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Judge Orders $7.4 Billion More for NYC Schools
Opinion -State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse of Manhattan has ordered New York state to ensure that within four years the New York City school system has another $7.4 billion a year to spend on top of the $12.9 billion a year the system already consumes. -
Judge Orders Sharply Higher Spending for New York City Public Schools
Opinion -Culminating a 12-year court battle over the funding of New York City's public schools, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse issued a final decision on February 15 ordering the state legislature and governor to spend an additional $5. -
Students Benefit from Project CREO
Opinion -A total of 531 students transferred to better-performing public schools and more than 200 were able to receive tutoring services during 2003-04 as a result of help provided by Project CREO, according to a February 2005 update from Hispanic CREO, the -
Schwarzenegger Drops Bomb on California Teacher Unions
Opinion -In his January 10, 2005 State of the State address, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) proposed to overturn teacher tenure and to link teacher pay to merit and performance. -
March 2005 Friedman Report Profile: Stephen L. Gilchrist
Opinion -As a South Carolina citizen with an interest in education policy and an influential position as founder and director of the South Carolina Center for Grassroots and Community Alternatives (SCCGCA), Stephen L. -
Georgia Parents Sue for Vouchers
Opinion -In a potentially far-reaching lawsuit filed on January 27 in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia, three Atlanta families charged the State of Georgia and its agents with failing to provide their children with the opportunity for an adequate education. -
States’ Math Standards Don’t Measure Up, Study Says
Opinion -In a Thomas B. Fordham Foundation study published in January, states earned an average grade of a “high D” for their mathematics content standards. -
Kansas Court Requires More Education Spending
Opinion -The Kansas Supreme Court on January 3 issued an unsigned, five-page ruling stating Kansas spends too little on education--without specifying how much the state should spend or how to pay for additional spending. -
Arizona Private Schools Half as Expensive as Public Schools
Opinion -A new survey of Arizona private schools has found average private elementary and middle school tuition in the state is $3,700, less than half the average per-pupil public school expenditure of $7,800, according to fiscal year 2001-02 Arizona Department -
In Second Term, Bush Must Choose Between Tests and School Choice
Opinion -During his inaugural address on January 25, President George W. Bush made clear his intent to push for continuing reform of the nation’s education system, and in particular to extend reform into the nation’s high schools. -
U.S. High School Students Shortchanged on Education, Study Finds
Opinion -A recently released study documents what many in higher education and the business world have been saying for years: U.S. high school curriculum requirements are too low, leaving many graduates unprepared for either college or work. -
States’ English Standards Still Need Improvement, Study Says
Opinion -Twenty states earned As or Bs for their English instruction standards, according to a Thomas B. Fordham Foundation report published in January. -
Regulations Hamper Private Schooling Efforts in California
Opinion -California school choice advocates should consider shifting some of their resources away from the voucher movement to contest cumbersome regulations that affect the supply of private schooling in the Golden State, according to a recent report from the -
Teacher Union News: Disputed Elections and Missing Funds
Opinion -The Washington Teachers Union and United Teachers of Dade (UTD, Florida), currently under administration by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), are enduring accusations of vote fraud by losing candidates for the office of president in elections -
March 2005 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Colorado * Florida * Iowa South Carolina * Utah COLORADO More Colorado Students Exercising Right to Choose During the 2003-04 school year, nearly 36,000 Colorado students attended classes outside their own school district. -
Study: Rules and Regulations Are Paralyzing U.S. Schools
Opinion -A new study from the bipartisan legal reform coalition Common Good found U.S. schools are greatly over-regulated, in many cases to the point of paralysis. -
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British Study Casts Doubt on Benefits of Class-Size Reductions
Opinion -A recent British study has cast serious doubt on the commonly held notion that smaller class sizes can by themselves improve student achievement. -
Deputy Education Secretary Hickok Resigns
Opinion -Deputy Secretary of Education Gene Hickok resigned from the U.S. Department of Education effective at the end of January, after four years of efforts to bring historic changes to the culture of American K-12 education. -
How Do I Fire an Inept Teacher in New York City Schools?
Opinion -This flowchart is from “Over Ruled,” a study from Common Good. The full flowchart, involving 83 steps and legal considerations that can take a year to complete, is available at http://cgood.org/burdenquestion-6.html. -
RAND Study Forecasts Problems Meeting National Reading Goals
Opinion -U.S. students in grades 4-12 are not meeting state or national goals in reading achievement, a recently released RAND Corporation report warns. -
Rockford Parents Want to Keep Successful Reading Program
Opinion -The parent organization of the Lewis Lemon public school in Rockford, Illinois is asking the local school board not to drop a three-year-old reading program that has raised the school’s test scores well above the district average. -
Teacher Union Violating Utah Election Laws, Complaint Alleges
Opinion -On December 16, 2004, the education reform group Education Excellence Utah filed a complaint with Utah attorney general Mark Shurtleff (R) against the Ballot Fund of the National Education Association (NEA). -
U.S. Girl Students Outperform Boys in Most Subjects, Study Finds
Opinion -“Girls and young women still have a long way to go in gaining full educational equality,” says NOW President Kim Gandy.
