October School Reform News: Heartland Institute

North Carolina Lawmakers OK

Choice for Waiting Kids

The October issue of School Reform News reports the North Carolina legislature approved a budget allocating more money for a new school voucher program and allowed more students to transfer to private schools on scholarships. I prayed that the other parents that didn’t get picked, that extra money would be available for them to get picked, because as passionate as I am, they are too, said one parent.

Also in this issue:

It’s been almost a year since Indiana and Pennsylvania officially withdrew from national Common Core standards, but the testing organization Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) still lists the two states as members.

• Some high schools in Florida are experimenting with massive open online classes to reduce costs and expand options.
• Lawmakers, state board of education members, parents, and the governor of Florida are all suing each other over Common Core.
• As online education becomes more popular, homeschooling families attempt to distinguish themselves.
• Philadelphia schools say class sizes will balloon to 40 kids without a bailout, but their numbers don’t add up.
• The College Board won’t say who wrote its new, biased U.S. history curriculum for advanced high school students.

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