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A magnet school principal makes the performing arts count
Editor’s note: Throughout August, redefinED is revisiting stories that shine a light on extraordinary educators. Today’s post, first published in May 2018, describes how principal Martin Reid transformed the Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts in Miami from a low-performing small magnet program to a school with a graduation rate higher than the… Read more »
Education budget details, civics education consultants, mental health and more
Education budget request, ‘shoddy’ training cited, charter schools and more
Jack Coons: The needy need charters
The New York Times recently managed yet another article discrediting charter schools, this one asserting they have lost their luster. This knock comes in harmony with the current kibitzing by the teachers unions, so far quite successful in persuading state legislators to limit the growing number of these competitors of our “public schools.” New York… Read more »
Charter terminated over lack of security, split verdict for sales tax hike and more
Security and discipline, innovative new schools, sales tax hike fight and more
Per-student spending, sales tax hike votes, pre-K changes, civics review and more
Education savings accounts: their evolution in Arizona
Editor’s note: This post is the second installment of a short series on the origins of K-12 education savings account programs. In the first installment, Dan Lips, a visiting fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and the originator of the concept which eventually became the AZESA program, described the turn of the… Read more »