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- Editorial: Beyond theoretical in the argument over charter schools
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May 15, 7:38 AM, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
No matter what benefits charter schools might provide children attending them, the education establishment will find a way to oppose them. Any excuse will do. Why? Because charter schools don't have to abide by the suffocating rules the >
- Jeanne Allen: Who is killing charter schools?
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May 6, 7:54 AM, Charleston Post Courier:
The teachers’ narratives say they strike for higher pay and lower class sizes, winning victories for children against all odds. But the real story isn’t so pretty in many places: It’s a tale of politicians working to kill charter schools, >
- Jeanne Allen: Our College System Is Exposed -- What Now?
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Apr 26, 7:56 AM, Forbes:
But there’s good news for overstressed parents and students — it turns out that while elite schools can help students advance, they’re not as important for a student’s future as one might think. A groundbreaking report in 2011 by the late >
- Sanders’s Education Plan Renews Debate Over Charter Schools and Segregation
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May 24, 7:39 AM, New York Times:
When Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a wide-ranging speech on education Saturday, he became the first major Democratic candidate to propose a detailed plan to racially integrate schools, calling for $1 billion in funding to support local >
- DeVos becoming popular target for Democrats in 2020 race
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May 24, 7:35 AM, Associated Press:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls Betsy DeVos the “worst secretary of education we’ve seen.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar says DeVos “shouldn’t be in her job.” Beto O’Rourke’s take on DeVos: “We can do >
- Opinion: Bring Back the Old Cory Booker
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May 24, 7:32 AM, City Journal:
As a young councilman in Newark, Cory Booker listened to parents describe how they broke the law by claiming they lived somewhere other than the city to get their kids into good schools.
- Commentary: The ‘Underpaid Teachers’ Myth
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May 23, 7:42 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Are public-school teachers really underpaid? It’s a claim often made during teacher pay disputes, but the same data and statistical methods that produce the “teacher salary gap” lead to some ridiculous conclusions—such as that nurses and >
- Letter: Charter Schools Underserve Students of Color
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May 23, 7:40 AM, Wall Street Journal:
Regarding your May 7 editorial “An NAACP Revolt on Charters”: Let us be clear—a quality education should be provided to all children. As we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, we continue >
- Opinion: Sanders Chooses Teachers Unions Over Black Voters
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May 22, 7:24 AM, Wall Street Journal:
The candidate calls for a moratorium on charter schools. It’s bad politics and even worse policy.
- Unionized Charter Schools: An Unlikely Course Our Democracy Depends On
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May 22, 7:23 AM, Forbes:
Many charter schools have delivered powerful results for students by focusing on children first. And unions have staked out the teacher-happiness terrain, focusing on satisfaction, retention and job quality. Why have we forced a choice: >
- The Higher Education Desert
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May 21, 7:52 AM, U.S. News & World Report:
Research shows that the farther someone lives from a public college, the less likely they are to pursue a degree.
- How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send 30 students to an Ivy League institution?
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May 16, 7:18 AM, The Colorado Sun:
Yet the students overcame all of that to graduate with degrees in everything from physics to international affairs and create what would seem an improbable pipeline from a historic western ranching and mining region to one of the most >
- Mayor Jim Kenney says Philly should have fewer charter schools. Their supporters push back.
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May 15, 6:03 AM, Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mayor Jim Kenney was asked during Monday night’s Democratic mayoral debate whether there should be more, fewer, or the same number of charter schools in Philadelphia. He hesitated, then answered, “Fewer."
- Letter: Utah’s high-tech charter schools have been successful
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May 14, 7:49 AM, Salt Lake Tribune:
Thank you for your recent editorial on Utah charter schools (“Time to grow up,” May 12). Six charter schools are often cited as among the state's best. They were started during the Michael O. Leavitt administration with the help of a grant >
- State Board of Education blasts Duval for slow turnaround of failing schools
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May 24, 7:29 AM, Florida Times Union:
Duval County Public Schools faced intense scrutiny at a Florida Board of Education meeting this week, with members of the board even floating the idea of a state takeover.
