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- Commentary: Memo to Teachers Unions: Charter Schools Clearly Benefit Students
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Sep 10, 7:24 AM, The Daily Signal:
Around the country, 7,000 charter schools–public schools that typically operate independently from traditional school districts–are serving students from all walks of life and make up the fastest-growing sector of our nation’s public >
- Democrats keeping charter schools down in exchange for teacher's union cash, top activist says
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Sep 9, 7:42 AM, FOX News:
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools President Nina Rees says Democrats are loyal to public school unions and therefore must automatically oppose the charter school system.
- Black People Ask What Republicans Can Offer Them. The Answer: 'School Choice for Black Children'
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Sep 4, 7:23 AM, Newsweek:
Contrary to what the box office totals might lead you to believe, the must-see movie of the year is not the Avengers-End Game (which has broken the record for the highest grossing film of all-time). No, the must-see movie of 2019 contains >
- Cory Booker once allied himself with Betsy DeVos on school choice. Not anymore.
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Sep 20, 8:34 AM, Washington Post:
Cory Booker was a little-known member of the Newark City Council 19 years ago when he received an extraordinary invitation from a Michigan group connected to Betsy DeVos, now the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos promotes school choice programs in Harrisburg school visit
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Sep 20, 8:33 AM, The Patriot-News:
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School today as part of her back-to-school tour, promoting a proposed federal tax-credit program that would allow for scholarships for more underprivileged >
- College student loans: Debt hits a new high, though growth slows, as free tuition plans spread
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Sep 19, 8:15 AM, USA Today:
About 2 in 3 graduates from the class of 2018 graduated a little deeper in debt than the classes before them. The average bachelor's degree holder owes about $29,200 in student loan debt — a record high in the U.S.
- U.S. military pressures school districts near bases to improve
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Sep 19, 8:03 AM, Dallas Morning News:
Communities large and small around the country that play host to military installations, take heed. Your long-term economic well-being due to the infusion of Department of Defense dollars could be on the line if your public schools are >
- ACLJ Files Amicus Brief in Major Supreme Court School Choice Case – Tackles Bad Precedent
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Sep 19, 7:59 AM, American Center for Law and Justice |:
The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting school choice in what could be a blockbuster ruling.
- Opinion: The most important charter school network in America is not what you think
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Sep 19, 7:57 AM, New York Daily News:
There’s a Texas-spawned education revolution known as IDEA Public Charter Schools that’s spreading to multiple states, yet it remains mostly unnoticed. Meantime, eyeballs keep getting redirected to a controversial group of New York City >
- Betsy DeVos visits Purdue Polytechnic High School, sees project-based learning in action
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Sep 18, 7:36 AM, Indianapolis Star:
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was greeted at Purdue Polytechnic High School's makerspace by the smell of sawdust, the sound of power tools and more than a dozen safety goggle-wearing students with heads bent over half-built >
- Sanders Targets Teachers With New Ad
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Sep 18, 7:35 AM, US News & World Report:
A new advertising campaign from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is tapping into the educator unrest that swept the country over the last two years and prompted thousands of teachers to walk the picket lines, hold >
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- Jeanne Allen: The sneak attack on DC's most promising schools
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Sep 18, 7:37 AM, Washington Examiner:
When public forums are framed in deliberately misleading language, we know there's harmful intent to spread disinformation. In Washington, D.C., anti-charter school forces are organizing community forums clad in pleasing language like >
- During Capitol rally, charter school parents, students vow to push back against Wolf’s proposed reforms
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Sep 17, 6:22 AM, Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Busloads of Pennsylvania charter school students and their families gathered in the state Capitol on Monday, just in time for the end of lawmakers’ summer recess, as they reignited an annual debate over how the state pays for the privately >
- Local charter school report card grades still low, but improving
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Sep 17, 5:36 AM, Dayton Daily News:
Charters in area outpace urban district schools in test scores and progress.
- Editorial: The Union and Lawyer State
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Sep 20, 8:31 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Despite political howling about corporate power, California is demonstrating that private businesses are no match for unions and plaintiff attorneys. Witness the crush of anti-business and charter-school legislation that Democrats in >
- Letter: Charter schools under fire
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Sep 20, 8:21 AM, The Reporter:
Assembly Bill 1505, a bill developed by the California Teachers Association — a major donor to Gov. Newsom and anti-charter affiliates — passed the Senate and Assembly floor, becoming law. This bill allows a charter authorizer — local >
- A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
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Sep 20, 8:13 AM, KQED:
One of the first things Charlie Praphatananda did when he got out of prison was vomit. After 22 years inside, hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour was overwhelming, a feeling he’d have again and again in the coming days and weeks >
- A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries
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Sep 20, 7:31 AM, NBC News:
If Chicago teachers accept the pay raise they’ve been offered by the city’s mayor and school board — a 16 percent bump over five years — they could soon be some of the highest paid big-city teachers in the nation.
