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February 14, 2008
February 14, 2008
Larger Share of Students Succeed on A.P. Tests
New York Times, February 14, 2008
A higher percentage of students in public high schools are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams, according to a report issued Wednesday by the College Board. The gap between the performance of black and white students, however, remains large.
The Voucher Band-Aid
New York Sun, February 14, 2008
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says school vouchers are "an idea whose time has come."
Better Planning for Education
Harvard Crimson, Massachusetts, February 14, 2008
…NCLB should put more pressure on the states to spend time and resources on innovative ways to improve failing schools.
The New Business of Education - Charter Schools
Nightly Business Report, Florida, February 13, 2008
The Federal No Child Left Behind Act has radically changed the education industry, boosting standardized testing and funding for charter schools.
Choice Not Hurting Schools' Funding, Study Says
Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, February 14, 2008
Critics of Ohio's tax-funded school-choice programs have long argued that charter schools and tuition vouchers drain much-needed resources from traditional public schools.
Bills Would Provide Aid For Disabled Students To Switch Schools
Joplin Globe, Missouri, February 14, 2008
Harper, Kaminsky and other parents of developmentally disabled children pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to approve a voucher or tax credit program that would let them send their children to the public or private school of their choice.
Bill Gives Kids Option To Leave Failing Schools
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Georgia, February 13, 2008
A powerful group of state senators has introduced legislation to give state-funded scholarships to children in failing public schools so that they could attend private schools.
So Is That Like an A?
New York Times, February 14, 2008
These examples come from a new report card, introduced last November in all of Hartford's elementary schools. It measures 58 academic, social and behavioral skills and, including other information, can run as long as seven pages.
What's New in New Orleans
Washington Post, D.C., February 14, 2008
Those efforts followed the Katrina catastrophe, as did the replacement of half of the city's public schools with charter schools.
