Colorado school district readies voucher plan
From today's Denver Post: After months of study, roiling controversy and emotional debate, the Douglas County school board Tuesday night...
Read More >Equal protection, not equal education
Not long ago, UC Berkeley law professor John E. Coons reflected on the history of one of the most important...
Read More >Parent trigger roundup and a big city mayor's embrace of charters
In California, John Fensterwald's Educated Guess column has more details on the California State Board of Education's move to decide...
Read More >The federal role in education
Most barriers to innovation in education occur at the state and local level, Tom Vander Ark writes today at edReformer,...
Read More >Rhee keeps heaping praise on Florida
The St. Petersburg Times caught up with Michelle Rhee today and asked for her thoughts on the Florida Senate's swift...
Read More >House committee approves Boehner bill
UPDATE: The Washington Post on the committee's vote. The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 21-14 today to...
Read More >Bill revamping teacher contracts gets fast-tracked in Florida
UPDATE: Senate passes SB 736 by a 26-12 margin, with one Democrat voting in favor and two Republicans in opposition....
Read More >What Rick Scott and Barack Obama have to say about education
No one would identify Florida Gov. Rick Scott as a philosophical soul mate to Barack Obama, but Scott's remarks on...
Read More >Coming back to freedom of choice, 46 years later
While defending his sponsorship of Pennsylvania’s proposed Opportunity Scholarship, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams has been known to draw parallels...
Read More >Challenging kids to be owners of their education
RedefinED host Doug Tuthill has commented here on the value of encouraging teachers to become "owners" of their craft, to...
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