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October 21, 2003: The
Best is Yet to Come at CER Conference ... Charters: Arkansas Virtual Academy,
Colorado Applicants Need Alternatives ... Washington Teachers Strike ... Achievement
Gap Continues ... School Choice: Supporters & Opponents Face Off in New
Hampshire, District of Columbia
October 14, 2003: Union
Shenanigans: Cleveland, Washington, DC, and Miami Dade ... Florida and Education
Management ... Elections Results in Louisiana and California ... The Best is Yet
to Come: CER Gala & Conference
October 7, 2003: CHARTER
SCHOOLS: Pennsylvania's Dubious Task Force, Indianapolis Improvements &
Accountability, Law for 15 New Michigan Charters ... SCHOOL CHOICE: DC
Filibuster, Supreme Court Considers Blaine Amendment ... THE BEST IS YET TO
COME: CER Gala & Conference
September 30, 2003: Special
E-Issue of CER's September 2003 Monthly Letter to Friends, with details
on: School Choice in DC ... School Boards: Guardians of the Status Quo ... SATs
and College Readiness ... Tales from the Trenches ... CER's 10th Anniversary
Celebration Preparations
September 23, 2003: SCHOOL
CHOICE: All Ayes on DC, Liberal Support ... CHARTER SCHOOLS: New York Points for
Performance, California Charter Schools Association, Opponents Skipping School
in Detroit? Colorado Governor Sides With Montessori Charter Proposal
September 16, 2003: CHARTER
SCHOOLS: Michigan Pushing the Limits, California Cyber Funding ... U.S. Can't
Buy Achievement ... Don't Know Much About History ... Graduates To What Degree?
... CER Celebrates, and You're Invited
September 9, 2003: The
Difference Between Boys and Girls ... SCHOOL CHOICE: DC Vote & Vox, Survey
Says ... CHARTER SCHOOLS: Cyber Success, Research Report ... Career Opportunities at CER
September 3, 2003: School
Choice: Demand in DC, Debating the Merits, Florida's Most Improved ... Charter
Schools: More Maryland Red Tape, Making the Grade in Georgia and Florida,
California Funding Effort ... Career Opportunities at CER
August 26, 2003: SAT
Scores and Stats ... Charter Schools: Funding in Arizona, Partnership for Ohio
Sponsors, First Possible Schools in New Hampshire ... Accountability, NCLB and
Choice ... Student Scores Still Lag in Philadelphia ... Florida Class
Size Debacle
August 19, 2003: Back to
School, Families' Choice: Poll Position Reality Check Shows Support for School
Choice ... Career Opportunities at CER
August 12, 2003: Back to
School, Charter Style: Updates from Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois,
Michigan ... Blob Watch: "How To" Explain Away Bad Test Scores
July 29, 2003: DC School
Choice: Delays, Diversions and Doubters ... New York Incentive Plan Undermined
... Reading into Head Start ... Acting Deputy Secretary Hickok ... Fast Facts on
Teacher Credentials, NY Charter Successes, CER's Latest Monthly Letter
July 22, 2003: SCHOOL
CHOICE: DC Debate in Congress, CER's Fast Facts ... URBAN ASSESSMENT: Six
Cities' Reading and Writing Scores ... CHARTER SCHOOLS: California Hope,
Contention in Colorado, Legislative Woes in Michigan & North Carolina
July 15, 2003: CHARTER
STUDIES: California Hit, Harvard Miss, Manhattan Institute on Deck ... Charter
Proposal to Education Autistic Children in Northern Virginia ... Vote of
Confidence for DC School Choice ... Curriculum Best Bets
July 8, 2003: Parents Want Progress for All; NEA Joins Whiny Coalition; CHARTERS: More Schools and Rules In MI ... Virtual Schools Restricted in MN ... Sacramento HOPE
July 1, 2003: SCHOOL
CHOICE: Bush Plan for DC and the Nation; Cleveland Plan Expands to High School
... California Charter School Study Successes ... NEA Convention: Annual Union
Antics
June 24, 2003: SCHOOL
CHOICE: Getting a Hearing in DC; Florida Test Scores and the Ripple Effect;
National Update ... Nation's Reading Report Card: Big Gap ... New York Charters,
Safe for Another Year
June 17, 2003: SCHOOL
CHOICE: Harvard v. Princeton -- Study War, But Kids Win; Thumbs Up for Florida's
Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities ... CHARTER LAWS: Improved in
New Hampshire, Washed Out in Washington ... TEACHERS: Cert Test Sabotage
June 10, 2003: STANDARDS:
Students Not Making the State Grade ... CHARTERS: Study Grades Authorizers, WA
Bill in Jeopardy ... SCHOOL CHOICE: New York Study Of Vouchers and Achievement
June 3, 2003: Charter
Opposition Grows In NY & MA ... Aspiring to Choice and Accountability ...
