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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Collin Levy's Weekend Interview With Richard Daley

Wall Street Journal
Daley says charter schools keep the system honest....


Monday, January 12, 2009

Klein and Sharpton: Charter Schools Can Close the Education Gap...

Wall Street Journal
As you observed when naming Chicago superintendent Arne Duncan to be the next secretary of education, "We have talked our education problems to death in Washington." Genuine school reform, you stated during the campaign, "will require......


Saturday, January 10, 2009

Get educated on the real facts behind charter public schools

Rockford Register Star
Guest editorial by Bill Roop dispelling charter myths....


Friday, January 09, 2009

Immigrants See Charter Schools as a Haven

NY Times
...back to the city, to the International Elementary School, a charter school of about 560 pupils in downtown Minneapolis founded...graduate. A place like Minnesota, with its strong charter-school movement, offers immigrant parents, who have......


Friday, January 09, 2009

Charter options offer variations from Rockford schools

Rockford Register Star
A charter school is another option in public education; opening a charter school in Rockford would add another tool in the public-education toolbox. The idea is that not all students learn alike, a philosophy echoed by the Rockford Charter Schools Initiative....


Wednesday, January 07, 2009

A strong case for more charter schools

Scot Lehigh – Lehigh writes that, according to new analysis from researchers at Harvard and MIT, more charter schools would benefit Boston's public school students. The study compared the results of those Boston public schools students who "won" charter school lotteries to those who were not selected for admission. Analysis showed that students who attended charter schools had math sco...


Wednesday, January 07, 2009

In Chicago, Duncan Seen as Collaborator

EdWeek
Margaret Small, a co-founder of a pre-Renaissance charter, the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School, a South Side school of 360 girls, praised Mr. Duncan's support of the charter school movement in Chicago…...


Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for Education

Illinois Policy Institute
...in the wake of Robertson's success, sources have indicated to me that local officials are entertaining the option of welcoming other established charter school operators to help tackle Decatur's many schooling challenges.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Chicago School Reform Could Be a US Model

Washington Post
At Noble Street College Prep charter school, every senior graduated last school year, and the class logged nearly $2 million in college scholarships......


Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Mayor supports second proposal for charter school

Rockford Register Star
Chicago International's goal is long-term, sustainable growth for its students. It is the largest charter school in Illinois; its first school opened in......


Saturday, December 20, 2008

Rockford - and rest of state - would benefit from charters

Rockford Register Star
More on the charter school tour from a few weeks ago. Written by Illinois Policy Institute.
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Duncan can provide change we need

Chicago Tribune
LTE by Tim King and Beth Purivs....


Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Second group submits Rockford charter school proposal

Rockford Register Star
The Rockford School District has received another application for a charter school, this time through a partnership between ZION Development and Chicago......


Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Good day for schools

Chicago Tribune
It will be a great sign if a Democratic president openly encourages the charter school movement. Duncan is a strong choice for education secretary......


Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Charters drive improvement in student achievement goals

12/13/08
Rockford Register Star
LTE from Einar K. Forsman is president and CEO of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce. Read the Chamber’s resolution in support of charters here....


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