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July 24, 2008
Legislators gathered in New Orleans heard gloomy fiscal news, even as presidential campaign advisers floated education reform ideas.
July 28, 2008
The founder and chairman of the Internet shopping site Overstock.com is the new co-chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, an Indianapolis-based school choice advocacy group.
July 23, 2008
A fiscal climate even worse than projected already has forced 11 states to cut education spending, and more could follow suit, state lawmakers learn in a new report.