Poll Gives Obama Edge on Improving Schools
Education Week, August 20, 2008
Jeanne Allen, the president of the Center for Education Reform in Washington, said Democrats may have an edge on the issue simply because Americans have little to go on in trying to determine how each candidate would proceed on education policy, because the campaign has featured so little discussion of it.

The (Non-)Politics of Education
The Carraboro Citizen, August 21, 2008
Think about the life-changing value of a good education. Where would most of us be without the educational opportunities we’ve had? Obviously, many of this year’s crop of issues are more urgent — but that doesn’t explain why education is never a top priority in a national election (or, for that matter, in state gubernatorial elections either).

Improving Our Schools
The Post, August 21, 2008
Broadcasted from Marietta College, the discussion was the ninth in a series of 12 in which Strickland shares his six principles for education reform while looking to the audience and viewers at home to submit their own concerns.

Study: Vouchers Improve Education
The Columbus Dispatch, August 21, 2008
Ohio’s private-school voucher program isn’t just great for the students who use it, a new study asserts, but it’s actually made public schools better.

Celebrate Charter Momentum
The Post and Courier, August 21, 2008
Recent studies from the Florida and Massachusetts departments of education, Stanford University and the Chicago school system report that black students in charter schools have been doing significantly better academically than black students in traditional public schools with similar demographic enrollments.

Charter School Leader Joins Milken Venture
Daily News, August 20, 2008
After years of fighting the education establishment to expand rights for charter schools, the head of the California Charter Schools Association announced her abrupt departure Wednesday to join an international education company.

Answers About Charter Schools, Part 2
New York Times, August 21, 2008
James D. Merriman IV, the chief executive of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, is answering City Room readers’ questions this week about charter schools in New York City. Below are his second set of answers.

Typographers Help School Launch Student Newspaper
Business First of Buffalo, August 15, 2008
The paper was distributed at the TypeCon design conference in July at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The students, faculty and other mentors who were involved in the production of the paper did a presentation about the process, and the paper was available to hundreds of attendees. It covers art and music, fashion and sports and there’s a front-page editorial on rising gas prices.

County School Board Approves First Local Charter School
The Chattanoogan, August 21, 2008
The Hamilton County School Board on Thursday night approved the first local charter school.