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    Confused By Your Public School Choices? Hire A Coach

    Nov 27, 2017
    Public school choice options can be overwhelming for parents. As they try to navigate these new education systems, some parents are turning to experts for help.
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    Hundreds of protesters greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos this week in Denver, where she addressed the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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    DeVos Protests In Denver; House To Make Cuts To Education

    Jul 22, 2017
    More girls are taking the AP computer science exam, House Republicans rejected school choice expansions in Trump's initial budget request, and the education secretary spoke in Denver amid protests.
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    Hundreds of protesters hold signs and chant at a rally in front of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is scheduled to deliver a speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which backs school choice pol
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    Betsy DeVos Speech Greeted By Protesters She Calls 'Defenders Of The Status Quo'

    Jul 20, 2017
    The education secretary has longstanding ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which backs school choice policies coast to coast.
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    Future Uncertain For Nevada Tuition, School Supply Vouchers

    May 30, 2017

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The future is uncertain for a Nevada program to provide public assistance for private school tuition, textbooks, uniforms, tutors and other costs as state leaders continue to squabble over the details of the contentious issue.

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    Children play on a swing set at the Trinity Lutheran Child Learning Center playground in Columbia, Mo.
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    Playground Case Could Breach Barrier Between Tax Coffers, Religious Schools

    Apr 19, 2017
    The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether Missouri should provide a grant to a church preschool, or if that violates the state's constitution. The state's new governor has abandoned the rule.
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    Nevada OKs $125K More To Defend Voucher-Style School Program

    Aug 10, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials have approved another $125,000 to defend a voucher-style education program that's in legal limbo at the state Supreme Court.

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    Poll Shows Almost Half Of Nevada Voters Support ESA Program

    Aug 03, 2016

    A new poll finds almost half of Nevada voters are in favor of the state’s controversial education savings account program, and more than two-thirds of those respondents are from richer homes.

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    Sweeping School Choice Program Up For Big Supreme Court Test

    Jul 29, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether a program dubbed the nation's broadest school choice measure passes constitutional muster.

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    Attorney General Prods Judge To Hurry On School Choice Case

    Apr 25, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — State officials want a Las Vegas judge to speed up his decision on Nevada's sweeping new school choice program.

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    Judge Wants More Information Before School Choice Ruling

    Mar 03, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge wants more information before he decides what to do with a lawsuit against Nevada's sweeping new school choice program.

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    School Choice Program Lawsuit Up For Las Vegas Court Hearing

    Mar 02, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawsuit against the state's sweeping new school choice program is up for a hearing in a Las Vegas court.

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    State Wants Costs Of Freezing School Choice Program Covered

    Jan 29, 2016

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials want a group that's suing over the state's new school choice program to cover the costs of putting the program on hold.

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    Nevada Asks Supreme Court For Speedy School Choice Appeal

    Jan 22, 2016

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Attorney General Adam Laxalt has filed a formal request that the Nevada Supreme Court speed up a decision about the state's halted school choice program.

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    Top Nevada Republicans Smooth Over School Choice Suit Spat

    Jan 15, 2016

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Some of Nevada's top elected Republicans say they're setting aside their differences after a war of words last week over a school choice lawsuit.

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    Judge Puts Sweeping Nevada School Choice Program On Hold

    Jan 12, 2016

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A district judge has put Nevada's sweeping school choice program on hold just weeks before money was expected to flow to parents for private school tuition.

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    Nevada Wants Case Against School Choice Program Dismissed

    Dec 11, 2015

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is defending its school choice program that offers parents several thousand dollars to send their children to private schools if they choose.

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    Lawsuit Over Nevada School Choice Program Heads To Court

    Dec 10, 2015

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada attorneys are headed to court to fight a lawsuit that could dismantle the state's broad new school choice program.

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    Nevada To Pay Famed Lawyer To Defend School Choice Program

    Nov 11, 2015

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is paying $285,000 to hire a famous lawyer to help defend the state's new Education Savings Account program in two pending lawsuits.

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    Nevada Fights Against ACLU Suit Over Voucher-Like Program

    Oct 20, 2015

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is fighting back against a legal challenge that would dismantle the state's broad new school choice program.

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    Aug 28, 2015

    Even as it slumbers in the Desert Companion archives, our big July 2014 report on the late Dr. Ralph Conti — a beloved local pediatrician whose career was ruined by a stem-cell scam — continues to touch readers.

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    Zeit: The Breakdown: School choice

    Jul 27, 2015

    Will SB302 turn our education system upside-down? These facts give the controversial new law some context.

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    Nevada's Supply Side Education

    Jun 17, 2015

    Nevada has joined four other states – Arizona, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee - in implementing a unique but controversial school choice program.

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