- A Newark Student Dreams of Succeeding in College, but First "Boot Camp"
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Sep 20, 7:09 AM, NJ Spotlight:
That grueling schedule had become Reddick’s life ever since he earned a diploma from Newark’s Central High School in June and, days later, started a six-week summer program at Rutgers University-Newark. Known around campus as “academic >
- 'Finally, I could have it.' Indy Achieves grants give students financial aid boost to reach graduation
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Sep 20, 7:07 AM, Indianapolis Star:
Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Indy Achieves initiative in 2018 with an ambitious goal: improve the lives of 95,000 Marion County residents over five years through scholarships, grants and support services designed to increase college >
- New Wisconsin education chief's priorities: Equity for all students, investing in teachers
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Sep 20, 7:04 AM, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Invoking her own childhood in the segregated South and the opportunities made available to her through education, the state's first African American state schools chief said Thursday that Wisconsin must do more to attract and nurture >
- Poverty and poor performance linked in school report cards
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Sep 20, 6:56 AM, The Columbus Dispatch:
Students in most of Ohio’s 337 lowest-performing schools, those getting overall Fs on their state report cards, lost academic ground last school year by failing to gain a full year of expected progress.
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- A Newark Student Dreams of Succeeding in College, but First "Boot Camp"
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Sep 20, 7:09 AM, NJ Spotlight:
That grueling schedule had become Reddick’s life ever since he earned a diploma from Newark’s Central High School in June and, days later, started a six-week summer program at Rutgers University-Newark. Known around campus as “academic >
- Charter school parents intervene in desegregation lawsuit. ‘Don’t scapegoat our schools,' they say.
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Sep 20, 6:53 AM, The Star-Ledger:
We share the lawsuit’s goal of providing every child in New Jersey with a good school regardless of where they live or how much money they make. However, we intervened into this lawsuit because it mistakenly blames public charter schools >
- Editorial: There must be a better way to fund Pennsylvania charter schools
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Sep 20, 6:21 AM, The Intelligencer:
In 1997, Pennsylvania passed Act 22, which allowed for charter schools, public educational institutions that offered students an alternative to enrolling in their traditional public school districts.
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- A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries
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Sep 20, 7:31 AM, NBC News:
If Chicago teachers accept the pay raise they’ve been offered by the city’s mayor and school board — a 16 percent bump over five years — they could soon be some of the highest paid big-city teachers in the nation.
- 'Finally, I could have it.' Indy Achieves grants give students financial aid boost to reach graduation
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Sep 20, 7:07 AM, Indianapolis Star:
Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Indy Achieves initiative in 2018 with an ambitious goal: improve the lives of 95,000 Marion County residents over five years through scholarships, grants and support services designed to increase college >
- New Wisconsin education chief's priorities: Equity for all students, investing in teachers
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Sep 20, 7:04 AM, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Invoking her own childhood in the segregated South and the opportunities made available to her through education, the state's first African American state schools chief said Thursday that Wisconsin must do more to attract and nurture >
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- Prep school scores improve
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Sep 20, 6:49 AM, Rocky Mount Telegram:
While Rocky Mount Preparatory School suffered some setbacks at the high school level this past academic year, its overall school performance score improved as did its growth score.
- Letter: Online learning has been big boost for our child
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Sep 20, 6:18 AM, The Fayetteville Observer :
I’m proud to say that my son is an online school student. I’ve always felt that Connor is the type of child that you can’t put in a box by any definition. Now that he’s at NCVA, he’s broken free from the box that held him back in the past. >
- An open letter to state education leaders: Local control is best for LRSD
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Sep 20, 6:05 AM, Arkansas Times:
We, the parents, grandparents, and caregivers of current and future students in the Little Rock School District, urge you to return the LRSD to local control to be governed by an elected school board. Because our children have the most at >
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- Editorial: The Union and Lawyer State
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Sep 20, 8:31 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Despite political howling about corporate power, California is demonstrating that private businesses are no match for unions and plaintiff attorneys. Witness the crush of anti-business and charter-school legislation that Democrats in >
- Letter: Charter schools under fire
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Sep 20, 8:21 AM, The Reporter:
Assembly Bill 1505, a bill developed by the California Teachers Association — a major donor to Gov. Newsom and anti-charter affiliates — passed the Senate and Assembly floor, becoming law. This bill allows a charter authorizer — local >
- A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
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Sep 20, 8:13 AM, KQED:
One of the first things Charlie Praphatananda did when he got out of prison was vomit. After 22 years inside, hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour was overwhelming, a feeling he’d have again and again in the coming days and weeks >
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- Local charter school report card grades still low, but improving
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Sep 17, 5:36 AM, Dayton Daily News:
Charters in area outpace urban district schools in test scores and progress.
