Charters and Choice

Groups of municipal leaders could get together to form a regional school and find an operator to run it. July 2, 2008
The controversial private school voucher program would continue for another year without any change in funding, despite recent questions about the program’s future. June 26, 2008
An emerging crop of programs to prepare principals of charter schools shows promise but “miss or treat too lightly” certain crucial issues facing leaders of those independent public schools, a new report says. June 24, 2008
A study of the federally funded program, which faces an uncertain future in Congress, finds few gains for voucher recipients on the whole, but points to possible reading improvements for certain subgroups of students. June 16, 2008
News Briefs

Charter schools in Los Angeles are generally producing stronger academic growth than traditional public schools in the city, according to a report released last week by a charter school advocacy organization. June 17, 2008

A report awarded seven states and the District of Columbia a grade of A and two states an F in ranking the nation’s 41 charter school laws. May 13, 2008

Some board members said they were unhappy that Mr. Riedlinger was also serving as chief of the School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans. May 6, 2008

What’s a charter school? A majority of adults still have little or no clue, a new poll suggests. May 6, 2008

Legislators in Iowa have approved a new statewide curriculum mandate that has some private school advocates alarmed. May 6, 2008

The number of students taking advantage of free tutoring and school choice under federal law increased dramatically in 2003-04 school year. April 8, 2008

At the end of the school’s first year back at home at its Lower Ninth Ward campus, all but four of 49 students at the King charter school passed the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, a requirement for them to be promoted to the 5th grade. June 3, 2008
Regular exposure to people connected to higher education is a key piece of one New Orleans charter school's academic model. May 21, 2008
Updated: May 19, 2008
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