 18 is a victim of bullying.
Read more about this Louisiana boy's story here.
RightWisconsin honors school choice advocates former Governor Tommy Thompson and Susan Mitchell
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson and school choice advocate Susan Mitchell have been honored by RightWisconsin for their work on education reform
Thompson won the 2016 Ronald Reagan award; Mitchell was the recipient of the 2016 Iron Lady award, named in honor of the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Read more about the awards and these great advocates of School Choice here.
Op Ed: More school choice will ease social ills
Across the United States, the number of children who are under the age of five is approximately the same as the number who are between age five and 10. Both groups are equal five-year cohorts.
But in many of our nation’s poor communities, some children unfortunately seem to disappear when they reach elementary school age. Take Durham County, as an example. The most recent Census indicates there are 3,252 fewer five- to 10-year-olds living in Durham than we should expect, given the number of preschool children who live there.
Of course, we know where these children have gone: Next door. Chapel Hill and Orange County have an extra 1,100 elementary-age children, and thousands more reside in Cary and areas of Wake County not far from the Durham County line.
What force seems to be driving families across the county lines? It’s school assignments. Middle class families flock to the areas with good assigned schools, and they avoid areas where they perceive that schools are bad.
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Popular Twitter Chats for Teachers, Every Day (or Night) of the Week
It’s never been easier for educators to collaborate with peers and grow their professional learning networks. Because hundreds of thousands of teachers, administrators and instructional technologists regularly participate in scheduled and “slow” hashtag-based Twitter chats, there is always somebody online who can answer a question, share an idea or recommend a digital resource for an upcoming unit or lesson plan.
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Virtual School Students in an Alabama Town Tell Their Stories to the Board of Education
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Ellsworth Wisconsin teen uses virtual school to pursue her music career
Online school is letting Brooke Elizabeth go after her dream. Read the story here.