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Is school choice a means or an end?

Up to a certain point schooling is an example of the free market. Any family with financial resources or the...

Florida schools roundup: school grades, Common Core, Trayvon Martin & more

School grades. The Board of Education's decision "reeks," writes Beth Kassab. Sherman Dorn's take (which includes a pitch for grading private schools...

Another Democratic mayor for charter schools

Some people were a little surprised when Jeri Muoio, mayor of West Palm Beach, Fla., publicly spoke in favor of...

Sherri Ackerman

Florida schools roundup: school grades, school grades, school grades & more

School grades. A sharply divided state Board of Education votes to keep the "safety net" provision intact for another year,...

Questions about charter school fees

Questions have arisen in two large Florida school districts about the fees some charter schools are charging parents, putting a...

Sherri Ackerman

Florida roundup: Pitbull, teacher conduct, tax credit scholarships & more

Charter schools. The Miami Herald writes up the latest celebrity champion for charter schools: rapper Pitbull. Palm Beach Post columnist...

Let’s be more precise about the meaning of "accountability"

My colleagues at Democrats for Education Reform are planning a panel discussion with the Fordham Institute on July 25 on...

Florida roundup: School grades, charter schools, Space of Mind & more

Charter schools. What happened to the Ben Gamla charter school in Pinellas is a "study in bad charter school governance."...

Patricia Levesque on Common Core, online learning & tweaking school grades

Editor's note: It's no secret that Patricia Levesque, the executive director of both of Jeb Bush's education foundations, has a...

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Minister: Democrats putting special interests above needs of black children

An influential black minister endorsed Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie this week because of the governor’s support for school...

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