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A constructive look inside the classroom, but a word of caution

The Florida House today passed a landmark teacher pay and tenure bill -- one Gov. Rick Scott said he will sign it into...

State superintendents call for student-centered reform

The education chiefs from Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Rhode Island and Indiana published a column today on The Hill identifying education reform as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

The mission is personal

by Kenya Woodard Last week, I attended the Black Alliance for Education Options’ annual symposium. It’s a gathering of hundreds of...

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