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Choosing charters
on Jul 16, 2009 by Andy Zeman (The News & Observer)

There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding the proposal to increase the number of charter schools statewide. I would like to clarify several misconceptions.

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Top grades: School report card creator Liebman leaves system much improved
on Jul 10, 2009 by NY Daily News

The least known person who has had the greatest impact on the education of the city's 1.1 million public school children is closing out his service. Jim Liebman departs as a man of great accomplishment.

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What really works for schools
on Jul 07, 2009 by Vicki E. Murray (Philly.com)

WHEN IT comes to time in school, more is not necessarily better, but more of the same is no solution, either (editorial, "24 Minutes to Better Education," June 26). The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that increasing school options, not seat time, improves student performance.

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Lifeboat for failing schools
on Jul 07, 2009 by The Boston Globe

THE UNDERSIDE of education reform in Massachusetts is the abundance of low-achieving schools in mostly poor cities and towns where progress in the classroom is torturously slow.

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Charters a Theme at the RA
on Jul 04, 2009 by Stephen Sawchuk (Education Week)

This morning, delegates approved an item to promote to affiliates NEA's policy on charter schools so that they can be more effective "in opposing funding for charter schools that do not meet NEA criteria for support."

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Free Pass From (Teacher) Jail
on Jun 25, 2009 by David Ferrell (Los Angeles Weekly News)

President Monica Garcia and a cowed LAUSD board punt on firing bad teachers

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The Downside of Small Schools
on Jun 25, 2009 by Clara Hemphill (Huffington Post)

I've long been a fan of small schools, and there's much to admire in the 200 new small high schools that New York City has created since 2002. But there's a dark side as well.

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on Jun 24, 2009 by Bob Herbert (New York Times)

The teenager's voice on the other end of the phone on Thursday was more than exuberant. It was ecstatic. "I'm going to college!" she said, virtually singing. "I'm going to college!"

 

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It’s time to take shackles off charter schools in Tennessee
on Jun 24, 2009 by Joe Williams (Tennessean)

The threat of losing $100 million in federal stimulus money because Tennessee has a bad charter-school law is one reason to think twice about killing a pending law change that would have improved the law - and public education - considerably.

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Charter Schools: Time to Cull the Herd
on Jun 24, 2009 by Harold Levy (The Huffington Post)

Charter schools fail. That's big news coming from Education Secretary Arnie Duncan, a long time supporter of charters. He has correctly observed that the quality of charters is grossly uneven. The solution: apply the standards movement to charter schools.

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