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April 28, 2008
April 28, 2008
Charter Schools Grow Stronger In Pa.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA, April 28, 2008
More than a decade after charter schools became legal in Pennsylvania, it is safe to say the schools, once considered experimental and still sometimes controversial, are here to stay.
Honest Data on High School Dropouts
New York Times, NY, April 28, 2008
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings took a welcome step in the right direction by issuing new rules for how those rates are calculated.
Twenty-Five Years Later, A Nation Still at Risk
Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2008
Today marks the 25th anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," the influential Reagan-era report by a blue-ribbon panel that alerted Americans to the weak performance of our education system.
Charter Schools: Equal Funding, Equal Accountability
Orlando Sentinel, FL, April 28, 2008
The movement that began with Florida's charter-school legislation in 1996 has become a positive influence for many improvements in the public-school system.
School Voucher System Raises Lots Of Questions
Mansfield News Journal, OH, April 27, 2008
Those who attack an Ohio voucher plan that pays for students in troubled schools to enroll in private or parochial schools are missing the more important issue.
Support Scholarships For Poorest Students
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ, April 27, 2008
State lawmakers should back program to give school vouchers to students in the state's poorest cities.
The Archdiocese's Open, Honest School Plan
Washington Post, D.C., April 27, 2008
Ultimately, the decision was to continue with a smaller Catholic consortium; to seek conversion of seven schools to high-quality charter schools run by an independent group...
Her Dream, Branded as a Threat
New York Times, NY, April 28, 2008
Things have not gone according to plan. Only one-fifth of the 60 students at the Khalil Gibran International Academy are Arab-American.
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