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Kids Need Great Schools: Michigan Rally Thursday, September 24
Thousands of Michigan students, parents, teachers and advocates will rally to urge lawmakers to focus on more school choices and alternative teacher certification options to support Michigan's "Race to the Top." Ten Michigan charter schools will celebrate their 15th anniversaries as well.
2,500 Rally at Michigan State Capitol for Education Reform
 "Each and every American citizen is entitled to have equal access to a high quality education," said leading education reform activist Kevin Chavous. Students released balloons to represent the thousands of minority and at-risk students stuck in failing schools.
America's Race to the Top is a marathon, but you can help win it.
Charters Race to the Top: Success Despite Opposition
"Poor children learn. Teachers unions are not pleased," says a Washington Post editorial covering new rigorous research on charter schools. The study, led by Caroline M. Hoxby of Standford University, found that New York charter schools excel at closing the 'Scarsdale-Harlem achievement gap.' Learn more about charter school achievement state-by-state and charters' role in America's Race to the Top.
Newswire Vol. 11, No. 35
High Demand: Civil rights leaders protest the demise of Choice Opportunity Scholarships in DC, while parents clamor to take advantage of charter options across the country. And support builds for performance pay for good teachers instead of tenure for bad. Details and more in Newswire.
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