Microschools are growing in popularity, but state regulations haven’t caught up

The 74
American teens’ feelings of loneliness rose 8% and suicidal thoughts rose 5% between 2019 and 2023.

The 74
Across the country, teachers unions have been challenging the constitutionality of their states’ private school voucher programs in court. And in at least two cases, they’ve won.

KOAA On August 13, the Woodland Park School District Board of Education approved a 30-year contract extension with Merit Academy, the district’s existing charter school, during a board meeting.

CBS News
Not every school gets a visit from its city's mayor on its first day of school, but the Lotus School for Excellence in Aurora did on Tuesday.

Colorado Sun
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered state lawmakers back to the Colorado Capitol on Aug. 21 for a special legislative session aimed at addressing the nearly $1 billion hole punched in the state budget by the so-called big, beautiful bill, congressional Republicans’ federal tax and spending measure.

K-12 Dive
The slowing growth in private school enrollment over the past four years indicates the “COVID-19 increase is almost over” or that other factors “driving net private school enrollment increases are waning,” according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank and research organization.