The state of Pennsylvania may take over school districts in fiscal chaos [2].
Ohio's legislature is stalled on several legislative proposals, including the Cleveland plan needing quick passage [3] to pair with a local levy.
Sixteen thousand North Carolina students would leave public schools for private schools if the state passes an education tax-credit, a legislative analysis found [4].
Race to the Top for school districts promises to become a mess [5], writes Rick Hess.
Mike Petrilli critiques Mitt Romney's new [6] education policy platform.
From Thursday:
State Senate negotiations over the Cleveland schools overhaul are at a critical stage. [7]
Rick Hess critiques Mitt Romney's education proposals [8]released yesterday.
Louisiana private schools have room for 5,000 voucher students [9] this fall.
In light of a New York Times slam against tax credit scholarships, John Kirtley discusses smart program design [10] to avoid abuses of taxpayer dollars.
Almost five times more students applied [11] for New York charter school seats than were seats available.
Arne Duncan's Race to the Top district-level federal grants plan concerns local officials [12], who say they fear it's a federal takeover that conflicts with the Tenth Amendment.
From Wednesday:
The Obama administration extends the Race to the Top federal grant competition to local school districts [13].
A New York Times article "exposing" tax-credit scholarships largely misses the mark [14] and already-existing mechanisms to prevent abuses, write Chester Finn Jr. and Adam Emerson in Education Next.
South Carolina considers ways to restructure teacher pay [15] away from performance-blind schedules.
The Washington Post again comes out to criticize the Obama administration for making every attempt to shut down D.C.'s successful vouchers program [16] for poor kids.
Rick Hess compares two types of school choice supporters: the "Tocquevillians" and the "Occupy School Choicers [17]."
A survey says large numbers of local Utah politicians support or don't know much about Common Core education standards [18].
A Common Core standards architect [19] moves to the College Board, which provides AP and SAT testing. He foresees aligning the tests, which nearly every college-bound high school student takes, with the Common Core.
Thomas Friedman foresees a revolution in higher education [20].
From Tuesday:
Utah teacher Cole Kelly: Fired and blacklisted for choosing a teachers union alternative? Video here [21].
The New York Times takes aim at tax-credit scholarships [22].
Illinois lawmakers vote to end a graft-ridden state college scholarship program [23].
The U.S. Department of Education unveils a Race to the Top grant competition for school districts [24] today.
Approximately one quarter of Pennsylvania school districts are broke [25]. Schools teaching nearly half of California kids are in the same straights [26].
Charter schools open opportunities for families [27] in a bogged-down state, said a Michigan panel yesterday.
Federal college aid is actually just corporate welfare [28], writes Andrew Biggs in The Atlantic.
From Monday:
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Florida to give a laundry list of things [29]he thinks Florida does wrong on education. He suggested lobbyists [30]are the reason the state has kept its private tutoring requirement for failing low-income kids.
Though tax-credit scholarships have been put on the legislative back burner in Pennsylvania, Catholics in the state are rallying for their passage [31].
Ohio legislators continue dickering over reading requirements for third graders [32].
Philadelphia's School Reform Commission hears feedback [33] on its massive district restructuring plan.
New Orleans education entrepreneurs are exploring the role of government in a decentralized system [34].
The New York Times missed the real story in its overblown, victimized-focus article about student loans, says Julia Seymoar [35] of the Business and Media Institute.
What is 'ed-tech [36]'?
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam considers expanding state-funded pre-K [37].
Last week's School Reform News Roundup [38].
For other top-notch school reform news selections, visit:
- The Ed Fly [39]
- ChoiceMedia.tv [40]
- The Friedman Flyer [41]
Image by Mo Riza [42].