Education (k-12)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008Great Moments in Public Education"Calif. laws crack down on sex-offender teachers" By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)From Yahoo News, we learn that "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two bills making it tougher for teachers who commit sex crimes to remain in California's public schools." The first law "allows the ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008A Voucher Proposal for GeorgiaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Georgia's senate president pro tem would like the state to carry out an ambitious voucher program for K-12 education. Eric Johnson says "Georgia really has legitimately moved to the forefront nationally" on school choice. He plans to offer legislation in the next session to shift ... more »»
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Monday, September 29, 2008Charter Schools and District Power PlaysBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Charter public schools offer students a choice, but they must constantly battle opposition from traditional school districts. The staying power of charter schools has had a mixed record of late. In Michigan, the opportunity to offer charter schools in the city of Detroit has grown now that student ... more »»
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Saturday, September 27, 2008The High Cost of School FailureBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Seeing the price of public school operations consistently outpace inflation is bad enough. Even worse is having to pay a second time, as in when colleges must offer remedial education to high school graduates. The Arkansas Policy Foundation points out that several school districts in the state have ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008How Are Schools Using Your Tax Dollars?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The property taxes that go to the local school district are the largest taxes paid by some people. Yet what does that money buy? It's sometimes hard to see. If you live in Mississippi, the Mississippi Council for Public Policy has an more »»
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008Waiting for a Charter School in TexasBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Is school choice popular? Here's one way to answer that question: In Texas, over 16,000 students were on a waiting list for a public charter school. The Texas Public Policy Foundation ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008Tennessee Pre-K Program: No Measurable BenefitBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The Tennessee Center for Policy Research can be justified in saying "I told you so," though that won't do much good for taxpayers, who have had hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars wasted. In 2005, the center warned that a plan for taxpayer-funded pre-K programs was of ... more »»
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Thursday, September 4, 2008Kentucky Ed Reforms Fail to Help Blacks Prepare for CollegeOnly 3 of 100 who take ACT are college-ready By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)What has Kentucky to show for its last decade of ramping up school spending and fiddling with its school systems? For one thing, an approach that fails to prepare black students for college. The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions says "more »»
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Thursday, September 4, 2008Dayton (OH) Charter Schools AdvanceBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Here's more evidence that charter schools use the innovations they have available to advance student achievement: "Most of the city's charter schools made gains in test performance last year while more than two-thirds of schools within the school district saw scores ... more »»
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Thursday, September 4, 2008The Latest From School Reform NewsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The latest issue of School Reform News hit my mailbox yesterday. If you're interested in education, it's worth a look. The good news: Moratorium on Charter ... more »»
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