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December 2002
12/2002 The Friedman Report: Billions for School Choice
States Spend Billions on Private and Out-of-State Schools School Year 1999-2000 State Tuition to Out-of-State and Private Schools ($000) As a ... (read more)
States Spend Billions on Private and Out-of-State Schools School Year 1999-2000 State Tuition to Out-of-State and Private Schools ($000) As a ... (read more)
12/2002 The Friedman Report: C.A.R.E. of Dallas Shows Parents a “New World”
Choices and Actions Regarding Education--C.A.R.E.--is a Dallas, Texas-based advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic parents. C.A.R.E. was founded in ... (read more)
Choices and Actions Regarding Education--C.A.R.E.--is a Dallas, Texas-based advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic parents. C.A.R.E. was founded in ... (read more)
12/2002 The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Illinois * Indiana * Michigan * New York * Ohio * Vermont ILLINOIS Churches Organize Forums on Vouchers The Illinois Conference of Churches has ... (read more)
Illinois * Indiana * Michigan * New York * Ohio * Vermont ILLINOIS Churches Organize Forums on Vouchers The Illinois Conference of Churches has ... (read more)
Accountability and Choice: Each Depends on the Other: an exclusive interview with Chester E. Finn Jr.
“I believe that the standards and accountability strategy for education reform coexists and may even be co-dependent with the freedom and competition ... (read more)
“I believe that the standards and accountability strategy for education reform coexists and may even be co-dependent with the freedom and competition ... (read more)
Charter School Growth Slows As Opposition Intensifies
This fall, 2,700 charter schools are in operation across the nation, serving more than a half-million students. That’s the good news. The bad news ... (read more)
This fall, 2,700 charter schools are in operation across the nation, serving more than a half-million students. That’s the good news. The bad news ... (read more)
December 2002 School Reform News (pdf)
The December 2002 issue of School Reform News features an exclusive interview with reformer, scholar, educator, and public servant Chester E. “Checker” ... (read more)
The December 2002 issue of School Reform News features an exclusive interview with reformer, scholar, educator, and public servant Chester E. “Checker” ... (read more)
High-Poverty Students Excel with Direct Instruction
In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed ... (read more)
In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed ... (read more)
History a Mystery to American Youth
A Harvard educator who wants to awaken America’s young to the inspiring power of heroism in American history has found that schools and the culture instead ... (read more)
A Harvard educator who wants to awaken America’s young to the inspiring power of heroism in American history has found that schools and the culture instead ... (read more)
How School Districts Size Up
In the 2000-01 school year, 48.1 million K-12 students attended 95,366 schools in 16,992 public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, ... (read more)
In the 2000-01 school year, 48.1 million K-12 students attended 95,366 schools in 16,992 public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, ... (read more)
IJ Launches School Choice Offensive
After the U.S. Supreme Court awarded control of the constitutional battlefield to voucher advocates on June 27, the Institute for Justice didn’t waste time ... (read more)
After the U.S. Supreme Court awarded control of the constitutional battlefield to voucher advocates on June 27, the Institute for Justice didn’t waste time ... (read more)
Just the Facts: Sources and Uses of Public Education Dollars
Total expenditures on U.S. K-12 public education and other related programs in the 1999-2000 school year were $381.9 billion, up an impressive $26.1 billion, ... (read more)
Total expenditures on U.S. K-12 public education and other related programs in the 1999-2000 school year were $381.9 billion, up an impressive $26.1 billion, ... (read more)
Larger Districts Are Less Efficient
Rather than benefitting from economies of scale with larger school districts, a 1999 study for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution by Mike Antonucci concludes ... (read more)
Rather than benefitting from economies of scale with larger school districts, a 1999 study for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution by Mike Antonucci concludes ... (read more)
National Elections Bring School Choice Advocates to the Forefront
The school choice community will lose two of its Congressional champions when House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and Rep. Bob ... (read more)
The school choice community will lose two of its Congressional champions when House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and Rep. Bob ... (read more)
School Choice Options Debated in Colorado
One hundred and fifty activists, legislators, educators, and concerned parents gathered in downtown Denver on September 10 to address the question: “What’s ... (read more)
One hundred and fifty activists, legislators, educators, and concerned parents gathered in downtown Denver on September 10 to address the question: “What’s ... (read more)
Table: Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by Source and State School Year 1999-2000 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM WHERE THE MONEY GOES ... (read more)
Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by Source and State School Year 1999-2000 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM WHERE THE MONEY GOES ... (read more)