- New Bedford charter school plan on the ropes
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May 24, 7:04 AM, CommonWealth Magazine:
A PLAN TOUTED by state education leaders as a breakthrough compromise aimed at healing the rift between district and charter schools has instead inflamed passions on Beacon Hill where the proposal is faltering and has reignited one of the >
- Family Focus: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is new this fall
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May 24, 6:47 AM, WTOL:
"The nice thing about charter schools or community schools is that they're grassroots,” Principal Phillip Schwenk said. “So the only significant attribution I can give it is that there’s families here that care a lot about this type of >
- Explorer Academy showcased as charter school compromise
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May 24, 6:43 AM, Huntington Herald Dispatch:
But the model set by Explorer Academy - built four years ago completely under the Expeditionary Learning (EL) curriculum, though operated as a normal public elementary school in Cabell County - may be a point of compromise in the state's >
- Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
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May 24, 6:05 AM, Chicago Reporter:
Each spring, Urban Prep Academies boasts that 100% of seniors graduating from each of its three campuses gains admission to a four-year college or university. But if you look beneath the 100% college acceptance claim – which sometimes gets >
- Students flourish at this high school. So why is it labeled an F?
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May 24, 5:20 AM, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal:
School leaders have fought these ratings from the beginning, arguing the assessments Davis and her peers prepare for all year should be the ones the Mississippi Department of Education uses to grade the school district, not the state >
- Why some students don’t go to college even when it’s free
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May 24, 4:58 AM, The Ann Arbor News:
Graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools since 2006 have been offered free college tuition, though many do not go on to earn a degree. Some leave the money on the table altogether.
- Letter: Protecting school choice is important
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May 24, 4:52 AM, Enumclaw Courier-Herald:
Jacob was struggling with both attendance and low grades. He needed a different way to finish school. We found ISWA, public school at home, where the teachers, the curriculum, and the method work in concert to personalize a successful plan >
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- New Bedford charter school plan on the ropes
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May 24, 7:04 AM, CommonWealth Magazine:
A PLAN TOUTED by state education leaders as a breakthrough compromise aimed at healing the rift between district and charter schools has instead inflamed passions on Beacon Hill where the proposal is faltering and has reignited one of the >
- Opinion: Lift the cap, to let community charter schools bloom
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May 23, 6:33 AM, New York Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo has urged the state Legislature to lift the cap on the number of charter schools allowed to open in New York City, but has been met with resistance from legislators who oppose charters on the grounds that they are the >
- Bill may open doors for educational options
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May 23, 6:07 AM, Pocono Record:
Last week, in a bipartisan vote, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 800, a school choice bill that promises opportunity to thousands of students trapped in inadequate schools simply because of their zip code.
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- Letter: Charter grant concerns State Board
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May 24, 6:53 AM, The Detroit News:
This month, the State Board of Education was presented with grant criteria that ultimately could spend $47 million in taxpayer money on new and expanding charter schools. As elected board members, we raised legitimate questions about the >
- Family Focus: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is new this fall
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May 24, 6:47 AM, WTOL:
"The nice thing about charter schools or community schools is that they're grassroots,” Principal Phillip Schwenk said. “So the only significant attribution I can give it is that there’s families here that care a lot about this type of >
- Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
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May 24, 6:05 AM, Chicago Reporter:
Each spring, Urban Prep Academies boasts that 100% of seniors graduating from each of its three campuses gains admission to a four-year college or university. But if you look beneath the 100% college acceptance claim – which sometimes gets >
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- State Board of Education blasts Duval for slow turnaround of failing schools
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May 24, 7:29 AM, Florida Times Union:
Duval County Public Schools faced intense scrutiny at a Florida Board of Education meeting this week, with members of the board even floating the idea of a state takeover.
- Editorial: Where’s the accountability for charter schools?
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May 24, 7:07 AM, The Mountaineer:
Taxpayers should demand — and expect — accountability. At all levels of government, we elect representatives who must answer for their votes.
- Explorer Academy showcased as charter school compromise
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May 24, 6:43 AM, Huntington Herald Dispatch:
But the model set by Explorer Academy - built four years ago completely under the Expeditionary Learning (EL) curriculum, though operated as a normal public elementary school in Cabell County - may be a point of compromise in the state's >
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- Utah governor questions the state’s ranking as dead last in per-pupil funding. But the figure he’s using is for a different year.
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May 24, 6:24 AM, Salt Lake Tribune:
Gov. Gary Herbert said he doubts the accuracy of U.S. Census data showing Utah has again ranked last in the nation for money spent per student — despite the state holding the bottom spot for at least the past two decades.
- EDITORIAL: Legislative Democrats burden school districts with higher costs
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May 24, 6:22 AM, Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Obviously, Nevada’s public school funding “crisis” isn’t as acute as advertised. State taxpayers are scolded ad infinitum that more money, money, money is the solution to all of Nevada’s education pathologies, particularly dismal test >
- A charter school moratorium won’t help California education. More flexibility will
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May 24, 5:17 AM, Fresno Bee:
During the last few weeks, the Legislature has been debating whether a moratorium on public charter schools is the best way to help traditional school districts with their crippling financial problems.
