Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Charter school

  • Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery -- and provides recommendations to fix the alleged injustice.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A controversial charter school should soon join the eclectic Deep Ellum nightclub area after two votes Wednesday by the Dallas City Council.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Members of a state education committee indicated support Wednesday for the proposed Fairfax Leadership Academy, moving it one step closer to becoming Northern Virginia's first charter school.
  • (Washington Post)
  • With the House leadership in overdrive to convert dissenters, the charter school amendment passed on a reconsideration vote today.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog))
  • A public hearing Tuesday served as a litmus test on a proposal to open a charter school in Cary Elementary District 26 in the next school year.
  • (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
  • The second time was the charm for charter school backers Wednesday.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  • Emotional students and teachers packed up years' worth of belongings as their beloved school, St. Augustine, closed its doors forever last June. A charter school moved into the building.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • For possibly final time, the Dallas City Council will square off today over the question of charter schools.
  • (Cityhallblog.dallasnews.com)
  • STARKVILLE — Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and legislative Republicans are taking heat this week for trying to give the charter school concept an honest try.
  • (Jackson Clarion-Ledger)

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