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February 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
Mixed Results For Milwaukee Voucher Plan
New York Sun, NY, February 26, 2008
The Milwaukee, Wis., private school voucher program, the nation's largest, is saving the state's taxpayers $25 million a year in school costs, but it is pushing property taxes higher for that city's residents, a new study of the program released yesterday concludes.
Outside Help for Schools Possible
Washington Post, D.C., February 26, 2008
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee are seeking educational management firms or universities to possibly run some or all 27 schools whose students chronically perform poorly.
D.C. Officials Should Include Charters in Efforts to Improve Schools
Washington Post, D.C., February 26, 2008
Washington's still-burgeoning charter schools movement is both an embarrassment and a role model for the city's regular public schools.
PSD Board To Weigh Applying Again For Chartering Authority
The Coloradoan, CO, February 26, 2008
Exclusive chartering authority grants districts the ability to be the sole decision makers on whether a charter school can exist in district boundaries.
Giving Teachers Incentives
Hartford Courant, CT, February 26, 2008
In a first, teachers in Hartford now have the chance to earn more if their students are learning more. This won't save the city's schools, but it's one more essential tool we need to try to help more children succeed.
State Panel Turns Down School Voucher Proposal
St. Petersburg Times, FL, February 26, 2008
A proposal designed to restore an unconstitutional school voucher program was rejected Monday by a state panel, but a plan that would lift a constitutional ban on state aid to religious schools got early approval.
Ga. School System to Go Single-Sex
New York Times, NY, February 25, 2008
Nearly four decades after this rural Georgia county stopped segregating its schools by race, it wants to divide students again - this time by sex.
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