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Anti-testers make pleas to others to boycott high-stakes schooling despite achievement gains… a poem expresses why pretty good may not be good enough… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Dubious NSBA charter schools report… Minnesota’s award-winning charter school law… BLOB blocks charter efforts in Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Georgia… Washington’s charter initiative gaining support… PBS special on charters… and more in this week’s Newswire.

Florida school choice court victory… Union mischief prompts vote for vouchers… ‘Death of Standards’ movement widely exaggerated… and more in this week’s Newswire.

President Bush on charter schools… Troubled Los Angeles, California elementary schools choose stellar reading curriculum… Millions for Mississippi education… and more in this week’s Newswire.

First Arkansas charter school approved… Texas board revokes charter… teacher quality… Martin Luther King’s guiding principals… and more in this week’s Newswire.

First Oregon charter school approved… New Jersey’s lurking charter school legislation… pending Missouri charter school legislation and applicants… and more in this week’s Newswire.

November 3, 1993. The inaugural monthly letter to friends, which was started as a way to share insights into current reform efforts, hot-spots of activity, and other important facts with a small group of people close to The Center.

This inaugural letter addresses school choice efforts in California, the potential of school choice efforts in Michigan, Christie Whitman winning the New Jersey Governor’s race, standards in Alabama, and school choice in Texas and Pennsylvania.

December 3, 1993.  This second monthly letter to friends from CER President Jeanne Allen addresses charter schools in Michigan, education reform happenings in California, outrageous actions and comments from the BLOB, and the AFT trying to debunk myths and realities on school choice.