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Sen. Dick Brewbaker says charter schools bill undergoing revisions to get advocates on board
State Sen. Dick Brewbaker, a Republican from Montgomery who has advocated for school reforms for years, said he is working with others to revise a charter school proposal in preparation for the legislative session.
In Economics, Right and Left a Matter of Education
John Stossel recently appeared on the Fox Business channel in an Uncle Sam suit, throwing money out of a wheelbarrow to illustrate the absurdity of ObamaCare’s risk corridors.
Reformers Must Focus on Statehouses
Today’s speech by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act, along with the entire circus over the latest efforts to pass a new version of the federal education law, have certainly garnered plenty of attention from Beltway school reformers and other policy wonks.
Indiana Conservatives' Coalition: 'School Choice' with Strings Attached not 'Conservative'
At least 40 conservative groups in Indiana have signed on to an agenda for education reform that will be submitted to the state’s lawmakers Tuesday.
6 Issues to Weigh When Choosing a School
If you’re like many modern parents, your own parents’ school choices were simple: kids walked to the local public school or attended the town’s religious school.
New groups seek to amplify teachers’ voice without unions
Kaycee Eckhardt, a former charter school teacher in New Orleans, has decidedly mixed feelings about teachers unions.
Kara Kerwin: Status Of The Charter School Movement
Heather Kays of the The Heartland Institute discusses the status of the charter school movement with Kara Kerwin, president of the Center for Education Reform.
Viewpoint: The voting booth affects the classroom
There’s a reasonable tendency among Americans to view the education of their kids as an exclusively local issue and distinct to their communities.
Leadership and voice: Two New Orleans schools illustrate the promise and perils of charter schools
Lauren LeDuff was a junior at Warren Easton High School in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina flooded the city in August of 2005.
Fixing Virginia’s charter-school law
The challenges of the Middleburg Community Charter School, described in the Dec. 2 Metro article “Charter school caught in local-state muddle,” are typical of a charter-school law that imposes non-performance inputs that have no impact on student achievement, such as a principal’s license that demonstrates process accomplishment instead of experience and success.