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As the Trump administration throws its weight behind a national school voucher program that

it says will give parents more educational options, critics point to the negative impacts

that school choice is already having on public schools.

Arizona introduced the first universal school voucher program in the country back in 2022,

and it may provide clues for what's to come.

Stephanie Syne takes a look at how the program is faring.

Hey, Ben!

Three, two, one. This may look like a typical school, but it's actually a weekly gathering of homeschooled

students.

Fridays are fun days.

We really wanted this to be focused on enrichment.

Hey, hey, homeschoolers.

Hey, hey, this, Caitlin. Caitlin Redfield Ortiz, a former lawyer, and Brooke Bentley, a real estate agent, started

Path Collective in 2024.

Brooke and I have seven kids combined, and we've been parenting for over a decade.

So we had met and found the best yoga teacher and the best chess coach

and the best robotics teacher. And so we really wanted to bring them together and have

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