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March 31, 2008
March 31, 2008
D.C. Parents Look Outside the Box for Public Education
Washington Post, D.C., March 30, 2008
Dozens of families choose yet another option: paying tuition for their children to attend schools in other counties or states under a little-known but nearly universal rule...
Reasonable Questions
Canton Repository, OH, March 30, 2008
The Ohio Federation of Teachers has crystallized years of public concerns about charter schools in the state into one large question for the IRS:
School May Help Students Graduate
The News-Press, FL, March 30, 2008
That school would be run by Advanced Learning Solutions of Tampa, an affiliate of Community Education Partners. CEP is a Nashville-based company that focuses on students who are at risk of not graduating.
'Fund The Child' Plan Would Be Bad For Education
Columbus Dispatch, OH, March 29, 2008
School choice is typically marketed as a vehicle to provide greater opportunities for some children and to spur traditional public schools to do better. Ohio's costly experiment with charters and vouchers...
School Vouchers Shouldn't Be Part Of Florida's Needed Tax And Budget Reform
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL, March 29, 2008
At a time when many Floridians are worried about burdensome property taxes and the reductions in government services due to shrinking sales tax revenue, the commission is pushing an ideologically driven proposal that has little to do with either taxes or budgets.
Charters Go to New Recruitment Lengths
New York Sun, NY, March 31, 2008
With charter schools expanding at a record pace in New York, recruitment efforts are also ramping up, and the clearest sign may be in the takeout deliveries.
Public Schools Shrug Off Private School Tax Break
New Orleans City Business, LA, March 31, 2008
Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill providing a tax deduction for private school tuition into law March 24, but lawmakers and school officials doubt it will have much effect on pubic or private school funding.
It's All About Homework at Virtual Charter School
Greenville News, SC, March 30, 2008
The new South Carolina Virtual Charter School touts itself as an individualized approach to education that leverages technology to draw students' interest…
Charter School Roulette
Providence Journal, RI, March 30, 2008
This spring marks the fourth in a row that Sara and Christopher Nerone will cross their fingers and apply to the Compass School, hoping that their daughter Sophie, 9, will finally be accepted to the free, public charter school in South Kingstown.
The Best, And Worst, Area High Schools
Houston Chronicle, TX, March 29, 2008
Prepping students for college - and helping them pay for it - is a cornerstone of this Houston-based charter school, which draws mostly low-income students whose parents didn't get a higher education.
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