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New Jersey, Michigan, and Indianapolis charter school updates… Accountability for student achievement and school expenses in Pennsylvania…
National Conference of State Legislators & Bush’s education plan… Standardized tests helping teachers… Teachers union focuses on non-education issues… and GAO report on vouchers in this week’s Newswire.

Pennsylvania School Boards Association sues over cyber charter school approval… Massachusetts charter applications… New York board making life difficult for Children’s Academy Charter School… Indiana standards: weakened accountability… Governors, business leaders talk education reform… Academic standards, teachers, and expectations… and more in this week’s Newswire.

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consider Cleveland school choice case… National School Boards Association poll targets vouchers… Quality & tests: NAEP… and Washington state teachers’ alternative organization in this week’s Newswire.

Back-to-school parent power… William Bennett on virtual charter schools… Teacher exams and licensing in Illinois and New York… Teach for America… student performance and vouchers… charter schools in DC and Missouri… and more in this week’s Newswire.

The Campaign Against Reform… BLOB propaganda on PBS… PDK/Gallup poll… Ohio PTA & union against charter schools… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Public-Private Partnerships with Edison in Pennsylvania… Ohio teachers union challenges charter schools… Howard Fuller takes over Washington Post column… Article on teachers unions inspired by release of report on union spending and Democratic candidates… Curriculum: direct instruction method… and more in this week’s Newswire.

More on efforts to limit home-based charter schools in California… Hoxby and NAEP… remedial instruction in Tennessee… Connecticut principal wants to abolish failing grades… no cutbacks for Milwaukee vouchers… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Cyber charter schools battle in California… Results-oriented accountability and charter schools in Missouri… Congress debates the use of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests… and more in this week’s Newswire.

New York City mayoral elections and education… Charter schools in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Michigan… Cleveland school choice advocates… Union president proposes massive Head Start expansion… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Charter schools in California, Georgia, and Indiana… Union encourages opting out of testing… Fertile ground for school choice initiatives… Evidence of charter school effectiveness in Missouri… and more in this week’s Newswire.