Contractors in Philly Get Two More Years To Make Their Mark ... Florida Bill
Expands Choice, Charter Options ... Teachers Rely on Unions for Job Security
May 27, 2003: Philly
Contract Schools Controversy ... Colorado Choice Court Challenge ... UNIONS:
Coffers Raided in Miami; Los Angeles Union's $1 Million Board Battle; New York
Personnel Improvements Barred by Union Regs
May 20, 2003: CHARTER
SCHOOLS: Top Los Angeles High School to Convert; Maryland Law Looks Weak ...
SCHOOL CHOICE: Supreme Court to Rule on Blaine Amendments; Support from Mayor,
African Americans for DC Vouchers ... UNIONS: Oakland Mayor Backs Charters
v. Unions; NYC Mayor's Reform Plan v. UFT
May 13, 2003: DC School
Choice Gets A Hearing ... CHARTERS: School v. System in Los Angeles; Legislative
Updates for MN, MA, NH, IN, WA; Prince William's Ludicrous Charter Contract ...
MIAMI-DADE, FL: FBI Raids Teachers Union Offices; Reading Test Scores Show Many
Failing
May 6, 2003: SCHOOL CHOICE:
Broad Support for DC Choice ... CHARTERS: Michigan Study Follows Money ...
Praised Private Philly School Manager Fired ... CURRICULUM: Writing, the
Neglected 'R'
Special Update, May 1, 2003: CHOICE:
DC Leaders Embrace all Choices at Charter School Event ... CHARTERS: DC
Charter Association Born
Special National Charter Schools Week 2003 Newswires:
Friday, May 2: No Time for Rest at Nap Ford Community School, Orlando, FL ... Reworked Standards Result in Points Boost at Cesar Chavez Academy, Detroit, MI ... Partnership Forges Success at Henry Ford Academy, Dearborn, MI ... Quality Brings Results at The North Hills Charter, Dallas, TX ... High Scores Result with High Expectations at High Tech High Charter School, Philadelphia, PA ... Keeping them in the Seats at The International Charter School of Schenectady, NY ... Notable Events
Wednesday, April 30: Above the Rest at Kestrel Heights Charter School, Durham, NC ... Parents Waiting in Line for Truth at Sojourner Truth Academy of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN ... Core is Key to Success at Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy, Colorado Springs, CO ... Today's Events: Lesson on Capitol Hill
Tuesday, April 29: Curriculum Counts at BASIS School, Inc., Tucson, AZ ... Parent-Approved Success at South Arbor Charter Academy, Ypsilanti, MI ... Success Carries the Loudest Voice at Jean Massieu Academy, Arlington, TX ... Today's Events
Monday, April 28: A Glimpse of Charter School Successes Around the Country -- Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Boston, MA, KIPP Academy Bronx, NY, World Communications Charter School, Philadelphia, PA ... Today's Events
April 22, 2003: Charter
Schools: States Gear up for National Charter Schools Week; Ohio Anti-Charter
Lawsuit Dismissed; Illinois Bill Mixed Bag for Chicago Charters ... School
Choice: Colorado's is Nation's Second Statewide Program; Ohio Study Released ...
