Education Empowerment

Education changed in 2020. The COVID shutdowns gave parents the opportunity to teach their children from home. Although some families were excited to return to their local school, many found that they liked the flexibility they had during the initial school shutdowns.
A few weeks ago, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law the most expansive education choice legislation in the country. 
At the beginning of 2022, an eleven-year-old boy with autism was faced with two counts of assault for pushing a classmate during PE class. His PE teacher claimed it was not assault, but the school resource officer (SRO) got involved and charged the student. This may not be a norm in school policing, but reports like this have brought national attention to the relatively new, and likewise newly controversial, practice of hiring SROs. 
Three thousand one hundred students were about to take their first step towards an individualized education that was right for them. Three thousand one hundred students were excited for the new school year, maybe for the first time since kindergarten. But Judge Tabit, with her decision involving West Virginia’s new education choice program, squashed their hope.
Our compulsory public education system has never been neutral or tolerant. 
Today, it is not uncommon for classrooms to be missing their teachers. Schools across the state are facing the repercussions of large-scale teacher vacancies.

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