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Feds stall on tracking national teacher certification testing results… Cities and states such as Denver (Colorado), Cincinnati (Ohio), Michigan, New York, and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) catch the reform bug, turning to charter schools and private contracting… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Massachusetts union ads fight academic assessments… International test scores (TIMMS) show American students lag in science and math… Funds and training for charter school founders from KIPP/ Fisher Foundation partnership… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Promises from Washington, DC… Federal charter school funding… Teacher union grinches… and reform advice for 2001 in this week’s Newswire.

Ohio school choice case has future in Supreme Court… sour notes on charter research and vouchers at National Charter Schools Conference… a federal spin on test scores and standards… and more in this week’s Newswire.

This special edition of Newswire covers breaking school choice news out of Ohio, where the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled against the Ohio Opportunity Scholarship program, also known as vouchers.

Charter school efforts in New York, Washington, Texas, South Carolina, and nationally… Anti-Reformer Governor Hunt… School Choice conference in New York… and more in this week’s Newswire.

School Systems sue charter schools… Missing money in Detroit, Michigan… La Raza gets Gates grant… BAEO informs on school choice… New York teacher troubles… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania teacher strike averted… Election 2000: School Choice in California & Michigan, and Charter Schools in Washington… review of charter school studies finds majority of reports point to charter school success.

National School Board’s publication on Benett/Kew Elementary school… PBS’ “The Battle of City Springs”… Shakespeare vs. Columbiana, Alabama school board… Nine Lies about school choice… Arizona’s Tempe Prep achievement… and more in this week’s Newswire.

A special Newswire on Texas Test Scores that addresses a RAND Issue paper which offers “an incomplete and misleading picture of the performance of Texas students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),” according to Education Trust’s Kati Haycock.