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Lisa Buie

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11/13/24 | Lisa Buie

Rising parent demand stretches Florida’s Personalized Education Program to its limit for 2024-25

Florida’s scholarship program for K-12 students who don’t attend school full-time has turned on the “no vacancy” sign. The Personalized Education Program operates as an education savings account that allocates...

11/12/24 | Lisa Buie

Despite setbacks at the ballot box, young education choice alum vows to continue the fight for parent-directed education

Jayleesha Cooper sat in her apartment at the University of Chicago and watched with hope as the election results rolled in. The college senior from Omaha had marked her mail-in...

10/17/24 | Lisa Buie

Billionaire awards a new version of the Yass Prize, this time to help an entire state

The big news: Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez could hardly contain her excitement. A Philadelphia billionaire whose name she had never heard before had donated $900,000 to cover tuition for her three...

10/09/24 | Lisa Buie

SCOTUS sidesteps families’ challenge to Michigan’s restrictive Blaine Amendment

The big story: After delivering a one-two punch to Blaine Amendments, the nation’s highest court decided not to take aim at Michigan’s version. Zoom in: This week, the U.S. Supreme...

09/30/24 | Lisa Buie

‘I was in shock’: South Carolina education choice ruling sends mom scrambling

For a decade, Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez served her country as a Marine sergeant. She spent seven months deployed in the Middle East where she fought to stem the tide of...

09/17/24 | Lisa Buie

Report: Educational struggles continue for vulnerable populations after COVID

The story: Students with disabilities and English language learners were poorly served before the pandemic and will need urgent, long-term help to recover from learning losses, according to a report from...

09/13/24 | Lisa Buie

School choice threatened for thousands of families after back-to-back court losses in two states

The story: The nation’s education choice movement suffered its second legal defeat in as many days after the Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday put the fate of a new school...

09/11/24 | Lisa Buie

South Carolina’s top education leader vows to defend ESA program after state high court strikes it down

The big story: Nearly 3,000 low-income students and their families now find themselves scrambling for education options a month into the new school year after the South Carolina Supreme...

08/19/24 | Lisa Buie

Maine could be ground zero again for another Supreme Court ruling on school choice

The story: A federal judge’s ruling means that Maine can continue to bar religious schools from a state school choice program, despite a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that...

07/15/24 | Lisa Buie

With no court ruling, almost 3,000 South Carolina ESA families face uncertainty as new school year draws closer

The latest: With about a month left before the new school year begins, nearly 3,000 South Carolina students and their families still face uncertainty as they wait for the South...

07/12/24 | Lisa Buie

A victory in the Treasure State

Families of children with special needs who signed up for Montana’s just-launched education savings accounts are celebrating. A judge blocked an attempt to halt the program while courts hear a...

07/02/24 | Lisa Buie

Alaska high court ruling ensures certainty during upcoming school year for thousands of families using unique ed choice program

The news: About 23,000 families who rely on a unique Alaska’s education unique correspondence program that dates to before statehood will not have to scramble to find other educational options...

06/26/24 | Lisa Buie

Arkansas education choice opponents want to challenge like it’s 1999 – in Florida

The story: After trying once and failing, opponents of Arkansas legislation that established education savings accounts are trying again to shut it down with a lawsuit. The latest: The complaint,...

06/26/24 | Lisa Buie

Religious charter schools are not okay, Oklahoma high court rules

The big news: In a closely watched case that could have national ramifications, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled a proposed religious charter school that the state approved last year...

06/10/24 | Lisa Buie

School field trips making a comeback as education savings accounts allow more opportunities to learn by doing

TAMPA, Florida — The 22 high schoolers at Integrity Tabernacle Christian Academy donned their school T-shirts and left at dawn for the two-hour bus trip from near Orlando to ride...

05/30/24 | Lisa Buie

Utah becomes the latest battleground in the fight over education savings accounts

The headline: Utah’s largest teachers union filed a lawsuit against the nation’s second most expansive program that allows parents to direct their children’s public education funding. Driving the news: The Utah...

05/20/24 | Lisa Buie

Catholic school Wildcat D.E.N.S. program offers personalized support to keep students on track for success

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Math class at Holy Family Catholic School begins with two polls, one in which students share their snack preferences and the other in which they name their...

05/08/24 | Lisa Buie

Despite landmark court rulings, ‘Blaine amendments’ keep causing education controversies

Your guide to the intersection of school choice, the courts and the constitution. In 2020 and 2022, the nation’s highest court threw a one-two punch at state bans on religious schools’ eligibility...

04/24/24 | Lisa Buie

As homeschooling becomes more popular, a Florida library finds creative ways to engage families

LAND O’LAKES, Florida – It’s a few days before Valentine’s Day, and eight homeschool students at the Pasco County Library are about to sew a festive cloth dinner napkin to...

04/15/24 | Lisa Buie

Trial judge strikes down unique program that offers education choice to Alaska families

Nearly 24,000 Alaska homeschooled students who use a unique state program to customize their education would have to scramble for alternatives under a trial court ruling that struck down a...