Combining Middle, High Schools Catches On Across U.S.
D.C. Examiner, December 18, 2007
Educators from New York City to Pittsburgh to Sacramento are praising combination middle-high schools as a way of preventing students from dropping out.

No Child Left Alone
USA Today, December 18, 2007
And yet as we earnestly try to fix what’s broken, we are, in the process, turning an entire generation of children into a giant flock of canaries in the coal mine.

Governors Cite Education Records
Education Week, December 17, 2007
The three current presidential hopefuls with experience as state governors have records on education that offer voters an unusually detailed preview of what the nation’s schools might expect if any of the three should win the White House next year.

Two Predominantly Hispanic Charter Schools Named Among ‘America’s Best High Schools’ by U.S. News and World Report
Hispanic PR Wire, Florida, December 17, 2007
Academica, one of the largest, high-performing charter school service and support organizations in the country, announced that two of its Miami-Dade County charter schools….

Orange County Teachers Vote Down Merit Pay
Orlando Sentinel, Florida, December 18, 2007
The results of a September survey by the district’s teacher’s union is finally in. It might seem like old news at this point…but Orange’s teachers appear to really dislike merit-pay proposals.

Rhee’s Plans Likely to Pass, Lawmakers Say
Washington Post, D.C., December 18, 2007
The D.C. Council will probably approve two bills today that would give Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee the authority to fire nonunion central office employees and the funds to carry out the proposed closings of 23 public schools, several lawmakers said.

DC Parents Protest Plan to Convert Catholic Schools To Charter Schools
Catholic World News, December 17, 2007
More than 800 people in Washington, DC, have signed a petition urging the Washington archdiocese to abandon plans to turn 7 parochial schools into charter schools working with the public school system.

No Doubt It’s Cliché, But It’s Also Heartfelt
Los Angeles Times, California, December 18, 2007
The line of families waiting for food handouts wound down the block and around the corner on a busy stretch of Jefferson Boulevard outside the Celerity Nascent Charter School on Monday.