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October 2009
2009 October School Reform News: Detroit School Shakeup!
The October 2009 issue of School Reform News reports on efforts by Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager of the Detroit Public Schools, to shake up the ... (read more)
The October 2009 issue of School Reform News reports on efforts by Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager of the Detroit Public Schools, to shake up the ... (read more)
Billions in Stimulus Funds No Guarantee of Success
As part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act President Barack Obama signed into law earlier this year, $100 billion was appropriated ... (read more)
As part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act President Barack Obama signed into law earlier this year, $100 billion was appropriated ... (read more)
Catholic Schools in Maryland Blame Government for Closings
As the new school year began, many Maryland students weren’t able to return to their Catholic schools. Six Catholic schools shut their doors for the ... (read more)
As the new school year began, many Maryland students weren’t able to return to their Catholic schools. Six Catholic schools shut their doors for the ... (read more)
Chicago Program Rebuilds Failing Schools from Inside Out
While the Chicago Public Schools system struggles with high dropout rates, failing schools, and crime, one program is turning its worst schools into successes.Since ... (read more)
While the Chicago Public Schools system struggles with high dropout rates, failing schools, and crime, one program is turning its worst schools into successes.Since ... (read more)
Denver Schools Marketing Door-to-Door
Denver parents shouldn’t be surprised to find a public school marketing director at their door, hoping to sell their school as the right choice for ... (read more)
Denver parents shouldn’t be surprised to find a public school marketing director at their door, hoping to sell their school as the right choice for ... (read more)
Detroit School Shakeup
Teachers and other employees of Detroit Public Schools were shaken up this summer when the district’s emergency financial manager, Robert Bobb, announced ... (read more)
Teachers and other employees of Detroit Public Schools were shaken up this summer when the district’s emergency financial manager, Robert Bobb, announced ... (read more)
End of Union Control Is Key to Reform
Liberating LearningBy Terry Moe and John ChubbSan Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2009219 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-470-44214-2, $24.95In Liberating Learning, ... (read more)
Liberating LearningBy Terry Moe and John ChubbSan Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2009219 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-470-44214-2, $24.95In Liberating Learning, ... (read more)
Families and Supporters Rally to Save DC Vouchers
DC Parents for School Choice, an organization that advocates for education options on behalf of low-income families in the District of Columbia, will hold ... (read more)
DC Parents for School Choice, an organization that advocates for education options on behalf of low-income families in the District of Columbia, will hold ... (read more)
Georgia Public Schools Resist New Law
Buoyed by back-to-back successes of a voucher program for special-needs pupils and a tuition tax credit program, Georgia this year went straight for another ... (read more)
Buoyed by back-to-back successes of a voucher program for special-needs pupils and a tuition tax credit program, Georgia this year went straight for another ... (read more)
Indiana Embraces Online Education
Indiana has opened the door to full-time virtual schooling, giving a limited number of families access to a new educational choice.A two-year virtual charter ... (read more)
Indiana has opened the door to full-time virtual schooling, giving a limited number of families access to a new educational choice.A two-year virtual charter ... (read more)
Kentucky Voters Want School Choice, Poll Shows
If a new school choice survey in Kentucky were a weather forecast, the outlook would be “sunny and hot.”According to the survey, released August ... (read more)
If a new school choice survey in Kentucky were a weather forecast, the outlook would be “sunny and hot.”According to the survey, released August ... (read more)
Louisiana Lifts Limit on Charter Schools
Just in time to be considered for federal Race to the Top funds, Louisiana legislators removed the state’s cap on charter schools.State Rep. Walt ... (read more)
Just in time to be considered for federal Race to the Top funds, Louisiana legislators removed the state’s cap on charter schools.State Rep. Walt ... (read more)
Nebraska Embroiled in Teacher Salary Debate
Over the next two years, Nebraska will receive $234 million in federal stimulus money to bolster state aid to schools. That represents a one-time funding ... (read more)
Over the next two years, Nebraska will receive $234 million in federal stimulus money to bolster state aid to schools. That represents a one-time funding ... (read more)
Nevada School District Hostile to Transparency
Trustees of Nevada’s Clark County School District have established a pattern of circumventing the state’s open-meeting laws and defying ongoing ... (read more)
Trustees of Nevada’s Clark County School District have established a pattern of circumventing the state’s open-meeting laws and defying ongoing ... (read more)
Poll Shows Most DC Voters Support Voucher Program
Current polls show public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of saving the besieged low-income voucher program in the nation’s capital.A survey of ... (read more)
Current polls show public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of saving the besieged low-income voucher program in the nation’s capital.A survey of ... (read more)
School Choice a Key Factor in New Jersey Governor Race
School choice is fast becoming a key issue in the race for the New Jersey governor’s office as it speeds toward the November 3 election.Challengers ... (read more)
School choice is fast becoming a key issue in the race for the New Jersey governor’s office as it speeds toward the November 3 election.Challengers ... (read more)
School Choice Group Planning First Conference
The Family: Forgotten Foundation of Education Reform?; The American Center for School Choice Holds Its Inaugural ConferenceNational Press Club will be site ... (read more)
The Family: Forgotten Foundation of Education Reform?; The American Center for School Choice Holds Its Inaugural ConferenceNational Press Club will be site ... (read more)
Senator Proposes Vouchers for Military Kids
This summer the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 included an amendment mandating a study of the effectiveness of a school voucher ... (read more)
This summer the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 included an amendment mandating a study of the effectiveness of a school voucher ... (read more)
Think Tank Grades Washington State Schools
A think tank based in Washington State has started a new Report Cards project, rating and ranking schools in order to provide parents easily accessible ... (read more)
A think tank based in Washington State has started a new Report Cards project, rating and ranking schools in order to provide parents easily accessible ... (read more)
