redefinED roundup: Voucher defense in Louisiana, charter school waiting list in Florida and more
Louisiana: School choice groups join the state in defending the new voucher program against a lawsuit filed by the state...
Read More >In Florida's standardized testing fiasco, a sober assessment of what went wrong
Florida education officials recently posted a frank internal report about what led to the standardized testing flop that has consumed the ed...
Read More >Progress, relief for Florida's KIPP school
School grades tumbled across Florida yesterday, but at least one high-poverty charter school pulled its grade up substantially despite the harder tests and tougher standards that...
Read More >More school choice will foster unity, strengthen democracy – Rabbi Moshe Matz, podcastED
It’s another persistent myth about expanding school choice: Ethnic and religious groups will retreat into walled-off camps that are more...
Read More >Romney to NAACP: Expanded school choice will help black students
Beyond the boos for his vow to undo President Obama's health care overhaul, Republican president Mitt Romney stressed school choice in his...
Read More >Choice nuggets: Islamophobia, a Jeb Bush endorsement and testing mania in Florida
Editor’s note: Today, we introduce a new feature (even if we’re not sure the name will last) - an occasional compilation...
Read More >From public school educator to private school educator – Yvonne C. Reed-Clayton, podcastED
There’s no doubt parents are exercising school choice in growing numbers. But teachers and principals, too, are increasingly taking their...
Read More >Independence
We're off today, loving life and liberty and hopefully pursuing a full rack of ribs. 🙂 We'll be back tomorrow with...
Read More >New report finds many academic trend lines rising in Florida's public schools
Florida’s public schools were handed another solid but overlooked report card this week from another respected, independent source. The 27-page, data-stuffed, “Decade...
Read More >Science literacy, the Loch Ness Monster and the evolution of public education
What’s more off the wall? A Christian school teaching students that the Loch Ness Monster is a living dinosaur and...
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