States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School
New York Times, NY, March 20, 2008
Like Mississippi, many states use an inflated graduation rate for federal reporting requirements under the No Child Left Behind law and a different one at home.

Bandaging No Child Left Behind
Los Angeles Times, CA, March 20, 2008
Once again, Margaret Spellings is doing the right thing for schools by bending, if not actually breaking, the law.

Corporate ‘Scholarships’
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL, March 20, 2008
If state lawmakers were truly concerned for students, this legislation would include more accountability for voucher-accepting schools and better safeguards for students who leave the public system.

New Slate Of School Reforms
Denver Post, CO, March 20, 2008
Flagging graduation rates, an over-reliance on remedial college courses and the face of education as Colorado knows it stand to change for the better, say the bipartisan authors of a long-anticipated K-12 reform plan unveiled Wednesday.

Charter School Backers Appeal LCSD1 Decision
Wyoming Tribune, WY, March 19, 2008
Charter school supporters filed the appeal Friday with the state board. The appeal criticizes the process LCSD1 trustees used when they denied the application.

Analyzing Autism Vouchers In Ohio
Policy Matters, OH, March 19, 2008
A new study by Policy Matters found that just 40 of the 127 approved private providers that filed claims for payment under Ohio’s autism voucher program in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 offered a school setting.

All-Boys Charter School Gets OK
The News Journal, DE, March 20, 2008
The state’s first single-gender charter school now needs only the governor’s signature to proceed with plans to open in Wilmington this fall.

Charter Replaces Old Catholic School
Detroit News, MI, March 20, 2008
A charter school management company plans to turn the former Catholic school into a public school for grades K-5.

Challenges Facing Charter High School Are Not Insurmountable
Grand Rapids Press, MI, March 19, 2008
Running a charter high school is not easy. So businessman J.C. Huizinga’s decision to open one in Kentwood this fall is certain to keep him busy…

Charter School Foes Lobby PVP Board
Daily Breeze, CA, March 19, 2008
All it took was a glance for the Palos Verdes Peninsula school board to know which way the public viewed the proposal for a new charter school on The Hill.

Researchers Study KIPP’s Impact On Students
Austin Weekly News, IL, March 19, 2008
KIPP charter schools, a national network of schools targeting low-income, minority areas, will be the focus of a research study to evaluate its impact on students.