Teachers: Certification Doesn't Guarantee Quality
April 15, 2003: School
Choice: Battling the Blaine Amendment ... No PIRLS of Wisdom for American Fourth
Graders ... Union Prez Testy on Testing ... Press Picking on Paige ... National
Charter Schools Week Celebrations Coming Up
April 8, 2003: Charter
Opposition: Flawed California Report, Weak Maryland Bill, Onerous Ohio
Regulations, Michigan Mill Stone ... Coming Up: National Charter Schools Week
April 1, 2003: D.C. Choice Gaining Converts ... Fewer Children Left Behind in Big Apple ... Per-Pupil Expenditures: Higher Than You Think ... System With Disabilities Act ... Clock Ticking on WA Charter Bill ... Write Your Legislator! ... Is It Real, Or Is It Gadfly?
Special Update, March 28, 2003:
Colorado's Choice: New Law Allows Poor Students in 11 Districts To Take Up To 85
Percent Of Their Education Funds To Choose a Better School
March 25, 2003: Maryland's
Weak Charter Bill ... Grassroots Ed Reformers: Write Your Representative
... School Choice: Union Tries to Stack Milwaukee's School Board,
Minnesotans Support Choice, California's Voucher Bill, Choice for New Orleans
Students ... Children, Propaganda, and the War of Words
March 18, 2003: Charter
School Legislation: Progress in Washington, Expansion in California ... Parent
Power! on Unions .. Blob Watch: Politics of the PTA, Union Campaign
Money ... Certifying Teacher Quality ... Colorado's School Choice Bill
March 11, 2003: Charter
Schools: A+ in Arizona, Court Report in North Carolina, Utah Antes Up ... New
York School Choice Summit ... Curriculum: Math Mess
March 4, 2003:
Small Schools Push in Georgia, Philadelphia ... Writing Off Students in
Washington ... Teacher Unions: "The Worm in The Apple" ... Edison
Efforts and Critics ... Charters: Tennessee's First Schools Approved, Media
Backs Maryland Legislation
February 25, 2003:
Charters: Obstacles in Maryland, Indiana, Massachusetts & Illinois, Hope in
New Hampshire ... Choice: Modest Proposal In Colorado ... The Latest
Blob Poll Results
February 18, 2003:
NEA's Hypocrisy On No Child Left Behind ... Charter Legislation Limits
in Maryland, Vermont ... School Choice Legislation in Colorado ... New York
Reading Curriculum Controversy
February 11, 2003:
School Choice Brewing in Washington, DC, Louisiana ... Charter Legislative
Developments in Maryland, Indiana, Illinois ... Testing High-Stakes Tests ...
California's Reform Rebel With a Cause
February 4, 2003: Charter
Action in MD, WA, PA ... Prospects for DC Choice ... CA College Freshmen
Flunking Out ... Saluting FL Reformer Brogan ... Update on NY Power Parents
January 28, 2003: NYC's
Curriculum Conundrum ... States Dodging NCLB Obligations ... Charter Check-Up: Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Florida ... Teacher Saga ... State of Education, Across the
Country and State-by-State
January 21, 2003: Charters
-- CER's 2003 National Directory; Wall Street Journal Words; NJ
Persistence; NC Achievement; Lawless States ... Reformers At the Helm in MN, MA,
NY -- But Not CA
January 14, 2003: CER's Charter Law
Report Card ... Charter Achievement in Boston ... High-Stakes Testing Debate ...
Teacher College Challenges ... Parent Power ... Charter Conferences
January 7, 2003: Federal
Policy, One Year Later ... Charters: Los Angeles Rescue, Milwaukee Numbers,
Trenton Troubles ... Faith-Based Initiative Bolsters Reform ... Charter
Coalition Position Available
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