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Competition from charter schools reduces black-white success gap 22 Nov 2009 10:39 GMT
... evidence continues to report that poor urban charter school children can close the learning gap with ... “creaming” can't explain the academic success of charter schools since the typical urban charter student is ...
D.C. charter schools put out a call for protection 22 Nov 2009 02:45 GMT
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D.C. charter schools put out a call for protection: Officers should be helping to derail area's spillover violence, NE principal says 22 Nov 2009 08:11 GMT
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Charter schools deliver superior education 22 Nov 2009 10:39 GMT
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Rally for 3rd Imagine school pushes petitioning EACS 22 Nov 2009 09:04 GMT
... to support Imagine Schools opening a third charter school at the former Village Woods Middle School, ... based in Alexandria, Va., already operates two charter schools in Fort Wayne and is looking for ...

Economy cited for drop in school enrollment 22 Nov 2009 05:55 GMT
... percent dip), has been the rise of charter schools. "In 2003, we had a little over ... slowed down a little. I think the charter school has maxed out. Vocational schools are probably ...
Gates fund gives $335M to boost teacher quality 22 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for ... Schools; $60 million to a coalition of charter school organizations in Los Angeles; and $40 million ...
Gates Foundation funds teacher quality models 22 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for ... Schools, $60 million to a coalition of charter school organizations in Los Angeles, and $40 million ...
School Choice: Past, Present, and Future 22 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... and vouchers for foster care children in Arizona. More than a million students attend charter schools, a form of choice that wouldn’t exist except as a compromise offered by the ...
Common-sense approaches can help TUSD retain its students 22 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... unfunded mandates like No Child Left Behind. TUSD has lost students to private schools, charter schools and neighboring school districts as state open-enrollment statutes take effect with the lifting of ...

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O'Sullivan: These recess games aren't much fun 22 Nov 2009 05:52 GMT
... Bob DeLeo's grill on Wednesday, visiting a charter school hard up against the speaker's district as ... that cleared the Senate Monday allows new charter schools, more aggressive intervention into flunking schools, and ...
Impressed by BArT experience 22 Nov 2009 05:48 GMT
... I knew of the trend to establish charter schools as an alternative to the public education ... friends and local news reports, the limited charter school seats in those communities were usually highly ...
Ohio vies for Race to the Top money for education reforms 22 Nov 2009 10:53 GMT
... points for its failure to turn around struggling schools and its weak support of charter schools, which are public schools that operate independently from districts. Terry Ryan, Fordham's vice president ...
Brian Kelsey raked by city officials 22 Nov 2009 07:10 GMT
... of Representatives that his legislative colleagues said nearly killed the bill that expanded public charter schools. Colleagues said Kelsey played no role in negotiating or drafting the bill that won ...
IDEA Schools will have two new sites in 2010 22 Nov 2009 11:15 GMT
... Mission, San Benito and San Juan. IDEA Public Schools operates a system of public charter schools that focus on college readiness. In 2009, IDEA College Preparatory in Donna was named ...
Steve Barr steps down from Green Dot Schools 22 Nov 2009 03:17 GMT
... Steve Barr, founder of Green Dot Schools Charter Schools, is stepping down from being chairman of the board. Barr is said to be ...
Sharing responsibility in St. Paul Schools 22 Nov 2009 06:37 GMT
... just the problems in St. Paul but the resources — the array of universities, charter schools, private and parochial schools that make St. Paul a great place to raise a ...
Drew Brees plays at the White House -- and other Jazz and Razz 22 Nov 2009 10:56 GMT
... JAZZ: CAPITAL ONE gave about $400,000 to the University of New Orleans' network of charter schools this week, bringing the bank's total commitment to about $1.7 million since it began ...
OUR VIEW: These changes can't wait 22 Nov 2009 05:55 GMT
... education, but it will have to find agreement on how much to allocate to charter schools — and answer expected opposition from the state's teachers union. That promises to be ...
School Reform News December 2009 22 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... School Reform News December 2009 - by edited by Karla ... education worldwide. *Kindergartners at a popular Harlem charter school had a tough time getting to class ...

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Report finds wide disparities in gifted education 22 Nov 2009 00:10 GMT
... Report finds wide disparities in gifted education ATLANTA (AP) - ... and talented, I'm going to find a charter school or go to a neighboring district or ...
Valley Times Nov. 20 Letters from our readers 22 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... America loves fairy tales. Republicans spin the Rumplestiltskin-like myth that ... Parents, know the facts before supporting a charter school that has no history of success. If ...
Super Granny 22 Nov 2009 05:53 GMT
... It's often one of the first words a baby says: If ... Chorus at her school, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans, but the 8 a.m. start ...
Study: Gifted education suffers from disparities 22 Nov 2009 06:35 GMT
... ATLANTA - When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were ... and talented, I'm going to find a charter school or go to a neighboring district or ...
Grandparents can play vital roles in children's lives 22 Nov 2009 08:51 GMT
... As grandchildren get older, they usually get more involved ... Chorus at her school, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans, but the 8 a.m. start ...