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July 31, 2007
July 31, 2007
Cyber charters in jeopardy, MI markets public schools, no books for back to school, NCLB puts teachers/unions/administrators to the task...
Grassroots Action in the news...
Savannah Morning News, GA: Savannah-Chatham School District Sets School Choice Deadline - Parents planning to use their No Child Left Behind Act school choice options to transfer out of a Needs Improvement School must move quickly.
Inside Indiana Business: Friedman Foundation to Recognize Nobel Laureate's 95th Birthday - 47 states are joining in the celebration with breakfasts, policy briefings, lunches, forums, receptions and dinners, all concentrating on Friedman’s contributions to freedom. Regarded as one of the world's most influential promoters of freedom, Friedman argued that the voluntary choices of individuals, not the dictates of the state, should be the default mode of human life; government is justified only insofar as it preserves, protects and defends people’s liberty. His revolutionary work in economic theory earned him the Nobel Prize in 1976.
Education Reform Outrage in the news...
Post-Gazette, PA: Hearings to Focus on Cyber Charter Schools - Representative Beyer said cyber charters have "far less overhead" than regular public schools and absorb more money than they need from school districts, with some amassing unacceptably large fund balances as a result. Critics say her bill represents an attempt by school districts and labor unions to gang up on the competition. "It's a cartel," Timothy Daniels, executive director of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools, said of the cyber charters' opponents.
Washington Times: Schools to Lack Books, Repairs at Classes Resume - A task force will be resolving a mix-up in which about half of the city's schools did not get textbooks or got the wrong books.
School Choice in the news...
Hawaii Reporter: Marketing Schools - Michigan public schools have taken to the radio, newspapers and direct mail to advertise. The competition created by schools of choice laws has produced marketing and customer service efforts as the public schools attempt to attract and retain students.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Sustained Mediocrity - What's needed is not more carrot -- for simply doing the job that's expected -- but more "stick." Specifically, better accountability, which is achievable through school choice. Competition for school dollars, put in the hands of parents instead of educrats, will reward the competent and weed out incompetents. All teachers are equal? We think not. A Congress willing to pay more for mediocrity, and a union that endeavors to protect the mediocre, will never achieve excellence in education.
Napa Valley Register, CA: Blog Comments on NCLB - This community has the right to take the school administration, teachers and unions to task. The are paid by the taxpayers to educate our children. They have failed! They don't teach, they don't maintain the buildings, but they whine! They whine about NCLB because it is a way to measure the success of our students, which should be the ultimate goal of our schools.
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