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June 18, 2008
June 18, 2008
Charter school successes supply a lesson plan
USA Today, National, June 18, 2008
What happened at Shoemaker over two years is what usually occurs when high-performing charters either take over a failing school or create a school in high-poverty neighborhoods. Children start learning more.
A frightening prospect
USA Today, National, June 18, 2008
Charter schools run the gamut from inspiring to wretched. But the whole idea of "publicly funded private schools," as one critic calls them, is unsettling.
States Eye Uniform Graduation Rate Reporting
New York Times, NY, June 18, 2008
Comparing graduation rates from state to state, or even school to school, can be difficult because all kinds of methods are used to determine them.
School Choice Survives, Sort Of
National Review, NY, June 18, 2008
A House Appropriations subcommittee voted yesterday to fund for another year the federal voucher program that allows about 2,000 low-income D.C. children to attend private schools. But the panel's chairman said that this was probably the last time …
Education Reform A Fragile Flower
Rocky Mountain News, CO, June 17, 2008
So, what are the similarities in Massachusetts and Colorado? In both states, new Democratic governors succumbed to opponents of the existing order, particularly the unions, which had so extravagantly supported their election.
New York's Novel Way to Kill Charter Schools
Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2008
Ten years ago, New York joined the charter school revolution by passing a law to allow these innovative public schools to open. Today there are nearly 100 charters in the state and dozens more in the pipeline.
Scores Found to Rise Faster in Los Angeles Charters
Education Week, MD, June 18, 2008
Charter schools in Los Angeles are generally producing stronger academic growth than traditional public schools in the city, according to a report released last week by a charter school advocacy organization.
St. Paul's Hmong School Creates A Culture Of Success
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN, June 17, 2008
Hmong Academy in St. Paul graduated its second class last week. Just about every senior at the charter school walked across the stage, smiled and grabbed a diploma.
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