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January 17, 2008
January 17, 2008
What's Gotten Into Kids These Days?
Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2008
In several studies released in the past month, researchers at Yale, Rutgers and Cornell universities, among others, are treating preschoolers' conduct as a challenge that calls for changes in school programs and classroom management.
School Choice Isn't Enough
City Journal, New York, January 17, 2008
Yet social-change movements need to be attentive to the facts on the ground. Recent developments in both public and Catholic schools suggest that markets in education may not be a panacea - and that we should reexamine the direction of school reform.
Reforming Education
Washington Times, D.C., January 17, 2008
Congressional Democrats may put an extension of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on their legislative agenda for this year, but it seems more likely that nothing will happen before 2009 in order to keep options open for the incoming president.
As Parents Fight School Closings, D.C. Chancellor Says Input Matters
Washington Post, D.C., January 17, 2008
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said yesterday that she intends to make "significant changes" in her school closure proposal, but she declined to say whether any of the 23 schools would come off the list, as numerous parents are demanding.
Hundreds of Wis. Students Ask Lawmakers To Save Virtual Schools
D.C. Examiner, January 16, 2008
Hundreds of students and their parents begged Wisconsin lawmakers Wednesday to take quick action to keep their virtual charter schools open.
Charters Form Lobbying Group
Concord Monitor, New Hampshire, January 17, 2008
Eight of the state's 10 currently open charter schools have formed an association with two goals.
Valley West Hopes To Limit Cyber School Funding
Citizens Voice, Pennsylvania, January 17, 2008
The Wyoming Valley West School Board on Wednesday urged the community to contact their legislators in support of a bill that would shift the cost of cyber charter schools from local districts to the commonwealth.
Charter School Boom Hits District's Budget
Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, January 17, 2008
The Philadelphia School District is experiencing a boom in charter school enrollment - nearly a 50 percent larger increase in students than it had budgeted for - and a large chunk of them are in cyber charters, district officials said yesterday.
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