This Recess Is Really From Accountability
Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2008
The Business Coalition for Student Achievement (BCSA) could not disagree more. The president of the National Educational Association claims that H.R. 6239, "The Recess for NCLB Until Reauthorization Act," introduced by Reps. Tim Walz and Sam Graves does not undermine education accountability.

Get Bolder In Effort To Lift All Children’s Education
Detroit Free Press, MI, July 31, 2008
Schools fail not because they lack resources, or quality teachers. School influences are overwhelmed because so many children are molded by highly vulnerable and dysfunctional environments.

Environmental Education Gets A Green Light
USA Today, July 30, 2008
Interest in environmental education appears to be soaring, buoyed in part by alarms over global warming and concerns over energy prices.

D.C. Adopts Oversight Regulations for Home-Schooling
Washington Post, D.C., July 31, 2008
A parent who wants to home-school a child in the District needs to give written notice 15 days before taking a child out of public school, and have a portfolio of the student’s work available for review, according to new rules put in place by the state superintendent of education.

‘Public’ School Should Denote Best, Not Worst
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA, July 31, 2008
My concern is that a growing number of public officials have come to think of public education in the same way that most Americans think of public housing or public health facilities —- that is, as the education source of last resort.

Educator Gets What He Wanted: His Own School
St. Petersburg Times, FL, July 31, 2008
Malatesta will lead the new Community Charter School of Excellence, a public elementary school backed by a national organization for alternative education.

Capitol Region Education Council Opening Four Magnet Schools
Hartford Courant, CT, July 31, 2008
The Capitol Region Education Council is opening four magnet schools across the region, including an academy in Avon that will use a child’s natural curiosity to promote creativity and critical thinking skills.

Charter School Exceeds State Averages
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO, July 30, 2008
Grand Junction charter school Caprock Academy scored well above almost every state average on the 2007-08 Colorado Student Assessment Program in its first time administering the test.

Protect Charter School Option For Students
South Coast Today, MA, July 31, 2008
The Global Learning Charter School is a success story for New Bedford, and it should not be made a scapegoat for budgetary woes that are afflicting every city and town in the commonwealth.

Thriving Schools For Thriving City
Sacramento Bee, CA, July 31, 2008
Officially, the mayor of Sacramento has no role in the public schools that educate the city’s children. But across the country, even in cities where the public schools aren’t part of city government, successful mayors realize that the success of a city depends on the quality of its schools.

S.C. Shows Positive Signs In Education
Orangeburg Times Democrat, SC, July 31, 2008
Our leaders are not on the same page when it comes to public education, with lawmakers and the governor deeply divided over the issue of school vouchers.