How Obama Can Fix Education
Boston Globe, MA, December 3, 2008
But bigger budgets, alas, don’t guarantee educational excellence. Its abundant spending notwithstanding, DC’s public school system ranks among the worst in the nation.

The Right’s School-Reform Agenda
National Review Online, NY, December 3, 2008
Goldberg’s argument fails in two ways. First, principled support for aggressive reforms like vouchers has cleared a space for the types of reform policies that leaders like Rhee are advocating. And, second, when it comes to systemic reform, conservatives have a broad agenda of policies that strengthen public education — and the results to prove it.

Rhee Challenges Obama to Get Behind Her on School Reform
U.S. News & World Report, DC, December 2, 2008
So, why is Rhee opening up so publicly about her reservations of an Obama administration now that the election is over? Here’s a guess: To signal to Obama that if he really intends to improve education, starting with D.C.’s troubled school system, his choice for education secretary cannot be someone who will undermine the work of school reformers like her.

Belt-Tightening Puts State Chiefs on Spot
Education Week, MD, December 2, 2008
In state after state, ballooning deficits that already have forced layoffs and other belt-tightening across state governments are hitting an education bureaucracy charged with carrying out a growing list of state and federal mandates.

Court Ruling Challenges Charter School Approval Process
Miami Herald, FL, December 3, 2008
It may be harder for charter schools to get approval in Florida after an appellate court decision Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal struck down a 2006 law that lets applicants sidestep the state’s 67 county school boards by getting their charters instead from a state commission.

School Districts Regain Charter Power
Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fl, December 3, 2008
Volusia and 13 other school districts won a court decision Tuesday upholding their exclusive authority to approve charter schools in their counties.

Charter Push Crushed
Waukegan News Sun, IL, December 3, 2008
Citing financial concerns and scant information on how English language learners and students with disabilities would be educated, the Waukegan School Board denied a proposal to build a charter high school Tuesday night.

Making the Case For Better School Choice in Chicago
Catalyst Chicago, IL, November 2008
With a monumental national election behind us and change coming to both Washington and Springfield, now is the time for our state leaders to tackle one of the most intractable problems facing our state: the need to create a better public education system for our children.

City Garden Montessori School Breaks Ground for St. Louis Charter Schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO, December 3, 2008
And in a city where charter schools are generally large and managed by out-of-town companies, City Garden is the kind of homegrown school advocates say is needed in St. Louis.

L.A. School Board Takes No Action on Fate of Supt. David Brewer
Los Angeles Times, CA, December 3, 2008
Embattled Los Angeles Schools Supt. David L. Brewer vowed Tuesday to stay on the job amid an abortive attempt to force him to resign as head of the nation’s second-largest school system.

School Chiefs’ Suit Tossed
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA, December 3, 2008
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by New Jersey school administrators who challenged new state rules aimed at curtailing lavish contracts

Back School Choice Options
Charleston Post Courier, SC, December 3, 2008
The Charleston County School Board should address the proposed charter conversion of Drayton Hall Elementary School on its merits. If the school can make a good case for becoming a charter, trustees should give it the opportunity.