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“The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will address school choice, the Blaine Amendments and anti-Catholicism during a public briefing at Commission headquarters on June 1, 2007. Specifically, this briefing will examine whether certain state constitutional barriers to school choice legislation — known as Blaine Amendments — discriminate against Catholics and whether, more generally, they discriminate […]

“A survey of 1,010 American adults reveals that nearly two-thirds of them want Congress to rewrite or outright abolish the landmark No Child Left Behind Act that mandates nationwide testing of elementary students to determine whether public schools are performing adequately. Controversy about the law has grown in recent months as Congress begins the debate […]

“Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced yesterday that the city school system would spend $80 million over five years on a battery of new standardized tests to begin this fall for most of New York City’s 1.1 million public school students. The contract awarded to the testing giant CTB/McGraw-Hill will involve a significant expansion of […]

“Senators defeated attempts Wednesday to add private school vouchers to a bill that would allow students a chance to enroll in any public school regardless of attendance lines. It was the first time senators debated school vouchers on the chamber floor. The idea of helping parents send their children to private school using public money […]

“It is ‘disingenuous’ for Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to call a special session on vouchers before the Nov. 6 public vote, says House Speaker Greg Curtis, who vows to ‘vigorously’ fight against repealing HB174 if such a session is called. ‘I disagree vehemently with the governor’ about calling a special session to repeal HB174, Curtis […]

“As the character Peter Finch played in the classic movie Network said,’I am Mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.’ I have the same sentiments over the ongoing No child Left Behind (NCLB), aka No child Left, aka No Teacher Left Teaching, and of course, the Voucher Set-Up Act. As a […]

“As much as I’ve heard and read about ‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB) — the landmark education bill President Bush signed into law five years ago, I had no idea that every state uses a different test and standard to determine whether its schools are making the required progress under the law. It is an […]

“Backers of cyber charter schools like to portray themselves as David fighting the Goliath school districts that they accuse of trying to run them out of business. Unfortunately, that battle has passed us by. Act 88 of 2002 established cyber charter schools as legal entities where students can meet the state’s compulsory school attendance laws. […]

“It’s time to say in a national newspaper what millions of teachers, students and parents already know: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is an appalling and unredeemable experiment that has done incalculable damage to our schools — particularly those serving poor, minority and limited-English-proficiency students. It’s a stretch even to call the law ‘well-intentioned’ given […]

“Many parents may be interested in homeschooling their children, yet unsure if it is right for them. Read on to learn how you can decide if homeschooling fits into your family’s formula. Homeschooling is a major commitment and a family needs to make the commitment together. While it is obvious to most parents that homeschooling […]