(This article appeared this week in the online blog of Education Next, a publication of the Hoover Institution)
(This article appeared this week in the online blog of Education Next, a publication of the Hoover Institution)
The application period for Maryland's new state-funded tuition scholarship program ended this past Monday. The BOOST (Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today) program will provide $5 million in tuition scholarships to low-income students attending nonpublic schools beginning in the fall. Agudath Israel of Maryland, in conjunction with the Jewish day schools across the state, conducted a community-wide campaign to encourage and ass
Indiana Congressman Luke Messer will be addressing the 94th Anniversary Dinner of Agudath Israel of America to be held on Sunday, June 5th at the Hilton New York.
Close to 400,000 students are currently enrolled in private school choice pro
After ten years of advocacy, nonpublic school families and supporters were pleased this Tuesday when the 2016 state budget passed by the Maryland General Assembly included a $5 million allocation for nonpublic school scholarships. This year's effort began, like in past years, with different proposals seeking to create a scholarship program funded by corporate donations in exchange for state tax credits. One notable difference in this year's legis
Last Friday, the Senate Bu
Rabbi Yitz Frank's opinion piece in the Heights Observer co-authored by Kathleen Tark --- Choosing the appropriate type of education and school for our children is a fundamental liberty. In Cleveland Heights and University Heights, options rang