A strange thing happened – or, I should say, didn’t happen – to AB 218 on its way through the California State Assembly.  Bills deemed to impose non-negligible costs upon the state are generally heard before an Appropriations Committee in each house.  AB 218, a measure that would open a three-year window for…

It’s no secret that the California Teachers Association has no love for tax credit legislation. To illustrate the point, one need look no farther than AB 337, a bill authored by California Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer in 2015, that proposed a modest tax credit (to a maximum benefit of $250) for out-of-pocket expenses incurred…

Imagine that the State of California was to deliver the following directives to all public school districts:  “If a private school exists within your catchment area, representatives of your district must, within a span of three years, visit each such school as part of a review process designed to determine whether the private school…

Ask any private school leader about his/her greatest, school-related concern and chances are more than likely that the words ‘sustainability’, ‘access’, and ‘affordability’ will be included in the response you receive.

Over the years, I’ve repeatedly identified voluntarism as the defining characteristic of America’s private schools.  And while the voluntary nature of our schools enables…

Multiple reports indicate that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is planning a significant reorganization of the U.S. Department of Education in which the Office of Non-Public Education (ONPE) will receive more prominent status.  Word has it that along with a number of accompanying structural changes, the ONPE will be moved out of the Office…