Charter Schools Hit Snag After A Decade
Las Vegas Review, Nevada, December 17, 2007
Moratoriums have been used historically to slow or stop education reforms such as charter schools when they are on the verge of becoming successful and plentiful, she said. "It is very clear the state board’s reaction is owing entirely to the fact that charter schools are necessary and in demand and are likely to grow with changes in the law," Allen said.

Schools Of Education: Academic Slums
D.C. Examiner, December 20, 2007
American education will never be improved until we address one of the problems seen as too delicate to discuss. That problem is the overall quality of people teaching our children.

Options Are Needed In Education
St. Cloud Times, Minnesota, December 20, 2007
Public schools seem to have an insatiable appetite for money. Even when they get a funding increase via local levies or state aid, they still seem to come right back and ask for more.

A Reading Program’s Powerful Patron
Washington Post, D.C., December 20, 2007
Landrieu’s earmark illustrates the unusual role that Congress has played in shaping the District’s troubled school system.

Indiana Will Be Test Site Of New Teacher Prep Program
D.C. Examiner, December 20, 2007
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which oversees several other education initiatives, plans to use Indiana as a model as it expands the program to other states.

Ellington’s Alma Mater to Become Charter School
D.C. Examiner, December 20, 2007
The former Armstrong Manual Training School, where jazz great Duke Ellington studied, will undergo an overhaul starting early next year so it can become a charter school by the fall, a school representative said Wednesday.

Charter Schools Outshine Others as They Receive Their First Report Cards
New York Times, December 20, 2007
Education officials, acting under the city’s new system of accountability, released report cards on Wednesday for several charter schools, with the majority receiving A’s and B’s, but one school in Queens getting an F.

Charter Fight: Can’t Beat ‘Em? Sue ‘Em
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma, December 20, 2007
We don’t buy the idea that Tulsa school officials were thinking about Oklahoma children when they decided this week to sue over the state’s charter school law. As with many lawsuits, this one’s about money and power.

More Charter Schools Sought
News & Observer, North Carolina, December 20, 2007
A state commission wants to significantly increase the number of charter schools while also closing charter schools that are failing academically.