redefinED roundup: vouchers on the legislative agenda, first charter school approved in WA and more
Alaska: Gov. Parnell supports a constitutional amendment that allows the state to fund private schools (Anchorage Daily News). A DC...
Read More >Florida seeks to rebrand Common Core
From the News Service of Florida: TALLAHASSEE - State education officials are pushing forward with a plan to rebrand the...
Read More >Petrilli: School choice movement better off without ‘awful’ schools
School choice supporters should back more government oversight of private schools that accept vouchers and tax credit scholarships because the...
Read More >What would Dr. King say about our schools now?
What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. say today about our schools? What approaches would he support to close achievement...
Read More >redefinED roundup: testing and school choice debate, vouchers proposed in TN, ESA's proposed in OK & more
Alabama: The state releases the new list of "failing schools" where assigned students may seek transfers to other public or...
Read More >redefinED roundup: ESAs to grow in AZ, DOJ in LA and Cantor vs. de Blasio
Alabama: The state's new tax-credit scholarship program has nearly reached the $25 million cap (AL.com). A councilman of Birmingham says...
Read More >FL Gov. Rick Scott tries to ease conservative fears about Common Core
From the News Service of Florida: ORLANDO - Looking to calm a rising furor in the grass roots of his...
Read More >FL GOP activists slam Common Core
From the News Service of Florida: ORLANDO - A gathering of Republican Party of Florida activists voted Friday evening to oppose...
Read More >Thanks to school choice scholarship, he's a 21st Century learner
by Perry Athanason Cristina Valdes noticed her fourth-grade son’s interest in learning start to fade and his behavior slip during...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Achievement, charters, Common Core & more
Florida progress. Florida's public education system ranks No. 7 in K-12 achievement this year, up from No. 12 last year,...
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