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School-choice successes grow
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 5.27.2008
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into law last week a universal school-choice program that uses corporate and individual tax credits to create $50 million in scholarships to private schools.
How Good is Your Public School?
Submitted on 5.22.2008
Richard John Neuhaus writes that school choice is a moral issue, but that many middle-class families, with some justification, fear that vouchers would harm their own children’s schools. We certainly think those fears are misplaced, but the question got us thinking: How good are those schools, anyway?
Investigate Grand Theft Education
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 5.15.2008
SACRAMENTO – Last month the California Department of Education (CDE) paid out $4.6 million to settle the longstanding case of CDE employee James Lindberg. Though previously addressed in this column, the case remains rich in lessons for legislators, educators, taxpayers, and even law enforcement.
California Dropout Study Sparks Controversy
Submitted by Aricka Flowers on 5.1.2008
A study of California's high school dropout rate has sparked a debate about the merits of nontraditional schools.
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