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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Scraps $100 Million Private School Voucher Program for Low-Income Kids

July 6, 2023
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has ditched plans to pursue a $100 million private school voucher program in the state’s annual spending plan amid a deadlock between Republican and Democratic leaders. Mr. Shapiro announced the decision to pull the program to pay for tuition at private and religious schools—known as the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success scholarship program—in…

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Fewer Private Schools to Lose Victorian Payroll Tax Exemption

June 2, 2023
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Fewer Victorian private schools will lose their longstanding payroll tax exemption than first thought, with the fee threshold to be increased.  The 2023/24 state budget forecast about 110 non-government schools would lose the exemption from mid-2024, raising $422.2 million (US$280 million) for the state across the next four years. Peak bodies for independent and religious schools…

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Good Financial Management Helps Ensure Your Child’s Private Education

August 22, 2022
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Giving your children the benefit of private education is an excellent gift. Smaller private or private religious schools have smaller classrooms, letting teachers give each child more time. A private school education, however, costs more, possibly making it difficult to find the money needed. Good financial management can help make it less challenging to keep…

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Australian Parents Move Away From Public School System as Pandemic Reveals Education Quality Gap

February 24, 2022
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Australian parents have turned away from public schools during the pandemic, flocking to private schools with higher educational standards and faith-based schools with stronger values and beliefs. Private schools have seen a 6.1 percent increase in enrolments between 2019 and 2021, compared with 2.2 percent for Catholic schools and 1 percent for government schools, according to…

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Education Union Slams Australian Federal Government for Underfunding Public Schools

January 18, 2022
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The Australian Education Union (AEU) has criticised the federal government for failing to provide education funding, alleging that students graduating from Australia’s public schools in 2029 will never have the education funded at the level that the Commonwealth and states say they should. The AEU said in a statement on Jan. 17  that if the Morrison…

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Private School in Claremont Gets $100 Million Donation

October 25, 2021
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CLAREMONT, Calif.—An anonymous donor has given at least $100 million to The Webb Schools in the largest donation ever made to an independent high school west of the Mississippi, officials have announced. The donor, a Webb alumnus, is making the gift “to honor his parents for their wisdom and sacrifices in sending him to Webb,…

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‘Voting With Their Feet’: Australian Parents Flocking to Private Schools

July 6, 2021
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A survey conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Cooperation (ABC) has shown that Australian parents believe that they get better outcomes for their children with private schools than public schools. The Australia Talks National Survey 2021 collected data from 60,000 Australian parents from the public and private sectors, with the private sector being broken down into schools…

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Orange County High School Stays Open During Pandemic, Breaks Athletic Records

June 29, 2021
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An Orange County, Calif. private school that stayed open for in-person instruction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic set athletic records, reported a  high academic performance, and dramatically increased its enrollment, its staff says. Calvary Chapel High School (CCHS) in Santa Ana set a school record during the 2020-21 school year, winning seven league championships, said its athletic director and boys basketball coach…

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