Jude Schwalbach
Senior Education Policy Analyst at Reason Foundation
Senior Education Policy Analyst @Reasonfdn
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1 week ago |
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach
A new Reason Foundation report collected data from 19 states with K-12 open enrollment laws, regulations that let students attend public schools other than their assigned ones. While more than 1.6 million public school students used open enrollment across these states, the participation rates indicate that stronger policies could help thousands of additional students access public schools that better fit their needs.
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1 week ago |
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach
Executive summaryK-12 open enrollment lets students transfer to public schools other than their assigned one and is an increasingly popular form of school choice. There are two types of open enrollment: cross-district open enrollment lets students transfer to schools outside their assigned district, and within-district open enrollment lets students transfer to schools other than their assigned one inside their district.
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2 weeks ago |
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach
The Trump administration is shaking up the federal role in K-12 education. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on “expanding educational freedom.” In response to this order, the U.S. Department of Education is issuing a series of new guidances to chief state school officers, encouraging them to maximize students’ school choice options as permitted by law.
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3 weeks ago |
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach
In 2023, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the LEARNS Act into law, laying the groundwork for robust K-12 open enrollment reforms to let students attend public schools other than their assigned ones. This year, state legislators and the governor finished the work they began two years ago, codifying Senate Bill (S.B.) 624 and House Bill (H.B.) 1945.
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1 month ago |
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach
Texas lawmakers made school choice history when Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed Senate Bill 2 into law, establishing the state’s first private school choice scholarship. This is a long-awaited victory for students, but Texas can do more to expand school choice for the millions of students who still wish to attend public schools.
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