- Editorial: Dear Chicago Public Schools teachers: Take the deal
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Sep 13, 7:54 AM, Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Board of Education have presented you with a generous contract that respects your profession and your dedication. The offer includes a 16% salary hike over five years, similar to what an independent >
- Meet the woman behind Birmingham’s first charter school
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Sep 12, 5:43 AM, The Birmingham News:
Birmingham’s educational landscape changed forever in August, when Legacy Prep, the area’s first and Alabama’s third public charter school, opened its doors to 130 students in Kindergarten, first, and second grades. The school, located in >
- A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
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Sep 20, 8:13 AM, KQED:
One of the first things Charlie Praphatananda did when he got out of prison was vomit. After 22 years inside, hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour was overwhelming, a feeling he’d have again and again in the coming days and weeks >
- A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries
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Sep 20, 7:31 AM, NBC News:
If Chicago teachers accept the pay raise they’ve been offered by the city’s mayor and school board — a 16 percent bump over five years — they could soon be some of the highest paid big-city teachers in the nation.
- A Newark Student Dreams of Succeeding in College, but First "Boot Camp"
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Sep 20, 7:09 AM, NJ Spotlight:
That grueling schedule had become Reddick’s life ever since he earned a diploma from Newark’s Central High School in June and, days later, started a six-week summer program at Rutgers University-Newark. Known around campus as “academic >
- 'Finally, I could have it.' Indy Achieves grants give students financial aid boost to reach graduation
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Sep 20, 7:07 AM, Indianapolis Star:
Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Indy Achieves initiative in 2018 with an ambitious goal: improve the lives of 95,000 Marion County residents over five years through scholarships, grants and support services designed to increase college >
- Charter school parents intervene in desegregation lawsuit. ‘Don’t scapegoat our schools,' they say.
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Sep 20, 6:53 AM, The Star-Ledger:
We share the lawsuit’s goal of providing every child in New Jersey with a good school regardless of where they live or how much money they make. However, we intervened into this lawsuit because it mistakenly blames public charter schools >
- Prep school scores improve
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Sep 20, 6:49 AM, Rocky Mount Telegram:
While Rocky Mount Preparatory School suffered some setbacks at the high school level this past academic year, its overall school performance score improved as did its growth score.
- An open letter to state education leaders: Local control is best for LRSD
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Sep 20, 6:05 AM, Arkansas Times:
We, the parents, grandparents, and caregivers of current and future students in the Little Rock School District, urge you to return the LRSD to local control to be governed by an elected school board. Because our children have the most at >
- Judge nears decision in Lincoln charter school case. New information has surfaced
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Sep 20, 6:02 AM, Bradenton Herald:
Less than two weeks remain before an administrative law judge rules on the Manatee school district’s takeover of Lincoln Memorial Academy, and though a four-day hearing ended last month, new information continues to surface.
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- Jeanne Allen: The sneak attack on DC's most promising schools
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Sep 18, 7:37 AM, Washington Examiner:
When public forums are framed in deliberately misleading language, we know there's harmful intent to spread disinformation. In Washington, D.C., anti-charter school forces are organizing community forums clad in pleasing language like >
- During Capitol rally, charter school parents, students vow to push back against Wolf’s proposed reforms
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Sep 17, 6:22 AM, Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Busloads of Pennsylvania charter school students and their families gathered in the state Capitol on Monday, just in time for the end of lawmakers’ summer recess, as they reignited an annual debate over how the state pays for the privately >
- Local charter school report card grades still low, but improving
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Sep 17, 5:36 AM, Dayton Daily News:
Charters in area outpace urban district schools in test scores and progress.
- Cory Booker once allied himself with Betsy DeVos on school choice. Not anymore.
