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Our View: Legislature Should Pass School Reform Initiative

The Eagle-Tribune / The Heartland Institute / November 17, 2009

New school reform legislation being considered on Beacon Hill this week could radically reshape the administration of some of our public schools. And far ... (read more)

Citizen Journalism: Charter Schools in Virginia

Deborah Simmons

The Washington Times / The Heartland Institute / November 16, 2009

Does the Virginia gubernatorial victory handed Republican Robert F. McDonnell mean that voters support his education agenda? Voters and school-choice advocates ... (read more)

Two Cents: Unlucky In Some Schools

Bob Holland

The Deming Headlight / November 13, 2009

This Friday is 2009's third Friday the 13th -- a day so foreboding to some that they curtail activity to duck misfortune. No other year in this decade has ... (read more)

LAUSD Blasts Threat On Flier

Connie Llanos

Contra Costa Times / Contra Costa Times / November 11, 2009

Community groups and Los Angeles Unified officials on Tuesday condemned an anonymous flyer handed to Latino parents that threatened them with deportation ... (read more)

Charter School Supporters Sound Warning Over Union Win in Denver Schools

Katie Redding

The Colorado Independent / The Colorado Independent / November 05, 2009

Even as charter school supporters swept the Douglas County School Board election Tuesday, charter school advocates were losing power in the Denver Public ... (read more)

North Carolina Group Sues for Equal Funding for Charters

Evelyn B. Stacey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / November 01, 2009

School choice advocates have brought a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking funding equity in public education.The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional ... (read more)

Harlem Teachers Block Kids' Access to Charter School

Maia Lazar

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 29, 2009

A group of teachers, parents, and union officials staging a protest of a charter school with which they share a facility in the Harlem section of New York ... (read more)

Bills Seek to Bring Charter Schools to Kentucky

Chris Kenning

Courier-Journal / The Heartland Institute / October 28, 2009

The idea of charter schools has long failed to gain traction in Kentucky — but that could be changing.Two bills to authorize charter schools have ... (read more)

L.A. Loosens Reins on School Administration

Evelyn B. Stacey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 27, 2009

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has decided to allow outside groups, including for-profit charter school organizations, to run one-third ... (read more)

The New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project

Caroline M. Hoxby, Sonali Murarka, Jenny Kang

National Bureau of Economic Research / September 01, 2009

The distinctive feature of this study is that charter schools’ effects on achievement are estimated by the best available, “gold standard” ... (read more)