The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed school choice legislation that would allow low-income students in failing schools to use vouchers.

Louisiana voucher assignments were scheduled to be mailed to parents and schools this week. But they will be delayed until April 21, as a result of the latest court order in a politically charged lawsuit pitting the U.S. Justice Department against the state Department of Education.

The issue: The Center for Education Reform has given Wyoming's charter school statutes a "D" grade.

A Massachusetts charter school bill, thought dead, was revived Wednesday morning.

Georgia earned a C on the Center for education Reform’s Charter School scorecard.

Since their 1991 beginning in Minnesota, charter schools have increasingly become an option for parents seeking an alternative to traditional public education.

Maryland’s charter school laws are among the worst in the nation, according to two studies released this year.

At Success Academy Union Square, a charter school in Manhattan, parents dropping off kindergartners one frigid morning include a radiologist with a Louis Vuitton bag slung over one shoulder and a fashion designer married to an investment banker. Some arrive in taxis.

“The conventional thought is if we just throw more money at the problem we will fix it and things eventually get better,” Kerwin told Watchdog.org on Wednesday. What matters more than spending are parent empowerment, choice and competition, Kerwin said, who added that charter schools provide the best example.

Maryland’s charter school laws are among the worst in the nation, according to two studies released this year.