SPN Education Policy Exchange: Volume 4, Issue 9
Published on Thursday, July 01, 2010
EDUCATION EXCHANGE
SPN Education Policy Exchange: Volume 4, Issue 9
The Education Exchange is a quick-read update on recent events in education - in the states and nationally. If you would like the Exchange to feature your organization's work, please submit links to your recent studies to Liz at ldreckman@federationforchildren.org.
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NEW RESOURCES/EVENTS
Oklahoma passes students with disabilities scholarship bill (OCPA)
A new victory for school choice and special needs students, signed by Gov. Henry.
Louisiana Enacts Special Needs Scholarship Program (American Federation for Children)
LA passes nation's 20th school choice program!
For the Children (NY Post)
Happy 3rd Anniversary Democrats for Education Reform!
Dr. Patrick Byrne to speak at NPRI Policy Luncheon in Las Vegas (NPRI)
July 30th: Solving Nevada's Economic Challenges through Public Education Reform
School choice improves grad rates, reading, parental satisfaction (University of Arkansas)
The School Choice Demonstration Project recently released reports on DC & Milwaukee.
Tax-Credit Scholarships in Nebraska - Forecasting the Fiscal Impact (Foundation for Educational Choice)
Fiscal impact study in choice in Nebraska.
Michigan Education Report & Michigan Education Digest (Mackinac Center)
Check out the latest MER and subscribe to the regular MED education digest.
Tax-credit Scholarships in Maryland: Forecasting the Fiscal Impact (Foundation for Educational Choice)
Fiscal impact study.
Otto V. Banks Named Executive Director of Reach Alliance and Foundation (REACH)
REACH announces new ED.
Fostering Innovation in Utah Schools: Common Elements of Educational Success (Sutherland Institute)
Education reform for Utah.
NCLB: Selling Utah's Schools for a Mess of Pottage (Sutherland Institute)
New policy paper from Sutherland.
Unfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It's Worse Than You Think (Manhattan Institute & Foundation for Educational Choice)
Civic Report by Josh Barro and Stuart Buck.
Charter School Diversity (John Locke Foundation)
John Locke Foundation Spotlight asks: Too black, too white, or just right?
More Interesting Spending at MPS Revealed (MacIver Institute)
New op-ed from MacIver.
The Kalamazoo Promise and School Choice (Mackinac Center)
New commentary from Michael Van Beek.
The Lottery
A new film about school choice.
There's More to Market Education than School Choice (Cato)
New blog commentary from Cato.
Thinking Outside the Building (Sutherland Institute)
Utah and online education.
On the Road to Excellence: Next Steps to Match Florida's Success in Educating Children (Goldwater Institute)
Matt Ladner's latest report.
Fueling the Engine (Education Next)
Frederick Hess of AEI on education service providers.
Creating a Crisis: The Squandered $100 Billion Education Stimulus (Heritage Foundation)
Lindsey Burke on education spending.
Title IX and Athletics: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives and Unintended Consequences (IWF)
Independent Women's Forum's latest position paper.
Powerful Failure (AAE)
How the National Education Association fails to use its influence for education.
Bargaining for Better Schools (Illinois Policy Institute)
An Introduction to Collective Bargaining in Illinois Public Education.
A Kansas Primer on Education Funding: Volume IV (Kansas Policy Institute)
John LaPlante on education funding.
The Overton Window: A Model of Policy Change (Mackinac Center)
A model on how to change public policy, and a new book from Glenn Beck.
Milwaukee Public Schools Unlikely to Keep up with Rising Standards (MacIver Institute)
Commentary on NCLB and Milwaukee schools.
Suit Shows What's Wrong with California Schools (Heartland Institute)
Ben Boychuk and Bruno Behrend.
Libertad de la Educacion (Lexington Institute)
Lori Drummer and Don Soifer on school choice solutions for Latino students.
RECENT NEWS
Opinion: City Schools Reform Must Include Parental Choice (AOL News)
Competing for a chance to succeed (Washington Post)
School choices can be good for everyone (Orlando Sentinel)
Pajamas uniform of choice: Virtual schools first to offer K-12 education (Atlanta-Journal Constitution)
D.C. school vouchers - the last word? (Washington Post)
Time to reform teacher tenure (Orange County Register)
Competition boosts public schools (Tampa Tribune)
Oklahoma passes special needs scholarship bill (Capitol Beat OK)
Better education calls for changes (Herald Review)
Effort starting to raise $100 million for public, charter, parochial schools (The Notebook)
D.C.'s successful voucher program deserves a second life (Washington Post)
More school choice would lessen state funding issues (IndyStar.com)
Study: Phila. Parents want more school-choice options (Philadelphia Inquirer)
What's a right? (Boston Globe)
Tenure law relic of bygone period (Montgomery Advertiser)
Charter schools seeking to expand (Boston Globe)
N.J. Senate approves interdistrict school choice program (NJ.com)
School Vouchers in DC Produce Gains in Both Test Scores and Graduation Rates (Education Next)
Jeb Bush pushes school choice (Advocate)
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