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1,200 children in St Mary SE to benefit from ...
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... Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in the form of educational grants with 500 students receiving back-to-school vouchers last year and a further $1-million set aside to assist students at the tertiary level. But Peralto says his focus is not only ... Comment?
School choice series: Grandmother struggles to navigate system
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This is the fourth of a series on school choice in the New Orleans area Part Three: Mother is determined to find best public pre-K La-Aarea Mosby, 6 and her grandmother, Michelle Mosby, read a book together at their New Orleans home. Comment?
Opinion: Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Lieberman holds hammer over Democrats' health care plan
... have been surprised. They've known for years that Lieberman isn't afraid to go his own way. He has supported school vouchers, questioned affirmative action and showed a willingness to privatize Social Security - all of which put him at odds with ... Comment?
... GOP's policy agenda. As Pence saw it, near the top of the Republicans' list should be "welfare reform" and "school vouchers." Around the same time, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) said the party needs to rally in support of a balanced-budget ... Comment?
Because I've recently seen a white paper claiming more Black...
... due to changes in labor supply. I. Motivation and Introduction Many education policy interventions, such as school vouchers, school choice, district consolidation, and student busing, change the student demographics of schools. Such policies are ... Comment?
Which states are innovative in education? A new report card.
If states truly want to improve their education systems, they need to do away with the rules, regulations, and bureaucracies that stymie innovation.That's one message from a new report that measures states on how well they foster education innovation, grading them in areas ranging from finance and school management to how well they hire effective ... Comment?
A Berlin Wall needs to fall in D.C. so that each child can receive a private school voucher
The images and symbolism coming from Berlin yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall were striking. Comment?
At N.J. school, Christie's remarks political, personal
... education in the next budget, despite facing a deficit that could top $8 billion. Christie also favors school vouchers and charter schools to give urban students more options. He said competition would force failing public schools to "change or ... Comment?
Fail: education revolution scores 3/10
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... an inflexible, bureaucratic driven straight-jacket on schools. Changes that would raise standards, such as school vouchers where the money follows the child and more parents can choose between government and non-government schools and giving schools ... Comment?
Which states are innovative in education? A new report card.
... director of education policy studies, disagreed about some details, particularly when it came to areas like school vouchers and tuition tax credits. "But we like to point out that even folks who look at the world from different perspectives can find ... Comment?
State Unions Best Interest is not Tax payers Best Interest
... than union leaders hoped, though he said the foes of his brand of education reform - which includes school vouchers - are "significant and powerful." "Change will come," he said. "What form that change will take is going to be a product of how well ... Comment?
Unions may look to play nice Fear Christie will roll back gains
... than union leaders hoped, though he said the foes of his brand of education reform a ' which includes school vouchers a ' are "significant and powerful." "Change will come," he said. "What form that change will take is going to be a product of how ... Comment?
N.J. unions worry Christie will keep promises when he takes office
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... than union leaders hoped, though he said the foes of his brand of education reform - which includes school vouchers - are "significant and powerful." "Change will come," he said. "What form that change will take is going to be a product of how well ... Comment?
... the state, starting with the largest districts first, to rid them of wasteful spending. And Christie wants school vouchers, tuition tax credits and urban scholarship incentive programs. Corzine, who wanted nothing to do with an educational reform ... Comment?
Doblin: Christie was born to ride to Oradell
... a smart political move on the part of the governor-elect. There is much disagreement on the effectiveness of school vouchers and whether they would ultimately undermine public education. But there is no disagreement that good charter schools are ... Comment?
Vouchers would help community college
With regard to the Erie Times-News' endorsement of state Sen. Jane Earll's proposal to fund a community college with table game money, perhaps you had forgotten that Ohio was poised to pass gambling legislation which will negatively affect Presque Isle Downs' income. Comment?
Christie Pledges Fight on Taxes and Business Rules
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... pressing his argument that children in the poorest cities were being held back by teachers' unions blocking school vouchers and merit pay. Democrats have accused Republicans of ignoring the state's ailing cities. "Other than taxes and funding ... Comment?
... in this room who voted for Kerry!" But charter schools are probably the closest that we're going to get to [school vouchers] right now, and I've been a pretty big charter school advocate to this point. But of course as a government official I have ... Comment?
"Fenger Pointing" by Becky Fenger
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... to root out of their culture the denigration of "acting white" by studying and earning good grades. That and school vouchers. Lisa Graham Keegan is cute as a button, sharp as a razor, and able to influence folks. She would have been George W. Bush's ... Comment?
... In a movement, you have to agree on everything -- taxes, abortion, gay rights, health care reform, Iraq, school vouchers, everything. If you don't, you're not part of the movement. Political parties are supposed to be coalitions. To be part of a ... Comment?