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Reports on charter schools expose new problems
Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss
Two new reports about public charter schools expose serious issues about the way they are run and their effectiveness.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/reports-on-charter-schools-expose-new-problems/2011/10/31/gIQAcMye3M_blog.html
See page 4 of this link to the newsletter pdf for an update on School Choice
Catholic School Matters - News from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of Catholic Education Fall 2011 - SCHOOL CHOICE
This fall, our Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will most likely address the issue of School Choice. School Choice would allow taxpayers to benefit directly from monies they pay to the state government. These monies traditionally flow to local public school systems. Under School Choice initiatives currently being considered, some parents would receive a credit towards the school of their choice be it—public, private, religious, or non-public. ….We ask that our parents, and those concerned about the future of Catholic education to contact their local state legislators and reiterate to them that School Choice—the creation of a voucher program and an increase to EITC— would not only benefit them, but their community at large.
http://testfiles.fvmftp.com/OCE-newsletter-eblast/OCE-124-School%20Newsletter.pdf
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Poverty Not Destiny?: Masking Corporate Agendas
Schools Matter Blog by P.L. Thomas
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2011/11/poverty-not-destiny-masking-corporate.html?spref=tw
Duke Sanford School of Public Policy
Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence
By Helen F. Ladd, November 4, 2011 - Abstract
Current U.S. policy initiatives to improve the U.S. education system, including No Child
Left Behind, test-based evaluation of teachers and the promotion of competition, are
misguided because they either deny or set to the side a basic body of evidence
documenting that students from disadvantaged households on average perform less well
in school than those from more advantaged families. Because these policy initiatives do
not directly address the educational challenges experienced by disadvantaged students,
they have contributed little -- and are not likely to contribute much in the future -- to
raising overall student achievement or to reducing achievement and educational
attainment gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Moreover, such
policies have the potential to do serious harm. Addressing the educational challenges
faced by children from disadvantaged families will require a broader and bolder approach
to education policy than the recent efforts to reform schools.
This paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
http://sanford.duke.edu/research/papers/SAN11-01.pdf
Use Education Voters PA website to contact your PA State Representatives asking them to oppose taxpayer funded vouchers:
For more info/background - PSBA's Tuition Voucher Issue Page
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