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December 17, 2002: Happy Holidays from
The Center for Education Reform
December 10, 2002: Charter Schools:
Federal Study; Legislative Developments in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois; North
Carolina Board Dispute ... Demise of Maryland's MSPAP Test ... California's
Master Plan For Education ... Educational Forums for Legislators
December 3, 2002: Federal Regulations
Demand Options ... MA's Kerry Backs Schools Over Parents ... Ohio Charter Vote
Pending ... DC Teachers Union's Accounting Mess ... Kansas District Mimics
Edison Methods
November 26, 2002: Geographically
Challenged Americans ... Charters: Choice for Miami Commuters, Ohio Legislative
Expansion, Chicago Compromise, Washington Watch ... School-Parent Communication
Solutions
November 19, 2002: Information Crisis
in Big City School Systems ... Charters: California Oversights, Georgia
Achievement, DC Growth ... Standards: Michigan Lowers the Bar for Schools,
Pennsylvania Raises the Bar for Teachers
November 12, 2002: Election Results
2002: Education Reform Triumphs for School Choice and Charters -- Analysis of
States' Governor and Education Superintendent Race Results ... Sticky Standards
Issues in Virginia, Massachusetts
November 5, 2002: Election Reflections:
Vote for Education, Vouching for School Choice, Union Antics ... Charter
Schools: Success in Michigan, Squeeze in Massachusetts
October 29, 2002: CER's 2002 Charter
School Survey finds the nation's charter schools successfully educating children
under-served by traditional public schools, with more instructional time,
innovative curricula, and cost-effectiveness.
October 21, 2002: Education Reform
2002: A Voter's Guide -- Highlights of Governor's Races ... KIPP Charter
Achievement ... Charter Challenges in Virginia, Illinois ... ESEA Grant to BAEO
October 15, 2002: When a charter school closes, those against the schools proclaim the whole charter movement a failure. But statistics reveal otherwise: Charters fail at a lower rate than traditional public schools. A new report by CER provides insight on this growing reform.
October 8, 2002: Federal Charter
Funding Grants -- Good, Bad and Curious ... IL's Tardy Teacher Evaluations ...
NEA's Spin on Choice ... FL Union's Candidate Control ... Election Watch '02:
Governor Races in AL, NH
October 1, 2002: Election Watch '02:
Candidate Survey ... NY Achievement Debate ... FL's A+ Accountability v.
Establishment ... CA Board Election & Union Tactics ... Class Size
Controversy ... Substance in Language Arts
September 24, 2002: REFORM MOMENTUM:
Florida's A+ Improvements ... Choice's Maine Event ... New York's New Reformers
... Fed's New Office ... History: Failing Grades and Federal Efforts
BACK-TO-SCHOOL 2002:
September 10, 2002: God Bless America
August 20, 2002: Poll Finds 63% of Americans Favor School Choice ...
Support Highest Among African Americans ... Other Surveys Find Growing Support
August 13, 2002: Charter Schools: Up to their Eyes in Alligators,
A Special CER Newswire "Blog"
By CER President Jeanne Allen
Special Update August 7, 2002:
Public Still Supports School Choice
August 6, 2002: Court
Blow To Florida School Choice ... Revamping Blue Ribbon Schools to Award
Achievement, Not Process ... Texas Rates Its Charters ... Class Size Redux ...
California Short on Qualified Teachers ... Illinois Board Closes Successful
Charter School ... Charter Facts
July 30, 2002: Poll:
African Americans Want School Choice ... Detroit's PR Push ... MN Union's Merit
Pay -- Not for Teachers ... States Backpedal on Testing Accountability ... IN
Charters Finally Get Funds ... Dayton, OH's, 19 New Charters ... Constructive
Charter Developments in MO, IL
July 23, 2002: MA &
NJ: Assessing the Tests ... Philly Funding Fight and Charter Challenges ...
Maine Point: Extending Choice ... DC's Homeless Charters ... Skewed Charter
Policy Perspective in NC ... FL Union's Desperate Fee-For-All
July 16, 2002: Bureaucracies
Block Parents' Choice, Fail Children ... AFT's Dubious Charter Report ... Media
Note: Challenging Politicians to Choose Between Kids' Best Interests and Unions'
Deep Pockets ... NY, NJ Achievement Nose-Dive ... NM Charter Hits District
Roadblocks
July 10, 2002: Annual
Antics at the NEA Convention ... MI's Massive Failures & Charter Challenges
... CA District's Charter Bait & Switch ... TN's Weak & Dizzy Charter
Law ... Philly Fixes
July 3, 2002: Voices for
Choice: State Halls, Congress, the White House ... NEA's Anti-Choice Chase ...
Accountability, Choice and No Child Left Behind
June 28, 2002: U.S.
Supreme Court Rules Cleveland School Choice Program Is Constitutional: Victory
for Parents ... Blob and Opposition Response ... Legal Analysis
June 25, 2002: School
Choice Happenings in Nation's Capital ... Milwaukee Choice Unscathed ... War on
Charters in TN, CA and Iowa ... Nation's Report Shows Students Lost on Geography
... Philly's Study in Bureaucratic Delay
June 18, 2002: FL Choice
for 9,000, Improved Schools for More ... Cleveland Choice Court Decision Coming
... NEA Gearing Up to Thwart "No Child Left Behind" ... Philly
Overhaul Update ... MI Lose-Lose Charter Legislation ... MN Conference on
Learning Alternatives
June 11, 2002:
The Condition of Education ... Challenging Teachers ... Charter School
Perceptions ... Why Small Schools Are Better ... Charter School Marketplace and
National Conference
June 4, 2002: CA Union
Control Bid Stalled ... Racial Balance Issues for SC Charter Law ... MN Choice
Programs Serve, Succeed ... Philly Reform and Charters ... Edison Update ...
