«If it is true, as Rep. Messer says, that the big tax reform bill will not include a school choice component, then it is fair to say that a big new federal push on private school choice is dead,» Petrilli said. (politico.com)
We gathered a panel of policy wonks to discuss three major options for a new federal push on school choice: a competitive grant program, akin to Race to the Top; making Title I and special education dollars portable, including following students to private schools; or revising the federal tax code to support «tax credit scholarship programs» in at the state level. (educationnext.org)
ALBANY, NY (AP)-- Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who cracked down on insider abuses on Wall Street, said Wednesday that the new federal push against potential insider trading has the hallmarks of important work, if the innovative approach can prove the communication is illegal. (newyork.cbslocal.com)