The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has a $53 million deficit, nearly three out of four of its schools are on academic emergency or "watch," and barely half (54 percent) of its high school students graduate according to a just-released analysis by the Reason Foundation's Lisa Snell. Read more
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) began planning the death of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program nearly two years ago, proclaiming in June 2008, "I can tell you that the Democratic Congress is not about to extend this program." A vote to extend and expand the program could occur as early as today, thanks to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and his bi-partisan coalition of Senators. Now Norton is trying to re-write history. Read more
