How will Wall Street’s collapse effect education? (Education Week), Ohio judge rules against charter opponent (Columbus Dispatch), Green Dot partners with NYC union (WABC 7) and more in today’s Morning Shots.

U.S. Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis
Education Week, MD, September 29, 2008
But a multi-billion-dollar federal plan to assist the financial markets may leave the next president with very little room for major increases for K-12 schools, perhaps for the foreseeable future.

Some Clear Thinking on Choice
New America Foundation, DC, September 29, 2008
But a recent article by the American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess suggests that choice alone isn’t enough to improve the quality of public education. Choice needs to be coupled with infrastructure and support to bring about innovation and success.

Charter Schools Can’t Be Charities
Columbus Dispatch, OH, September 30, 2008
Former Attorney General Marc Dann filed lawsuits against New Choices and three other charter schools in Ohio, seeking to shut down the schools for poor performance.

Bank Gives $5,000 to Charter School
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ, September 30, 2008
Susquehanna Bank donated $5,000 to the LEAP Academy University Charter School of Camden to support childhood education in the Camden area

Grades Low For City Schools
Yale Daily News, CT, September 30, 2008
Four New Haven public schools were awarded spots on top-10 lists by the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, a statewide outreach, education and research center that released 2008 report cards for Connecticut public schools last week.

Area Educators, Administrators Want Reform of No Child Left Behind Act
Southeast Missourian, MO, September 30, 2008
Cape Girardeau School Board members, teachers and administrators expressed disdain for the current form of the No Child Left Behind Act last week, proposing support of a resolution that would suspend further sanctions until the act is reauthorized.

Charter School Skating on Thin Ice
Charleston Post Courier, SC, September 30, 2008
It’s been a rough five years for Greg Mathis Charter High School. The North Charleston school has seen at least five directors during that time, and its test scores have been among the worst in Charleston County

Green Dot to Success
WABC7, NY, September 29, 2008
A new public high school opened this year in the Bronx that is like no other in the city. It gives teachers more say, and it pays them more. And if it’s successful, we could see other schools like it in New York City.

Education Isn’t Business
Boston Herald, MA, September 29, 2008
The truth is that the business approach to schools produces something like the stock bubble that had to burst; it produces inflated test scores that don’t reflect real learning.