September 29th Postings

Senator zeroes in on school choice legislation in 2011

JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News  

Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 10:27 PM     Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 10:35 PM

With both gubernatorial candidates supporting government-funded grants to parents to use at any school they choose for their children, Sen. Jeffrey Piccola hopes to grease the skids to make it a reality soon after the victor takes his oath of office.
The Dauphin County Republican, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, is planning a daylong hearing on Oct. 13 in the North Office Building Hearing Room 1 in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg on the topic of school choice.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/09/senator_zeroes_in_on_school_ch.html
 

Here is a link to the Columbus Dispatch article cited in the above Pennlive article:

September 23, 2010-09-29

By Jennifer Smith Richards

On the whole, Ohio students who used tax-funded vouchers to attend private schools last school year did no better on state tests than public-school students.

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/09/23/copy/voucher-results-mixed.html?adsec=politics&sid=101