- How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send 30 students to an Ivy League institution?
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May 16, 7:18 AM, The Colorado Sun:
Yet the students overcame all of that to graduate with degrees in everything from physics to international affairs and create what would seem an improbable pipeline from a historic western ranching and mining region to one of the most >
- Mayor Jim Kenney says Philly should have fewer charter schools. Their supporters push back.
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May 15, 6:03 AM, Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mayor Jim Kenney was asked during Monday night’s Democratic mayoral debate whether there should be more, fewer, or the same number of charter schools in Philadelphia. He hesitated, then answered, “Fewer."
- Letter: Utah’s high-tech charter schools have been successful
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May 14, 7:49 AM, Salt Lake Tribune:
Thank you for your recent editorial on Utah charter schools (“Time to grow up,” May 12). Six charter schools are often cited as among the state's best. They were started during the Michael O. Leavitt administration with the help of a grant >
- State Board of Education blasts Duval for slow turnaround of failing schools
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May 24, 7:29 AM, Florida Times Union:
Duval County Public Schools faced intense scrutiny at a Florida Board of Education meeting this week, with members of the board even floating the idea of a state takeover.
- New Bedford charter school plan on the ropes
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May 24, 7:04 AM, CommonWealth Magazine:
A PLAN TOUTED by state education leaders as a breakthrough compromise aimed at healing the rift between district and charter schools has instead inflamed passions on Beacon Hill where the proposal is faltering and has reignited one of the >
- Family Focus: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is new this fall
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May 24, 6:47 AM, WTOL:
"The nice thing about charter schools or community schools is that they're grassroots,” Principal Phillip Schwenk said. “So the only significant attribution I can give it is that there’s families here that care a lot about this type of >
- Explorer Academy showcased as charter school compromise
-
May 24, 6:43 AM, Huntington Herald Dispatch:
But the model set by Explorer Academy - built four years ago completely under the Expeditionary Learning (EL) curriculum, though operated as a normal public elementary school in Cabell County - may be a point of compromise in the state's >
- Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
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May 24, 6:05 AM, Chicago Reporter:
Each spring, Urban Prep Academies boasts that 100% of seniors graduating from each of its three campuses gains admission to a four-year college or university. But if you look beneath the 100% college acceptance claim – which sometimes gets >
- Students flourish at this high school. So why is it labeled an F?
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May 24, 5:20 AM, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal:
School leaders have fought these ratings from the beginning, arguing the assessments Davis and her peers prepare for all year should be the ones the Mississippi Department of Education uses to grade the school district, not the state >
- Why some students don’t go to college even when it’s free
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May 24, 4:58 AM, The Ann Arbor News:
Graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools since 2006 have been offered free college tuition, though many do not go on to earn a degree. Some leave the money on the table altogether.
- Letter: Protecting school choice is important
-
May 24, 4:52 AM, Enumclaw Courier-Herald:
Jacob was struggling with both attendance and low grades. He needed a different way to finish school. We found ISWA, public school at home, where the teachers, the curriculum, and the method work in concert to personalize a successful plan >
- Editorial: Codding charter schools
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May 23, 5:13 AM, Greensboro News & Record:
Remember when the state started its charter school experiment in the late 1990s? It sounded like a promising concept. Unfortunately, the state Senate seems bent on ruining what’s left of that good idea.
- Column: Parents fighting to save Opportunity Scholarships
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May 22, 5:23 AM, Las Vegas Review-Journal:
When public schools are failing, the education establishment cries it needs more money. When Opportunity Scholarships succeed, many of those people insist on cutting their funding.
- Opinion: Georgia charter schools delivering on their promise
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May 20, 6:48 AM, Atlanta Journal Constitution:
A recent study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance found that students who attended a public charter high school in our state were four percent more likely to graduate from high school and six percent more >
- Sanders’s Education Plan Renews Debate Over Charter Schools and Segregation
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May 24, 7:39 AM, New York Times:
When Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a wide-ranging speech on education Saturday, he became the first major Democratic candidate to propose a detailed plan to racially integrate schools, calling for $1 billion in funding to support local >
- DeVos becoming popular target for Democrats in 2020 race
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May 24, 7:35 AM, Associated Press:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls Betsy DeVos the “worst secretary of education we’ve seen.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar says DeVos “shouldn’t be in her job.” Beto O’Rourke’s take on DeVos: “We can do >
- Opinion: Bring Back the Old Cory Booker
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May 24, 7:32 AM, City Journal:
As a young councilman in Newark, Cory Booker listened to parents describe how they broke the law by claiming they lived somewhere other than the city to get their kids into good schools.
