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Texas charter schools caught in politics… school choice research… RAND report on class size… What teacher shortage?… Education Leaders Council conference… and more in this week’s Newswire.

CER’s Second Annual Leaders Forum… Voucher endorsement… Virginia standards and test results… Elections and charter schools in New Hampshire… COMPASS celebrates 30th anniversary… Charter Schools That Work video essay to air on PBS… and the Education Freedom Index in this week’s Newswire.

A win for school choice with Joe Lieberman VP pick… Massachusetts charter cap lift… St. Louis Charter School 30 days away from opening… Choice & competition improve Michigan districts… school size: smaller schools… and Wisconsin group Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools holds conference in this week’s Newswire.

Delay in DC charter school funds… Kipp Academy of Houston, Texas in the spotlight… School choice updates in Michigan, New Mexico, and Florida… and survey finds majority of parents support standardized testing in this week’s Newswire.

Massachusetts charter cap and teachers unions… Bronx Preparatory Charter School opens in New York… Texas math test results… New York summer school slump… and California English Immersion success in this week’s Newswire.

Teachers union politics protect the status quo… Worst-performing schools in Maryland taken over by Edison Schools, Inc… Los Angeles, California test scores inch up… Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School… and South Carolina charter schools in limbo because of constitutionality ruling in this week’s Newswire.

Pennsylvania charter school appeals… Petition to repeal Oregon’s charter school law dropped… Virginia’s weak charter school law… school choice initiative in Michigan… Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane Ravitch… failing Georgia teacher candidates… and performance pay in Colorado in this week’s Newswire.

NEA & AFT don’t support charter schools that aren’t tied to union contract… Washington state charter school initiative… Concerns about union’s proposal to add a year of schooling… Campaign for America’s Children… and parents create website on testing and accountability in Virginia in this week’s Newswire.

Florida’s first charter school district… continued failure of the Oakland, California school district… what helps and hinders charter school growth… Greater Sacramento Urban League proposes charter school for at-risk students… and California statewide achievement test results in this week’s Newswire.

Superintendent Shuffle in DC, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles… High-stakes tests & cheating… Wyoming Citizens for Educational Choice wins grant… Warner Unified School District teachers break from California teachers union… Massachusetts charter school successes… and more in this week’s Newswire.