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We are fighting to ensure all families have equal access to public schools.

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“Research published by AvailableToAll indicates that nearly half of the district’s elementary schools have experienced enrollment declines of 50% or worse in the past two decades, leaving an estimated 160,000 empty seats.” Thanks for the shout-out, Aaron Smith ! We know thousands

“Research published by <a href="/Available2All/">AvailableToAll</a> indicates that nearly half of the district’s elementary schools have experienced enrollment declines of 50% or worse in the past two decades, leaving an estimated 160,000 empty seats.”

Thanks for the shout-out, <a href="/ASmithAZ/">Aaron Smith</a> !

We know thousands
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More than 1.6 million students across 19 states used open enrollment to choose a public school other than their residentially assigned one, a new report by Jude Schwalbach finds. reason.org/policy-study/k…

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Wealthy school districts will game the system to claim they’re “at capacity” and avoid serving more kids. That’s what one insider from a suburban California district recently told us. So what are they doing with all that extra space? Here’s what they said. 🧵

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❌ Redlining didn’t end in the last century.   Its ugly history lives on in how we assign kids to public schools. Just look at Los Angeles Unified. Our president Tim DeRoche breaks down how exclusionary school boundary lines in the nation’s second-largest district mirror the patterns of

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.Kelley Williams-Bolar used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a better school district. She was later prosecuted and sent to jail for “stealing” a public education. Ohio has kept that disturbing law on the books, continuing to criminalize parents for crossing district

.<a href="/kelleywbolar/">Kelley Williams-Bolar</a> used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a better school district.

She was later prosecuted and sent to jail for “stealing” a public education. Ohio has kept that disturbing law on the books, continuing to criminalize parents for crossing district
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Chelsea Hutchings knows the painful reality of what happens when district bureaucrats decide where a child with a disability “belongs.” A mother of 5, Chelsea has spent years now fighting on behalf of her son Theo, who has Down syndrome, after Gwinnett Co. Schools separated him

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🏫 Top-down enrollment decisions by school districts strip parents of the power to shape their children's educational futures. That’s exactly what happened to Georgia mom Chelsea Hutchings. Her son Theo, who has Down syndrome, was needlessly removed from his neighborhood school.

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"The MCPS board approved a $1.3 million contract in December... to conduct a school boundary study." Alternative plan: Scrap the study. Save the money. Stop using boundaries to dictate enrollment. Start giving every student a fair chance to attend the public school that

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⚖️ Nevada is moving closer to universal public school access! A bipartisan bill, originally sponsored by Selena Torres-Fossett and now heading to Gov. Governor Joe Lombardo's desk, empowers families with: ✅ The opportunity to enroll in schools outside their boundary. ✅ The right to