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PACE Report Flunks
Submitted by Thomas Dawson on 9.30.1999
Despite the growing calls for school reform, a recent report released in Sacramento finds that school choice is already a reality for many families, and that student performance in such programs does not markedly improve. However, evidence throughout the nation suggests the report’s authors are just plain wrong.
Charter Schools Challenge Failing Public School System; Offer Options to Parents and Students
Submitted on 9.8.1999
San Francisco, CA – The establishment of charter schools – deregulated public schools run by community groups, including parents and teachers – is a powerful new movement that is expanding the options of parents and students, freeing educators from regulatory burdens, and pointing the way to wider choice in education, according to Expanding the Charter Idea: A Template for Legislative and Policy Reform, a new study by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.
Mission Impossible for California Schools
Submitted by Gwynne Coburn on 9.3.1999
California's current crop of legislators, having just returned from summer recess, agree that the state's public schools are not educating students. But instead of enacting desperately needed reforms, lawmakers are trying to expand schools' mission, a move that will both squander precious time and waste education dollars.
Expanding the Charter Idea: A Template for Legislative and Policy Reform
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley, Pamela Riley on 9.1.1999
America’s system of government education, operated by the states, has for decades functioned as a public utility, with guaranteed clients and funding. That funding has continued despite poor performance and widespread dissatisfaction among parents, students, and politicians alike.
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