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School Reform News
February 2009
2009 February School Reform News: Florida Celebrates Its Scholarship Program (PDF)
The February 2009 issue of School Reform News reports on a Florida rally that attracted Gov. Charlie Crist and more than 600 local dignitaries, corporate ... (read more)
The February 2009 issue of School Reform News reports on a Florida rally that attracted Gov. Charlie Crist and more than 600 local dignitaries, corporate ... (read more)
Arizona Supreme Court Hears School Choice Arguments
More than 200 parents and their special-needs children showed up outside the Arizona Supreme Court on December 9, carrying signs and chanting “school ... (read more)
More than 200 parents and their special-needs children showed up outside the Arizona Supreme Court on December 9, carrying signs and chanting “school ... (read more)
Arkansas Families Fight in Court for School Choice
Dismayed by failing local public schools in which their children are trapped by state law, Arkansas families are fighting for the right to cross school ... (read more)
Dismayed by failing local public schools in which their children are trapped by state law, Arkansas families are fighting for the right to cross school ... (read more)
Award-Winning Virtual School Provides Successful Choice Option
Opening up another education option, an innovative new law will take effect in Florida in the fall, requiring all of the state’s school districts ... (read more)
Opening up another education option, an innovative new law will take effect in Florida in the fall, requiring all of the state’s school districts ... (read more)
Choice Is Solution to Education Faddism
Egged on by teacher unions and even school board associations, U.S. public school systems have acquired a reputation for being resistant to change. When ... (read more)
Egged on by teacher unions and even school board associations, U.S. public school systems have acquired a reputation for being resistant to change. When ... (read more)
Crist Celebrates Florida Scholarship Program
Denisha Merriweather is one of 22,000 students receiving K-12 scholarships to attend the school of her parents’ choice in Florida this year—and ... (read more)
Denisha Merriweather is one of 22,000 students receiving K-12 scholarships to attend the school of her parents’ choice in Florida this year—and ... (read more)
Democrats Press Obama for School Choice Options
With a new administration in the White House, Democrats who favor major changes to the nation’s education system say the opportunity for a breakthrough ... (read more)
With a new administration in the White House, Democrats who favor major changes to the nation’s education system say the opportunity for a breakthrough ... (read more)
Duncan Nomination Wins Broad Bipartisan Support
When President-elect Barack Obama appointed Arne Duncan for U.S. Secretary of Education in December, analysts from both sides of the aisle recognized the ... (read more)
When President-elect Barack Obama appointed Arne Duncan for U.S. Secretary of Education in December, analysts from both sides of the aisle recognized the ... (read more)
Florida Mandates Virtual Schooling Funds
Opening up another education option, an innovative new law will take effect in Florida in the fall, requiring all of the state’s school districts ... (read more)
Opening up another education option, an innovative new law will take effect in Florida in the fall, requiring all of the state’s school districts ... (read more)
Massachusetts School Officials Seek Changes to State’s Enrollment Law
Massachusetts, like many other states, uses a form of open enrollment, but public schools are asking for the law to be changed because, they say, so many ... (read more)
Massachusetts, like many other states, uses a form of open enrollment, but public schools are asking for the law to be changed because, they say, so many ... (read more)
New Jersey Funding Law Inhibits Choice
New Jersey’s Hamilton Township Council is getting tough with township residents who host students from other school districts under false pretenses. ... (read more)
New Jersey’s Hamilton Township Council is getting tough with township residents who host students from other school districts under false pretenses. ... (read more)
New Jersey Parents, Ministers, Call for Choice
A bill creating a five-year tax credit scholarship program to help students in several of New Jersey’s worst public school districts has brought parents ... (read more)
A bill creating a five-year tax credit scholarship program to help students in several of New Jersey’s worst public school districts has brought parents ... (read more)
New Texas School Provides Innovative Alternative
Unhappy with the education his son was receiving in a public school and turned off by the academics of some private schools and the cost of others, a Texas ... (read more)
Unhappy with the education his son was receiving in a public school and turned off by the academics of some private schools and the cost of others, a Texas ... (read more)
New Utah Web Site Offers Education Facts, Figures
Parents in Utah are benefiting from a new source of information about education opportunities in their state. Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), a ... (read more)
Parents in Utah are benefiting from a new source of information about education opportunities in their state. Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), a ... (read more)
New York Charter School Proponents Press for 50 Percent Participation
Charter schools are becoming an increasingly popular option in New York, enrolling 25 percent or more of all students in some areas of the state. Advocates ... (read more)
Charter schools are becoming an increasingly popular option in New York, enrolling 25 percent or more of all students in some areas of the state. Advocates ... (read more)
Passionate Harlem Parents Rally for Charter Schools
The New York City-based Success Charter Network has announced plans to host its second annual Harlem Charter Night on March 26 to rally families and politicians ... (read more)
The New York City-based Success Charter Network has announced plans to host its second annual Harlem Charter Night on March 26 to rally families and politicians ... (read more)
South Carolina Grassroots Group Promotes Choice
A new, informal group called School Choice Now-Spartanburg has sprouted as a grassroots effort to promote its ideas and make contact with legislators as ... (read more)
A new, informal group called School Choice Now-Spartanburg has sprouted as a grassroots effort to promote its ideas and make contact with legislators as ... (read more)
Washington Parents Fight Special-Ed Discrimination
Three families with disabled children who attend religious schools have filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Washington after it denied them access ... (read more)
Three families with disabled children who attend religious schools have filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Washington after it denied them access ... (read more)
