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March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008
Law Opens Opportunities for Disabled
Washington Post, D.C., March 17, 2008
With such success stories, many parents of disabled students offer compelling testimony for the landmark education law amid signs that Congress could soon revive stalled efforts to renew it.
Teachers' Unions Are Ruining Our Kids Schools
D.C. Examiner, D.C., March 17, 2008
While American businesses are shaping the twenty-first century, our public schools are stuck in the nineteenth.
Charter Schools Get Top Marks
Business Week, National, March 16, 2008
The bulk of research suggests that not only do students who choose to attend charter schools benefit academically but students who remain in traditional public schools also benefit when those schools have to compete with charters.
Is Separate ... More Equal?
The News Journal, DE, March 16, 2008
Boys and girls' charter and traditional public schools are doing well in high-need areas including New York, Houston and Chicago.
Decatur Board Rethinks Charter School Status
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA, March 16, 2008
Decatur city school board members, upset by a proposal in the state Legislature that they say would force local education dollars into the hands of charter schools, have begun to talk about scuttling their request to become one of Georgia's first charter school systems.
Charter Schools Need More Oversight
Columbus Dispatch, OH, March 15, 2008
But the way they are created, promoted, funded and monitored in Ohio makes them open to questionable promises and practices. At stake are a lot of money and the education of thousands of students.
Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team
New York Times, NY, March 16, 2008
Now, home-school players are tracked by scouts, and dozens of them have accepted scholarships to colleges as small as Blue Mountain in Mississippi and as well known as Iowa State.
Some Missed Gist Of School Choice Report
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI, March 15, 2008
We released a set of five baseline reports on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program last month, the first new studies of the voucher program using individual student data since 1995.
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