Menéndez also raised concerns that the ESA plan could negatively affect public schools. “My concern is that we’re setting aside a billion dollars for this new education savings voucher.

Real estate developer and former GOP state Senate candidate Tim Walsh is in line for a new gig: overseeing the clean-up of ...

School choice advocates often repeat the mantra that public education is not for everyone. But only public schools are ...

The vote will be the proposal’s biggest test yet and will show whether Gov. Greg Abbott has built enough support since a ...

Akron Public Schools (APS) are not failing − our schools are being starved by Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program. Our scholars are making significant progress particularly in early learning ...

While the House and Senate still need to agree on a final plan, the vote was a huge victory for the governor, who has pushed ...

As the Texas House prepares for a possible vote on a school voucher proposal Wednesday, groups clash over the program's ...

The Texas House is expected to vote Wednesday on bills to create a $1 billion private school voucher program and give public schools more funding per student, setting up what could be a dramatic ...

He saw only a limited role for vouchers, in providing an escape hatch for children attending the lowest-performing public schools. His bigger focus was on improving basic education in public schools.

Now, Republican lawmakers are considering further expansion, with savings accounts to allow families to use public funding for private nonchartered schools not eligible for vouchers, even ...

A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t ...