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charter school stories: 10 news summaries

LA Mayor Wants Outsiders to Run 'Failing' Schools

Teachers union says plan will lead to 'chaos in education system'

Aug 12, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Los Angeles wants to allow outside groups to place bids for control of hundreds of the city’s schools, the LA Times reports. Antonia Villaraigosa’s education reforms would allow bidding by charter-school organizations and other education nonprofits to run 50 schools scheduled to open over the... More »

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education • California • high school • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • reform • charter school

analysis

 Duncan Poised to Be 
 Most Powerful Ed Sec Ever 

Tight with prez, Duncan holds keys to $5B in stimulus funds

Aug 10, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tight with President Obama and with $5 billion at his disposal, Arne Duncan may become the strongest education secretary in history, writes Nia-Malika Henderson for Politico. “Never ever have they had $5 billion to decide what to do in the education system,” says an education advocate. And it’... More »

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education • public schools • economic stimulus package • charter school • Obama administration • President Obama • Arne Duncan • stimulus funds • secretary of education

Prez to Unveil $4B Education Boost Today

Rewards states that push charter schools, teacher performance

Jul 24, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will offer struggling states a carrot and a stick today, as he unveils draft guidelines for a new $4.35 billion education initiative designed to push charter schools, linking teacher pay to performance, and adopting common academic standards. The Race for the Top program, part of the stimulus... More »

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education • charter school • Obama administration • President Obama • Arne Duncan • Race to the Top

 Michelle: Sotomayor 'Ready' 


Jun 3, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama threw herself into the Sotomayor debate today in a commencement address she gave to a DC charter school, Politico reports. She likened Sotomayor’s experience to hers and her husband’s, recalling people “sowing seeds of doubt” about them. “Judge Sotomayor is more than ready,”... More »

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Michelle Obama • US Supreme Court • commencement speech • charter school • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

Duncan to Schools: Uncle Sam Is Watching

Education sec says they'd better spend bailout money wisely

Apr 22, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - States should be careful when spending their stimulus education windfall, because Uncle Sam will be watching, the US education secretary writes in the Wall Street Journal. “We will require an honest assessment of key issues like teacher quality, student performance, college readiness, and the number of charter... More »

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education • Department of Education • school systems • charter school • Arne Duncan

Obama to Push Merit Pay for Teachers in Schools Plan

Prez to push teacher merit pay, lower dropout rates

Mar 10, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a speech today before the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama will lay out his plan for American schools, reports the Wall Street Journal. Most controversially, the president aims to expand merit pay for teachers, a measure that Democratic teacher unions are traditionally leery of. If teachers develop... More »

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education • Barack Obama • financial aid • public schools • teacher pay • charter school • high school dropouts • teachers

Obama Runs to Center on Education, Touts Charters

Democrat will support charter schools, merit pay for teachers

Sep 9, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will come out today in favor of merit pay for teachers, doubled federal support for charter schools, and other centrist strategies to boost American education, reports Time. In the draft of a speech he's giving in Ohio, Obama warns that teachers who fail to improve will “be... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • teacher pay • charter school • teachers' unions

OPINION

 GOP Must Strike 
 Back in the 'Burbs 

Republicans should go after the affluent upper middle class

Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP coalition—seemingly indomitable 4 years ago—is in shambles, losing ground “on nearly every demographic and geographic front,” write Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in the National Review. Republicans must expand their base, and the writers have a plan: Seduce “the affluent, well-educated, increasingly liberal... More »

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John McCain • Republican • environmentalism • Ronald Reagan • suburbs • charter school

OPINION

Obama Quits School Reform Talk on Trail

Senator may be caving to old guard where he'd been breath of fresh air

Mar 12, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has been backing off post-partisan rhetoric on education, looking more like a stick-in-the-mud Democratic regular on schools and less like the reformer who supported test-based accountability and performance pay for teachers. The Chicagoan had bucked teachers' unions and other stodgy liberals, supporting charter schools in Illinois and mentorship... More »

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education • Barack Obama • No Child Left Behind • charter school • vouchers • performance pay • teachers' unions • Teach for America

NYC Charter School To Pay Teachers $125K

Only public funds and grants to be used in test of teacher quality

Mar 7, 08 6:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A New York City charter school plans to employ a radical new setup meant to test the value of teacher quality over extras in the educational experience, the New York Times reports. Though the Equity Project, set to open in 2009, will have large classes and fewer classroom resources, teachers... More »

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education • New York City • salary • classroom • teacher pay • charter school • classroom size • Washington Heights • Zeke Vanderhoek

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