Indiana Supreme Court Tackles School Vouchers
Considers whether religious schools are directly benefiting or if it's just a side effect
School Choice
Charter Schools Seek To Expand as D.C. Closes Traditional Campuses
Well-positioned to pick up the slack and offer options
[UPDATED!] Do We Really Need More Teachers Who Have Kids Draw on Slow Readers' Faces With Permanent Markers?
Reason 24/7 News flagged this story a few days ago and I think it deserves a second post at the site. It's about a teacher who instructed some students to draw on the faces of others - in permanent marker! - as punishment for poor reading-test results.
PA's Online Charter Schools Tout Their Value
Online education options are a good choice for many
School Choice Won Important Boost Last Week
Options increase for families that want to escape the holding pens
FL Governor Touts Expanded School Choice
The state already has pretty good options, and more is better
Detroit Parents Embrace School Choice
Seventy-nine percent prefer an alternative to the public schools
School Choice Advances Against Opposition
Thirteen states expanded options for students last year
WA Teachers Unions Battle Charter School Ballot Initiative
Educrats dredge up discredited research for ammunition
Won't Back Down
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis team up in Hollywood's latest implausible school reform flick
N.H. May Soon Raise Moratorium on New Charter Schools
Money is tight, as it is for everything
Strangulation by Union
Rules that "protect" government workers from arbitrary dismissal and require everyone be treated equally are bad for taxpayers and even unions.
Chicago Teachers' Strike Illustrates the Need for Choice
Collective bargaining agreements are often an impediment to innovation, efficiencies, and the elevation of standards.
Chicago Charter Students Out-Perform District Students
So, striking district-school teachers are just digging themselves a deep hole
Chicago Teachers Driven by Fear of Charter Schools
And their strike makes those alternative schools look even better
Charter Schools, and Critics, Abound in Michigan
Parents are happy with options, but that's not enough for the usual suspects
LA Parents Furious Over Proposed Charter School Restriction
Charters are cheaper and more effective, so of course officials don't like them
Romney Likes to Fire People, But Will He Fire Teachers?
A look at the education planks in the two party platforms
Newspaper Dinged For Overlooking School Choice Data
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel may have found the information ... inconvenient
Charter Schools Successfully Compete With Private Schools
Now school officials complain they're overwhelmed by the influx
Students Do Better In Choice Schools Than Public Schools
Apparently, kids do better when you let their families shop for schools that suit them
Union Accuses Black School Choice Group of Klan Sympathies
It's possible the union officials are overlooking some important details
Public Schools Rank Low in Americans' Esteem
Most Americans think government holding pens are the worst way to educate kids
Washington State Debates Charter Schools
Voters may finally allow families a little education choice
Black School-Voucher Students More Likely To Attend College
The most disadvantaged get the biggest boost
