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Charter schools fare better academically than L. A. Unified peers, report says

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

It's the $64,000 question of public education: Are charter schools better than their traditional public school counterparts...

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A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education

with Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

A new task force of national policy experts with diverse religious and political affiliations, in public policy fields including education, social welfare, health, housing, and civil rights today launched a campaign calling for a "Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little...

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Dear kids: You're screwed.

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Outside of Milwaukee, one of the most successful school choice programs is the one in Washington, where poor children get to take their school aid with them to private schools, if that's what they choose...

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Bradley Award Winners Call for Moral Clarity, Economic and Cultural Renewal

with Victor Davis Hanson, Gary S. Beckervia NewsBusters
Monday, June 9, 2008

While it may fashionable to believe America's civil liberties have been sacrificed in the name of dubious national security claims, a careful reading of recent history suggests the opposite is true, Victor Davis Hanson told a gathering of fellow conservatives last week...

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Missouri's virtual school gears up for summer classes, second year

with Education Nextvia St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Monday, June 9, 2008

If 17-year-old Natalie Kirchhofer really wanted to, she could take summer school in her PJs...

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The Other Side: American education system ‘biased in favor of girls’

with Diane Ravitchvia Post (OH)
Thursday, June 5, 2008

The idea that girls are the victims of “sex discrimination” in American schools is so preposterous, it is barely worth discussing...

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Researchers Split on Educational Effects of Property Tax Cap

with Paul E. Peterson, Caroline M. Hoxbyvia New York Sun
Thursday, June 5, 2008

A property tax cap in New York would almost certainly squeeze public school budgets, but researchers are saying it is uncertain how a cap would affect student performance...

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As Year Ends, Questions Remain for New Orleans

with Paul T. Hillvia Education Week
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

In rebuilding public schooling in this city after Hurricane Katrina, education reformers have managed to hire energetic teachers, break ground on a few new school buildings, raise public confidence, and show progress on test scores...

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California Still at Risk

with Diane Ravitchvia Government Technology
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Last April marked 25 years since the seminal report "A Nation at Risk" a document that became a milestone in the history of American education...

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The answer

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Boston Globe
Sunday, June 1, 2008

SCHOOL LEADERS IN Holyoke are no strangers to finger-wagging state reports on student achievement at the Lynch Middle School...

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