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When it comes to giving parents fundamental power over their child's education, Colorado ranks 12th in the nation, according to the fifth edition of Parent Power Index. Read more »

Vermont recently ranked 45th out of the 51 states and Washington D.C. in a report designed to rank states based on how much power parents have over their childrens' education. Read more »

If you think school choice is important, be glad you’re a Hoosier. The Center for Education Reform now ranks Indiana No. 1 on the Parent Power Index, which means parents here have a better chance to choose just the right schools for their children than anywhere else in the nation. Read more »

Mississippi ranks 20th on a new study looking at the amount of power parents are allowed to have by states when it comes to their children's education. Read more »

A new education report card released by a Washington, D.C.-based group that promotes charter schools has South Dakota ranking second to last in the nation. Read more »

Indiana’s school voucher program is expanding, with close to 30,000 student applications for Choice Scholarships this year. Read more »

York, Penn., desperate to turn around major holes in its budget and major shortfalls in academic achievement, is considering the drastic step of turning every school in the city into a charter school run by one of two for-profit companies. Read more »

We’ve all heard the jokes about students taking courses in “basket-weaving.” It’s not so funny when your kid’s school actually forces him to take one. Read more »

Negotiations are going well in New Orleans' first collectively bargained teacher contract since Hurricane Katrina, at Benjamin Franklin High School, participants say. Read more »

Unions have struggled to gain traction in the fast-growing charter sector. As the number of charter schools has grown nationally, the number of unionized staff members has shrunk according to the most recent data from the Center for Education Reform. Read more »