By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos both say they want to expand school choice, including with public funding for private schools. Recently, two parent activists on the front lines…
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Guest Voz: “Is our public education destined to become Alternative Ed programs and nothing more?”
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By Leslie Puente-Ervin LatinaLista If you want to send your child to a private school, that’s your prerogative. You pay for that right. Charter schools? They may appear private, but they’re really public. While many receive private funding, the…
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Founder of one of the most successful charter schools in nation shares 3 suggestions on helping students achieve academic success
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By Mike Feiberg La Voz de Austin The debate over public education in Texas has been loud and heated. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as we debate productively. But we’ve been bogged down in trivial fights that…
By Brian Extra News CHICAGO — On May 8, 5000 teachers, students, administrators, and parents gathered in downtown Chicago to represent the 53,000 students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), demanding that CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Chicago aldermen provide…
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Latino Families Join Thousands Of Parents And Children At New Schools Expo In Demand Of Quality School Options
Dec 20, 2012, 10:34 AM 0
Extra News CHICAGO — Demonstrating the increasing demand for school choice, Latino families were among the thousands of Chicago families who explored more than 130 of the city’s public schools, including charter schools, at the 6th Annual New Schools…