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Sep 20, 8:34 AM, Washington Post:
Cory Booker was a little-known member of the Newark City Council 19 years ago when he received an extraordinary invitation from a Michigan group connected to Betsy DeVos, now the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos promotes school choice programs in Harrisburg school visit
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Sep 20, 8:33 AM, The Patriot-News:
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School today as part of her back-to-school tour, promoting a proposed federal tax-credit program that would allow for scholarships for more underprivileged >
- Editorial: The Union and Lawyer State
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Sep 20, 8:31 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Despite political howling about corporate power, California is demonstrating that private businesses are no match for unions and plaintiff attorneys. Witness the crush of anti-business and charter-school legislation that Democrats in >
- Letter: Charter schools under fire
-
Sep 20, 8:21 AM, The Reporter:
Assembly Bill 1505, a bill developed by the California Teachers Association — a major donor to Gov. Newsom and anti-charter affiliates — passed the Senate and Assembly floor, becoming law. This bill allows a charter authorizer — local >
- A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
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Sep 20, 8:13 AM, KQED:
One of the first things Charlie Praphatananda did when he got out of prison was vomit. After 22 years inside, hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour was overwhelming, a feeling he’d have again and again in the coming days and weeks >
- A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries
-
Sep 20, 7:31 AM, NBC News:
If Chicago teachers accept the pay raise they’ve been offered by the city’s mayor and school board — a 16 percent bump over five years — they could soon be some of the highest paid big-city teachers in the nation.
- A Newark Student Dreams of Succeeding in College, but First "Boot Camp"
-
Sep 20, 7:09 AM, NJ Spotlight:
That grueling schedule had become Reddick’s life ever since he earned a diploma from Newark’s Central High School in June and, days later, started a six-week summer program at Rutgers University-Newark. Known around campus as “academic >
- 'Finally, I could have it.' Indy Achieves grants give students financial aid boost to reach graduation
-
Sep 20, 7:07 AM, Indianapolis Star:
Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Indy Achieves initiative in 2018 with an ambitious goal: improve the lives of 95,000 Marion County residents over five years through scholarships, grants and support services designed to increase college >
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- Jeanne Allen: The sneak attack on DC's most promising schools
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Sep 18, 7:37 AM, Washington Examiner:
When public forums are framed in deliberately misleading language, we know there's harmful intent to spread disinformation. In Washington, D.C., anti-charter school forces are organizing community forums clad in pleasing language like >
- During Capitol rally, charter school parents, students vow to push back against Wolf’s proposed reforms
-
Sep 17, 6:22 AM, Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Busloads of Pennsylvania charter school students and their families gathered in the state Capitol on Monday, just in time for the end of lawmakers’ summer recess, as they reignited an annual debate over how the state pays for the privately >
- Local charter school report card grades still low, but improving
-
Sep 17, 5:36 AM, Dayton Daily News:
Charters in area outpace urban district schools in test scores and progress.
- Cory Booker once allied himself with Betsy DeVos on school choice. Not anymore.
-
Sep 20, 8:34 AM, Washington Post:
Cory Booker was a little-known member of the Newark City Council 19 years ago when he received an extraordinary invitation from a Michigan group connected to Betsy DeVos, now the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos promotes school choice programs in Harrisburg school visit
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Sep 20, 8:33 AM, The Patriot-News:
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School today as part of her back-to-school tour, promoting a proposed federal tax-credit program that would allow for scholarships for more underprivileged >
- Editorial: The Union and Lawyer State
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Sep 20, 8:31 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Despite political howling about corporate power, California is demonstrating that private businesses are no match for unions and plaintiff attorneys. Witness the crush of anti-business and charter-school legislation that Democrats in >
- Letter: Charter schools under fire
-
Sep 20, 8:21 AM, The Reporter:
Assembly Bill 1505, a bill developed by the California Teachers Association — a major donor to Gov. Newsom and anti-charter affiliates — passed the Senate and Assembly floor, becoming law. This bill allows a charter authorizer — local >
- A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
-
Sep 20, 8:13 AM, KQED:
One of the first things Charlie Praphatananda did when he got out of prison was vomit. After 22 years inside, hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour was overwhelming, a feeling he’d have again and again in the coming days and weeks >
- A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries
-
Sep 20, 7:31 AM, NBC News:
If Chicago teachers accept the pay raise they’ve been offered by the city’s mayor and school board — a 16 percent bump over five years — they could soon be some of the highest paid big-city teachers in the nation.
- A Newark Student Dreams of Succeeding in College, but First "Boot Camp"
-
Sep 20, 7:09 AM, NJ Spotlight:
That grueling schedule had become Reddick’s life ever since he earned a diploma from Newark’s Central High School in June and, days later, started a six-week summer program at Rutgers University-Newark. Known around campus as “academic >
- 'Finally, I could have it.' Indy Achieves grants give students financial aid boost to reach graduation
-
Sep 20, 7:07 AM, Indianapolis Star:
Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Indy Achieves initiative in 2018 with an ambitious goal: improve the lives of 95,000 Marion County residents over five years through scholarships, grants and support services designed to increase college >