by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | State
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth The Catholic school tour ended, and Maria Contreras felt an overwhelming desire to enroll her 7-year-old. But first, a difficult question for the principal. The second grader has trouble focusing. He doesn’t listen to teachers and runs around...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | Federal
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) hosted a K-12 Education Spotlight Forum titled, Raising the Alarm: How the National School Voucher Program Will Be Harmful to Students. Panelists discussed the pending impacts of the federal education tax credit which...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | Federal
The Hechinger Report The meeting with staff members of Cincinnati Christian Schools began with a prayer. Then they told Mike Grimmer and Linda Kelly that their granddaughter could no longer attend the private school. Annabelle Kelly had enrolled there three months...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 15, 2026 | Federal
ProPublica For all of Amelia’s life, Johnson has had to fight for the education and the school resources her daughter is entitled to receive under federal law. It has exhausted her. Two years ago, she thought she’d found a better option for Amelia when she learned...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 4, 2026 | State
Houston Chronicle Marissa Gonzalez was one of the first parents in Texas to receive funding from the state’s $1 billion private school voucher program. Her two children have dyslexia, and their family income is below 500% of the poverty level, putting them in the...
