Event at the Hall of Flags will celebrate school choice options for students and families. AUGUSTA, Maine – On Monday, January 22, the Maine chapter of PublicSchoolOptions.org will co-host with the Maine Association for Charter Schools an open house at the Hall of Flags in Augusta to celebrate the benefits of school choice for Maine students,…
Lawsuit brought by union aims to defund type 2 charter public schools, likely kicking out over 13,000 students from their schools NEW ORLEANS – Christin White-Kaiser, the parent of a type 2 public charter school student made the following statement today regarding the Louisiana Supreme Court hearing in the case of Iberville Parish School Board, et al…
Lawsuit brought by teachers union aims to defund Type 2 public charter schools, likely kicking out over 13,000 students from their schools BATON ROUGE, La. – Earlier this week two groups claiming to be for equity in education filed amicus briefs with the Louisiana Supreme Court in support of litigation initiated by the Louisiana teachers union. In…
WASHINGTON – PublicSchoolOptions.org released the following statement today on the results of the 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform. The poll found declining support among Democrats and Republicans for charter schools. STATEMENT FROM TILLIE ELVRUM, PUBLICSCHOOLOPTIONS.ORG PRESIDENT AND PARENT ADVOCATE: “This poll should be a dramatic wake-up call for the self-appointed ‘leaders’ and ‘experts’ in the…
Lawsuit brought by teachers union aims to defund Type 2 charter public schools, likely kicking out over 13,000 students from their schools BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, September 5, in a watershed case that could affect the education of more than 13,000 Louisiana children. Initiated and…
WASHINGTON – The national board members of PublicSchoolOptions.org, a parent-led coalition that advocates for parents to have all school choice options available, released the following statement regarding the remarks delivered last night by American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randy Weingarten at AFT’s convention. STATEMENT FROM THE FIVE-MEMBER NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PARENT…
The lawsuit brought by teachers union aims to defund Type 2 charter public schools BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana teachers union recently filed a motion with the Louisiana Supreme Court to not allow into the record data cited in an amicus brief from PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) and two Louisiana parents. The publicly-available data shows that,…
Decision to Keep Open Charter Public Schools Serving More than 13,000 Louisiana Children Rests with Louisiana Supreme Court BATON ROUGE, La. – PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO), a parent-led advocacy group, recently conducted a data analysis project to determine the educational fate of Louisiana’s Type 2 charter public school students, whose education is under threat by a frivolous…
Decision to Keep Open Public Charter Schools Serving 13,000 Louisiana Children Rests with Louisiana Supreme Court BATON ROUGE, La. –Yesterday, PublicSchoolOptions.org and Louisiana parents Jennette Franklin and Christin White-Kaiser filed a motion for an amicus brief in the case of Iberville Parish School Board, et al v. Louisiana State Elementary and Secondary Education Board, et…
Sweeping education bill increases options for parents TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida chapter of PublicSchoolOptions.org, a coalition of parents fighting for more educational options, is urging Governor Rick Scott to swiftly sign HB 7069 once the bill is delivered to his desk. House Bill 7069 arose from negotiations between Florida House and Senate leaders, who…