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April 01, 2008

April 1, 2008

Charter Schools Are Positive Alternative
Greenville News, SC, April 1, 2008
Fortunately, South Carolina students today do have some control over their futures. Students can take action on two of these three forces by choosing a school that meets their learning needs, increases their skill level, and offers academic guidance.

Status Quo Must Go
Augusta Chronicle, GA, April 1, 2008
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators is displeased with the direction the General Assembly is taking regarding reforms of the public school system.

Official: Corzine's Plan Shortchanges Students
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ, April 1, 2008
Charter schools believed they would get more support under Gov. Jon S. Corzine's new school funding plan, but now that detailed figures have been released many say their students are being financially shortchanged.

Public School 123 Space Spat Pits Eva Moskowitz Against Harlem Parents
New York Daily News, NY, April 1, 2008
Like many of those running the publicly funded, privately run charters that have taken up residence in a portion of an existing public school, Moskowitz has her eye on classrooms in Public School 123...

Management 101
New York Sun, NY, April 1, 2008
We have high confidence in the competence and idealism of the union's top brass. It has taken a big risk in the school and deserves the right to run it the way it wants to and to work things out as it sees fit with the parents who are, in effect, its customers.

What, Why And Where Are These Schools, And Why Aren't There More?
Providence Journal, RI, March 31, 2008
Q: What is the difference between a charter school and a typical public school? A: Both are public and financed with public money. However, charter schools are autonomous and each one operates as though it were its own one-school district.

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