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August 16, 2007
August 16, 2007
Proposed high school aims for diploma and associate's degree at graduation, in SC, Rex reverts on choice, why penalize cybers? ...
Grassroots Action in the news ...
East Valley Tribune, AZ: Mesa High students scrub in for health class - 80 Mesa high school students took their first formal steps toward becoming doctors, nurses and medical technicians on Monday when they started classes at the new Health Science High School.
Independent Tribune, NC: Research campus could house non-traditional high school - A unique high school on the North Carolina Research Campus that would allow students to graduate with both a diploma and associate’s degree. “It’s another way of looking at high school,” said Peggy Wagstaff, assistant superintendent for Kannapolis City Schools. “Early College High Schools,” are typically based within community college or university campuses.
Education Reform Outrage in the news ...
The State, SC: Rex alters school choice plan - Rex said Wednesday he will drop a recommendation that local districts must accept students from other public-school systems. “We need legislation to get all districts to embrace the idea of offering more choices,” Rex said. The House of Representatives in June sustained a gubernatorial veto of a bill that would have forced all 85 districts to offer some version of school choice to all students if space was available.
Cincinnati Post: New tests bring down scores - T.J. Wallace, interim president of School Choice Ohio, called it a sad day for the parents his group represents, who are seeking an array of quality public and private educational options. The number of schools in the top category fell more than 25 percent ... how would Ohioans feel if one in four of our hospitals fell from an excellent rating in one year? They'd find that alarming, and this should be, too. In all, 53 fewer districts and 147 fewer schools were rated "excellent" during the 2006-2007 school year.
School Choice in the news ...
Voice for School Choice: The Times They Are A’ Changin’ - Despite a tremendous achievement gap between whites and blacks and abysmal test scores and graduation rates, the majority of African-American legislators in Columbia have remained completely unwilling to empower African-American parents with school choice.
Times Online, PA: Higher enrollment means longer payroll - The PA Cyber Charter School and related entities now rank as one of Beaver County's largest employers. If cyber education keeps growing as it has, Trombetta speculated it will soon become one of the state's top industries.
York Dispatch: Why penalize cyber schools? - Legislators considering bills that would cut funding to the cyber schools -- in effect defunding tomorrow -- need to take a step back and weigh the benefit of immediate political support against what clearly is the wave of the future in education.
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