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Math and reading score improvements in Florida… Frederick, Maryland parents want a charter school, but Maryland needs a charter school law… Governance of DC public schools… PAL Academy Charter Schools of Manatee County, Inc. receives third charter contract… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Florida school choice effects seen in test scores… Ohio voucher court case update… READ Institute study notes English-immersion success for English Language Learners… Phonics implementation in Indiana… and a charter battle in Oakland, California in this week’s Newswire.

June 14, 2000. While cheating may be occurring in some schools, the real hoodlums in the whole testing arena are the so-called anti-testing folks, who apparently believe their agenda is to conquer capitalism and not simply to stop high stakes tests.

Testing phonies… California charter school achievement… Shout out to Arizona School for the Arts and Las Vegas Charter School of the Deaf… “Giving Charter Schools A Chance” by Jonathan Schorr… CER files amicus brief in Florida school choice case… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Manhattan Institute charter school impact study… Chicago, Illinois raises graduation standards… Who goes into teaching and why… and charter school kudos for Liberty Common School in Colorado and Washington DC charter schools in this week’s Newswire.

Charter school rulings in New Jersey and South Carolina… “Dance of the lemons” in DC… NCATE plans to use performance-based criteria in accrediting colleges of education… and Math wars in Los Angeles, California in this week’s Newswire.

“Front page” media assault on charter schools in DC and Florida… Colorado test scores… Accountability for failing districts in Pennsylvania… Math woes in Maryland… and more in this week’s Newswire.

A Newswire in honor of National Charter Schools Week noting two of CER’s major reports that coincide with the special week (Charter School Laws Across the States and the National Charter School Directory), as well as an online chat about charter schools.

President tours charter schools in New Jersey and choice schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin… Teacher retirement and teacher quality… high stakes graduation tests… Colorado school report cards… school choice in Tennessee… and teachers appreciate choices too, in this week’s Newswire.

Competing to Win… Victory for school choice in Florida… New York teacher tussle… possibility of charter schools in Washington State… and National Charter Schools Week in this week’s Newswire.