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King City takeover shows gap between spending and achievement
Submitted by Evelyn B. Stacey on 7.31.2009
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell held a news conference on Thursday to announce the appointment of Dr. John Bernard as the state administrator for the King City Joint Union High School District in Monterey County. The state takeover of the district was required by law after the district was granted a state loan to avoid bankruptcy.
Competition, Not Control, Will Improve Schools
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 7.30.2009
U.S. Rep. John P. Kline, Minnesota Republican recently gained the ranking minority slot on the House Education and Labor Committee, a signal that Republicans are re-thinking their support for federal education activism in favor of local control, their old-time religion. The GOP should remember that government control, at any level, has been the bane of education and that systemic reform will only occur with universal school choice.
One Last Hope for D.C. Voucher Program
Submitted on 7.27.2009
In early May, President Obama presented a revised 2010 budget that included $12.2 million for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. The proposal represented a “compromise” solution to DC’s embattled voucher program, but is hardly a gain for low-income students and their parents.
School funding database shows us who does it right
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 7.22.2009
California's fiscal outlook continues to worsen. Concern has been steadily mounting over how the state's budget deficit will impact education funding.
School-funding formula illogical and inequitable
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 7.16.2009
Concern has been mounting over how the state’s budget deficit will impact education funding. The California Teachers Association, along with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, claims California’s per-pupil funding now ranks 47th nationally. Most experts agree California is around the middle of the pack, including the CTA’s own parent organization, the National Education Association.
Sweden, Universal School Choice Vouchers, and the Case for Participation by For-Profit Firms
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 7.2.2009
For the past several decades, the Swedish political and policy community has held seminars on a wide variety of topics every summer in the medieval town of Visby on the island of Gotland, off the coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. PRI’s Lance Izumi was invited by key Swedish business and education organizations to address one of these seminars.
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