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November 30, 2007

Lawsuits May Decide Future Of Florida Charter Schools
Sun-Sentinel, Florida, November 30, 2007
Money to pay facility costs "rarely follows kids," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a national charter school advocacy group.

America’s Best High Schools
US News & World Report Magazine, November 29, 2007
There are more than 18,000 public high schools in the United States. What if you could take a snapshot of each one and capture, at a particular moment, what kinds of students were enrolled there and the caliber of the education provided them?

Lawyers’ Squad To Weed Out Bad Teachers In N.Y.C
Education Week, Maryland, November 29, 2007
An aggressive drive meant to weed out incompetent tenured teachers in New York City is under attack from the local teachers’ union and some teacher-quality advocates, who describe it as a “witch hunt.”

Longer, Better School Days
Boston Globe, Massachusetts, November 30, 2007
FOR 9,000 students in 18 Massachusetts public schools, the secret to success is basic: more time.

‘Charter’ A New Course: All Eyes On Louisiana
Shreveport Times, Louisiana, November 30, 2007
Louisiana is a lovely place to be a tourist, but a lousy place to be a student.

The Friday Night Charter School Massacre
Nevada Appeal, Nevada, November 30, 2007
Reid will be presenting a proposal for "a moratorium on approving all future state-sponsored charter school applications" at the board meeting in Las Vegas tonight

School Choice Is The Cure For Over-Priced, Underperforming Public Schools
Human Events, DC, November 30, 2007
For too long, families in California and across the country have assumed that poor-quality schools are an inner-city problem plaguing low-income parents who cannot afford to move near supposedly superior suburban schools.

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