- State Board of Education blasts Duval for slow turnaround of failing schools
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May 24, 7:29 AM, Florida Times Union:
Duval County Public Schools faced intense scrutiny at a Florida Board of Education meeting this week, with members of the board even floating the idea of a state takeover.
- Editorial: Where’s the accountability for charter schools?
-
May 24, 7:07 AM, The Mountaineer:
Taxpayers should demand — and expect — accountability. At all levels of government, we elect representatives who must answer for their votes.
- New Bedford charter school plan on the ropes
-
May 24, 7:04 AM, CommonWealth Magazine:
A PLAN TOUTED by state education leaders as a breakthrough compromise aimed at healing the rift between district and charter schools has instead inflamed passions on Beacon Hill where the proposal is faltering and has reignited one of the >
- Letter: Charter grant concerns State Board
-
May 24, 6:53 AM, The Detroit News:
This month, the State Board of Education was presented with grant criteria that ultimately could spend $47 million in taxpayer money on new and expanding charter schools. As elected board members, we raised legitimate questions about the >
- Family Focus: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is new this fall
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May 24, 6:47 AM, WTOL:
"The nice thing about charter schools or community schools is that they're grassroots,” Principal Phillip Schwenk said. “So the only significant attribution I can give it is that there’s families here that care a lot about this type of >
- Editorial: Codding charter schools
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May 23, 5:13 AM, Greensboro News & Record:
Remember when the state started its charter school experiment in the late 1990s? It sounded like a promising concept. Unfortunately, the state Senate seems bent on ruining what’s left of that good idea.
- Column: Parents fighting to save Opportunity Scholarships
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May 22, 5:23 AM, Las Vegas Review-Journal:
When public schools are failing, the education establishment cries it needs more money. When Opportunity Scholarships succeed, many of those people insist on cutting their funding.
- Opinion: Georgia charter schools delivering on their promise
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May 20, 6:48 AM, Atlanta Journal Constitution:
A recent study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance found that students who attended a public charter high school in our state were four percent more likely to graduate from high school and six percent more >
- Sanders’s Education Plan Renews Debate Over Charter Schools and Segregation
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May 24, 7:39 AM, New York Times:
When Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a wide-ranging speech on education Saturday, he became the first major Democratic candidate to propose a detailed plan to racially integrate schools, calling for $1 billion in funding to support local >
- DeVos becoming popular target for Democrats in 2020 race
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May 24, 7:35 AM, Associated Press:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls Betsy DeVos the “worst secretary of education we’ve seen.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar says DeVos “shouldn’t be in her job.” Beto O’Rourke’s take on DeVos: “We can do >
- Opinion: Bring Back the Old Cory Booker
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May 24, 7:32 AM, City Journal:
As a young councilman in Newark, Cory Booker listened to parents describe how they broke the law by claiming they lived somewhere other than the city to get their kids into good schools.
- State Board of Education blasts Duval for slow turnaround of failing schools
-
May 24, 7:29 AM, Florida Times Union:
Duval County Public Schools faced intense scrutiny at a Florida Board of Education meeting this week, with members of the board even floating the idea of a state takeover.
- Editorial: Where’s the accountability for charter schools?
-
May 24, 7:07 AM, The Mountaineer:
Taxpayers should demand — and expect — accountability. At all levels of government, we elect representatives who must answer for their votes.
- New Bedford charter school plan on the ropes
-
May 24, 7:04 AM, CommonWealth Magazine:
A PLAN TOUTED by state education leaders as a breakthrough compromise aimed at healing the rift between district and charter schools has instead inflamed passions on Beacon Hill where the proposal is faltering and has reignited one of the >
- Letter: Charter grant concerns State Board
-
May 24, 6:53 AM, The Detroit News:
This month, the State Board of Education was presented with grant criteria that ultimately could spend $47 million in taxpayer money on new and expanding charter schools. As elected board members, we raised legitimate questions about the >
- Family Focus: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is new this fall
-
May 24, 6:47 AM, WTOL:
"The nice thing about charter schools or community schools is that they're grassroots,” Principal Phillip Schwenk said. “So the only significant attribution I can give it is that there’s families here that care a lot about this type of >