Friday, June 17, 2011

This Week In Education: AM News: Expansion/Backlash Continues For Charter Schools

This Week In Education: AM News: Expansion/Backlash Continues For Charter Schools

AM News: Expansion/Backlash Continues For Charter Schools

image from webmedia.newseum.orgNew Charter School Laws In Maine, North Carolina, Tennessee HuffED: Despite these new laws, charter schools face sustained backlash, the most prominent of which came in the form of a Georgia Supreme Court decision... House GOP Seeks to Bolster Charters in ESEA Rewrite EdWeek: Even though charters have fans on both sides of the aisle, the bill doesn't have a bipartisan stamp of approval just yet... Henderson has council support Washington Post: Acting Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson coasted through her D.C. Council confirmation hearing Thursday with seven of 13 council members pledging support. She should be approved next week... Maintaining Pre-K Day, via Tuition Texas Tribune: Faced with the loss of grants for full-day pre-kindergarten programs, some schools plan