Study casts doubt on "boy crisis" - Jay Mathews from the Washington Post writes about the NAEP findings that over the past three decades, boys' test scores are mostly up, more boys are going to college and more are getting bachelor's degrees. (more)The wrong way to argue charter schools - The undercard of the marquee…

Attacks aside, school choice is the right choice - AZ Rep. Steve Yarbrough: I am indeed a supporter of school choice. I am also a product of and strong supporter of public education, which is the key to the future of more than 80 percent of our current students. (more)Romer: Antonio sold out - The…

Governor signs budget with tax savings, school dollars - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday signed into law a budget that will create two small school voucher programs for disabled and adopted children. (more)$10 billion budget is signed into law - In Arizona, school-choice advocates were ecstatic over the budget because it doubled the size…

Big city schools struggle with dropout rates - Students in a handful of big-city school districts have a less than 50-50 chance of graduating from high school with their peers, and a few cities graduate far fewer than half each spring, according to research released on Tuesday. (more)US dropout rate high, but how high? - …

Education reformers need a plan to address core concerns - Opinion: If you sit around a table with a bunch of business leaders and talk about public education in South Carolina, it's clear pretty quickly they think more needs to be done. (more)Mayor, rivals renew LAUSD fight up north - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa returned to…

Pawlenty: Schools in 'silent crisis' - Gov. Tim Pawlenty says there's a "silent crisis" in high schools where too many teenagers lack motivation and that's why Minnesota needs to change the way its high schools are run. (more)NYT: How schools pay a (very high) price for not teaching reading properly - Most parents are so…

Louisiana charter schools win grant - The charter school movement, already bolstered after Hurricane Katrina devastated public schools in and around New Orleans, got another boost Monday: Federal officials announced a $23.9 million grant to create new charter schools in the state. (more)Is there a second act for Jeb Bush? - Winding up his second…

School-choice group issues report on problems in Camden - Excellent Education for Everyone, a Newark-based organization that supports school choice, renewed its call today for tax credits to support private-school scholarships by issuing a "white paper" that cataloged controversies plaguing the Camden district. (more)Gap grows in how schools graded - For the first time since…

LA Unified to lose millions from drop in enrollment - Enrollment in city schools will continue to drop by thousands of students next year, Los Angeles education officials said Tuesday, and the decline is expected to cost the Los Angeles Unified School District tens of millions of dollars in state funding. (more)Rudy goes nuclear -…

The first in a series of accounts from an education school mole.