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April 18, 2008
April 18, 2008
Our View On Education: A Nation Still At Risk
USA Today, April 18, 2008
The Osmond A. Church School in Queens, N.Y., serves a high-poverty, minority neighborhood directly in the flight path of Kennedy International Airport. It's not the sort of place you would expect to find a successful public school.
Lawmakers Push To Expand School Vouchers
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL , April 18, 2008
At the same time, lawmakers are pushing to expand a voucher program that takes more money from local schools and gives it to poor students to attend private or religious schools.
Ed Choice Interest Rises
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH, April 18, 2008
As the deadline to apply for Ohio’s politically contentious private school vouchers arrives Friday, interest in the program continues to grow. By mid-day Thursday, the state had received nearly 8,900 applications...
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland Vows Education Reform
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, April 17, 2008
In his speech, Strickland swiped at charter schools and the "destructive influence" he says the movement has had on public education.
Voting with Their Seats
New York Daily News, NY, April 18, 2008
They came by the thousands Thursday night to a Harlem armory, parents desperate to place their children in schools that promise far better educations than anything that's been available, year in and year out, in their neighborhoods.
UTLA Puts Itself Before Education And Kids
Los Angeles Daily News, CA, April 17, 2008
But sadly, the UTLA seems to have lost sight of this goal and all too often puts its own short-sighted self-interest ahead of good education, the classroom and the kids.\
Charter-School Movement Not Living Up to Promise
Richmond Times- Dispatch, VA, April 14, 2008
Since the Virginia General Assembly authorized public charter schools in 1998, eight such institutions have opened in the commonwealth.
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