Math wars continue in Maryland… Clamoring over choice in Memphis… Waitlist in Arlington, Virginia… Charter school accountability vetoed in Missouri… Indiana school boards & charter schools… State standards, testing, and student achievement… and Education Secretary Rod Paige addresses teachers union in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: June 26, 2001
United States files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to consider Cleveland School Choice case… San Francisco board opposition to Edison… Wisconsin governor serious about Milwaukee choice program… Ousting principals in failing schools in New York… and future of 46 bills relating to testing in Massachusetts in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: June 19, 2001
Milwaukee school choice program… National Parent Teachers Association conference… Vouchers can benefit teachers… Texas school raises scores by focusing on attitude and ability over teacher certification… Charter school studies from the U.S. Department of Education… and Georgia school boards in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: June 12, 2001
Federal policy update: charter school and choice amendments… New Jersey and Virginia elections… charter school conversions in Pennsylvania… School choice spurs success in Florida… Public-private partnerships in Maryland… and an event for educators tired of the education establishment in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: June 5, 2001
Testing in North Carolina… Charter schools and testing in Michigan… Boosting accountability by making school data accessible to public…tax credits in Pennsylvania… why teachers union” should really be “school employee union”… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: May 29, 2001
Virginia Standards of Learning… VCU poll on school choice… Texas charter school performance and at-risk students… New Jersey charter school happenings… School finance accountability… Cleveland school choice & the Supreme Court… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: May 22, 2001
Scarsdale, New York testing protest… Prince George’s County, Maryland scores prompt back to basics… charter school funding issues in Georgia… poll results on teaching… Supreme Court & Cleveland choice… Parent Magazine… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: May 15, 2001
Ohio teachers union challenges charters… Pennsylvania union strategizes on unionizing charter school teachers… TIME magazine awards Accelerated School in Los Angeles… Florida & Alaska charter legislation… Title I voucher proposal dropped… and Florida testing in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: May 8, 2001
State charter school law rankings… Lisa Gram Keegan steps down from Arizona post to head Education Leaders Council… uncertainty over federal education bill… how states spend education money… charter action in California, North Carolina, Hawaii, Maryland, Iowa, and Tennessee… and more in this week’s Newswire.
Newswire: May 1, 2001
CER plans daily activities for National Charter Schools Week… Indiana governor to sign charter school law… Edison schools battle in San Francisco… Hoxby study on Milwaukee vouchers… and Florida school choice issues in court in this week’s Newswire.