Economics Mastery Must Build On Basics
May 28, 2002: Union's
California Dreamin' ... Public-Private Partnerships Debate ... Political
Challenges Brewing for Charter Schools in OH, CA, TN, NH, IL
May 22, 2002: Charters:
Facilities Funding Improvements in MI, NY, Less than Appealing Developments in
IL ... Education Losses in OR, NJ Elections
May 14, 2002: Support for
Single-Sex Schools ... Charter Schools: High Distinction in NJ, NH Law Upgrade?,
Stellar DC Graduates, National Conference Funds ... History Still a Mystery:
NAEP Scores, Better Books
May 7, 2002: National
Charter Schools Week Recap ... Utah's First Amendment Charter School ...
Teachers Union Against Tuition Tax Credits ... Dubious Merits of NBPTS
Certification ... Threat to WI School Choice Funding ... Coming Events in NJ,
IN, and NAEP History Results Release
Special National Charter School Week Updates and School Profiles:
Monday, April 29: Community Appreciation Day:
Tuesday, April 29, 2002: Teacher Appreciation Day
Wednesday, May 1, 2002: Parent / Volunteer Appreciation Day
April 23, 2002: Gearing Up for National
Charter Schools Week Celebrations ... States Stepping Out With Charters ...
CA Union's Bid for Total Control ... TN Charter Challenge ... Federal Policy
Explained ... FL Achievement Gains
April 16, 2002: Charter: IO's
Weak Legislation, GA's Weakened Law, NC Building Up ... SC Math Wars ...
Teachers' Skills Matter ... Parent Power ... National Charter Schools Week ...
And More Events
April 9, 2002: The BLOB Gathers ... Tests and Standards Narrow Achievement Gap ... GA Report Card Gets an A ... Government: User-Friendly!? ... National Charter School Week Approaches ... Certification Exposed
April 3, 2002: Einstein Gets Reprieve ... Hampton Charter not Lucky Seven ... Delaware Loses Georgetown Charter ... Money Changing Hands in Nevada...Schools ... In Oregon, Ethical Violations Bury Education
March 26, 2002: NY Charters Make More than the Grade ... 21st Century Charter in Demand ... Some States Lack Fertile Charter Ground ... Philly: Reform Commission to Meet Charters ... Electricians Deliver Shock ... Under New Management ... Choice: Vouchers Spur Milwaukee Success
March 19, 2002: Charter
Challenges Continue: NY Retro Repeal Action ... NJ Superintendent -- Yea or Nay? ... IN's Weak Reed ... MA Accountability ... MD Support Post-Haste ... DE's Sticky
Situation, DC Poll Positions
March 12, 2002: Charters:
Challenges in DE, Conversion in FL, Achievement in CA, Legislation in TN ...
Student (and Teacher) Testing Revolts in MD, NY
March 5, 2002: Philly School
Choice Symposium ... Public Agenda's Reality Check -- Testing Myths, Skipped
Skills ... Charters: Expansion Plans in OH, Fishy Funding in IN ... MI's Unruly
Rules Contest
February 26, 2002: Charter
Leaders Meet with US Secretary of Ed ... PA Cyber Charter Challenges ... GA's
Dubious Standards ... Charters in St. Louis ... Choice: Power to the Parents ...
Smaller is Better
February 19, 2002: Show Time --
The Supremes Are Set To Listen To The Sounds of School Choice in Their Chambers
This Wednesday ... Parents Praise The Cleveland School Choice program
February 12, 2002: Urban Troubles
in Philly, PA, and Prince George's, MD ... Charter Challenges in NC, IN, MN ...
Choice Media Needs Balance ... CA Class Size Study Shows No Link to Performance
February 5, 2002: President's
Budget Bucks Up Choice and Charters, But Obstacles and Opposition Abound ...
Checking WA Union's Political Spending Spree ... Baltimore PTA Scores One for
Standards
January 28, 2002: MD's MSPAP Mess
... NJ's History Bluff ... NM Districts Dodge Charters ... Major Leap for FL
Minorities ... Miami School Politics ... VT's Ritalin Overdose ... Due &
Forfeit ... Save these Dates
January 22, 2002: MN Union's
Anti-Charter Agenda ... Blob Doubts Voucher Support ... Questionable Math Texts
in FL ... Tying Teacher Pay to Progress ... Upcoming Charter & Choice Events
January 15, 2002: NY's Charter-Fightin'
Blob ... In NC and IN, It's the Money, Honey ... NY Union's
Taxpayer-Funded Expansion ... Certifiable Statements ... Car without Cause in
San Fran
January 8, 2002: Highlights of Fed-Ed
Law ... FL Accent on Accountability ... Students Stuck in St. Louis ... State
Takeover of Philly Schools ... Picture Pages for Charters
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