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November 20, 2007

November 20, 2007

Clinton Raps Teacher Merit Pay
Associated Press, November 19, 2007
Performance-based merit pay for teachers is a bad idea, Hillary Rodham Clinton told Iowa teachers on Monday. School uniforms for kids, however, is worth looking at.

Charter-schools dispute looks destined for court
Orlando Sentinel, Florida, November 20, 2007
The Lake County School Board decided Monday to fight the State Board of Education in court about its decision to deny Lake's application to have the final say over charter schools.

City Bows to State on a School Improvement Plan
New York Times, November 20, 2007
After months of negotiation, the City Department of Education capitulated to state education officials on how to spend millions of dollars in new state aid by agreeing to shift more money to reduce class sizes and to spend more on low-performing schools.

California schools are failing all our kids
Los Angeles Times, California, November 20, 2007
Strikingly, the state's other "achievement gap" was barely mentioned at the summit; this is the gap between California and the rest of the nation.

Choice can reduce dropouts
Charlotte Observer, North Carolina, November 20, 2007
Moreover, is there any reason to believe that our current public education system is the only system equipped to adequately address the crisis?

To EACH! her own
Frederick News-Post, Maryland, November 20, 2007
By their very nature, charter schools are created to encourage diversity and choice within a school district. EACH! would fulfill that role in spades.

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