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January 29, 2008
January 29, 2008
Grants Would Finance Private Schooling
New York Times, January 29, 2008
President Bush's call for a $300 million program called Pell Grants for Kids is the latest effort by his administration to channel tax dollars to low-income parents to help them send their children to private or religious schools.
Pay to Study
Findlay Courier, Ohio, January 29, 2008
The motive is motivation. Financial incentives have been tried in other locations, with varying degrees of success.
Not-So-Liberal Teachers
Washington Post, D.C., January 28, 2008
Teachers, of course, are classic liberals, right? After all, consider the politics of teachers' unions, the trendiness of curricula and the generally left-leaning nature of academia. Well, maybe not.
Harmony Organizes Rally To Protest Closure Lawsuit
Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, January 29, 2008
Ohio's attorney general wants to shut down Harmony Community School, one of Cincinnati's oldest and largest charter schools, but school leaders and parents say they'll fight to keep it open.
A Tough Choice For L.A. Teachers
Los Angeles Times, California, January 29, 2008
As an urban high school teacher, I'm ceded the moral high ground in most encounters with people in more highly compensated fields; invariably, they tell me how much they admire what I do.
Teachers Abandon a Democrat Over School Choice
New York Sun, January 29, 2008
Lawmakers in Albany were given a powerful reminder of the political danger of siding in favor of school choice measures when the state's largest teachers union yesterday endorsed the Republican candidate...
Study: Milwaukee Voucher Students Have Diploma Edge
Education Week, January 28, 2008
Students who participate in Milwaukee's private-school-voucher program graduate from high school at significantly higher rates than those who attend regular secondary schools in the city, a new study contends.
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