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Back to School Choice Week 2016

August 23, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

What’s better than one School Choice Week?  Two school choice weeks. At PLF we weren’t satisfied with simply celebrating school choice week in January, so four years ago we started Back to School Choice Week. As kids are going back to school, it’s important to remember that most families in this country have few educational opt ...

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Back to School Choice Week 2016 : The sad end to Vergara highlights the need for school choice

August 24, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

A little over two years ago the Los Angeles County Superior Court issued a decision in Vegara v. California that shook the California public school system. The court ruled that three Education Code statutes — permanent employment, last-in-first-out, and dismissal — violated the rights of California students under California’s Equ ...