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February 28, 2008
February 28, 2008
Fighting Words in Education Crowds
New York Sun, NY, February 28, 2008
Seventy years from now, ambivalence over the extension of the public school day will look similar. Despite Knowledge is Power Program and charter schools working wonders with the longer school day...
Council Concerned Office Turning Into Bureaucracy
D.C. Examiner, D.C., February 28, 2008
D.C. Council members Wednesday expressed concerns about the quadrupling in staff and ballooning budget of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education as they grilled office head Deborah Gist.
School Board Should Rethink Charter Issue
The Coloradoan, CO, February 28, 2008
"Let sleeping dogs lie," or perhaps "stop beating a dead horse." Those old sayings could well apply to the Poudre School District Board of Education's split decision Tuesday to apply for exclusive chartering authority from the state.
Florida Trailblazing Success In K-12 Reform
TC Palm, FL, February 28, 2008
Startling statistics show that with abundant school choice and systemic education reform, Florida's Hispanic students already eclipse the average academic performance of many states.
Bill To Ease Career Switch To Teaching Passes In Senate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO, February 28, 2008
The Missouri Senate gave final approval to a bill that would make it easier for people to switch jobs to become teachers, after hours of debate Wednesday evening.
House Panel OKs Teacher Merit Pay Pilot Program
Journal Record, OK, February 28, 2008
A Republican-backed merit pay plan for teachers won approval Wednesday in a state House committee, but the proposal came under attack from Democrats...
Charter Fuel
Willamette Week, OR, February 27, 2008
Unionized teachers in Portland have questions for Jeff Merkley, a candidate in the May Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, after WWire reported on Monday the powerful state lawmaker considered sending his son to a charter school in 2004.
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