schools

DeVos to Request Pentagon’s Support for School Choice Proposal 1
- Congress/DoD, Military Families
- April 19, 2018
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is scheduled to meet today with Defense Secretary James Mattis to ask for his support for a plan to provide military families the option of establishing education savings accounts to pursue alternative educational opportunities. DeVos appears to be backing legislation introduced in the House by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), which already
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Service Members, Veterans Groups Oppose School Choice Measure 0
- Congress/DoD, Military Families
- April 9, 2018
A consortium of 32 military, veterans and uniformed services organizations is taking a stand against legislation to provide military families the option of establishing education savings accounts (ESAs) to pursue alternative educational opportunities. Diverting funding from the federal Impact Aid program to fund the vouchers would harm the ability of school districts to provide a
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Battle over School Choice for Military Families Heats Up 0
- Congress/DoD, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 4, 2018
A coalition of groups organized by the conservative Heritage Foundation is trying to galvanize support for a measure to provide military families the option of establishing education savings (ESAs) accounts to pursue alternative educational opportunities. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), would allow military families to redirect a portion of their Impact Aid
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‘Flying Schools’ Allow Students to Learn about the Air Force 0
- Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 28, 2018
Air Mobility Command bases are holding open houses for area students in an effort to improve the quality of local schools and bolster recruiting. Last week, MacDill AFB hosted 1,300 students from eight schools in the Tampa, Fla., area. The command wants to have “flying classrooms” or other educational events at every wing this year,
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In Other News: City Rejects Tower Variance to Protect Dyess AFB; School Choice a ‘Bad Deal’ for Military Families 0
- Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 15, 2018
The city of Abilene’s Board of Adjustment unanimously denied a company’s request to vary the height of an existing telecommunications tower located about 9 miles from the south end of the runway at Dyess AFB, Texas, over concerns about its impact on the installation’s current and future missions. The proposed, 700-foot structure would have been
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How Would School Choice Work for Military Families?0
- Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 5, 2018
Late last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she supports a proposal to offer military families education savings accounts (ESAs) that could be used to pay for K-12 education for their children at public, private or online schools. But so far, it’s not clear how the federal government would provide school choice for service members.
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