California State Board of Education appointee delay… Englewood, New Jersey school board versus Palisades charter school… New York City charter school vote delayed… School choice support is bipartisan… Standardized Testing discussion on PBS… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: February 6, 2001
Education Leaders Council offers policy recommendations… Indiana charter school law… Cesar Chavez principal awarded by Oprah… Remedial coursework in California… Maryland academic standards… Math textbooks… and Florida school choice in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: January 31, 2001
In light of National Catholic School Appreciation Day, this Newswire gives nod to the role Catholic Schools, Yeshivas, Islamic Academies, and Christian schools all play in providing opportunities for parents not only looking for religious training, but a better learning experience for their children.
Newswire: January 30, 2001
SUNY approves charter schools to open across New York… Maryland parents hope for successful charter schools legislation… Federal policy working group on charters… Edison Academy battle in San Francisco continues… and performance success for charters in Delaware, Michigan, and California in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: January 23, 2001
Bush Administration proposes education accountability, flexibility, and quality… Edison Schools, Inc. spurned in San Francisco… Utah charter school law survives constitutional challenge…and teacher effectiveness has stronger relationship to student performance than class size and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: January 16, 2001
Resource equity and funding in education: federal versus private studies… California Standards: reading, writing, and math rigor… and New Mexico charter schools fight opposition in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: January 10, 2001
Questioning Maryland’s rating on academic standards in “Quality Counts” report… School Choice supporters named chairs of federal committees… Hope for Mississippi charter school law?… Ed School Follies book… poll shows support for school choice… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: January 3, 2001
Single-sex charter schools in New York… K12 offers back to basics schooling online… the Bush administration, school choice, and vouchers… and Education Secretary Rod Paige in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: December 21, 1999
Assault on charter schools in New Jersey… Urban League and Democratic Leadership Council endorse charter schools… Michigan union sees failure of charter cap lift proposal as victory… grading schools in Florida… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: December 3, 1999
School choice and federal funding.. Public Agenda Survey On Thin Ice provides insights into Americans’ understanding of education reform… and violations of the DC School Reform Act in this week’s Newswire.