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Are You Wearing Red Today for Public Education?
If you support public education, pull your favorite red outfit out of the closet.
Education
California Attorney General to Investigate Compton Parent Trigger Move
It's war between the adults involved in the pulling of the parent trigger at McKinley Elementary in Compton, California.
Environment
Did Boston Cut a Secret Deal to Close 13 Public Schools?
It looks like Boston cut a secret deal with charter school operators, handing them 13 of the city's traditional public schools. People aren't happy.
Education
Did Compton Parents Really Want the Trigger Pulled?
Parents at McKinley Elementary signed a petition to have their struggling school taken over. Critics say they were tricked. Who's telling the truth?
Education
Geoffrey Canada to Headline Chicago Education Summit
Can Geoffrey Canada's education-reform blueprint transform public school in Chicago?
Education
Michelle Rhee Discusses Future of D.C. Schools
The soon-to-be former chancellor shows how she would score progress on education reform made by the new mayor.
Education
Should New Promise Neighborhoods Include Charter Schools?
Winners of grants for 21 new "Promise Neighborhoods" based on the Harlem Children's Zone were announced today. Will they need charter schools to work?
Education
The Chalk Board: A Charter Revolution
What began in Minnesota in 1991 with two charter schools has since expanded to reach 1.5 million kids in 5,000 charter schools across 39 states....
Education
English Premier League Wants Its Own Charter Schools
As we mentioned during the run up to the British Parliamentary elections this year, the eventual coalition government leaders, the Tories, are...
Education
Civil Rights Groups Take Issue With Obama's Education Plan
This morning, a coalition of seven civil rights organizations, released a framework for education reform that takes on many of the hallmark...
Education
Geoffrey Canada Responds to Brookings Study on Harlem Children's Zone
Earlier this week, the non-partisan Brookings Institution issued a report about the effectiveness of the Harlem Children's Zone. It concluded...
Education
Does the Harlem Children's Zone Need the "Zone"?
A new report out of the non-partisan Brookings Institution takes a shot across the nose of one of education reform's newest sacred cows: the...
Education
New Orleans and the School Choice Experiment
The Libertarians over at Reason put together a video on the reform of the New Orleans public schools in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005....
Education
Bill Gates Wants Charters Held Accountable
It's a fact that Bill Gates is bullish on charter schools. The foundation that bears he and his wife's name sinks $200 million into primary and...
Education
Christian Group Protests Race to the Top
As with a number of his policy initiatives, Barack Obama has encountered a lot of resistance to his education plan, primarily embodied by the...
Education
What Newsweek's Best High Schools List Says About Charter Schools
As it does every year, Newsweek has taken the liberty of ranking the top 100 high schools in the United States. Of the 100 that made the list,...
Education
Should Charter Schools Be Pushing College as End Goal?
As academics debate the value of higher education for parts of the American population, charter schools all around the country are making the...
Education
Will Teacher Layoffs Strengthen the Charter School Argument?
Newsweek's Raina Kelley, self-described "teacher's pet" and the wife of a Brooklyn middle school teacher, dissects the charter school debate, by...
