National NewsClick here for school choice news in your state.
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ON CHARTER SCHOOLS [1999 & 2000] "President Bill Clinton’s School Reform Tour. REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO THE ST. PAUL COMMUNITY. City Academy... Full Story
LAWS EXPAND CHARTER SCHOOL OPTIONS IN GEORGIA The Associated Press State & Local Wire [5/18/2008] "Georgia passed its first law allowing charter schools more than a decade ago, touting the schools as an innovative technique th... Full Story
BLACK LEADERS RETHINK VOUCHERS "A LONGTIME POLITICIAN HAS BROKEN RANKS, AND OTHERS MAY FOLLOW St. Petersburg Times [8/12/2007] "For years, teachers and others who opposed private school vouchers in Florida could count on black lawmakers to stand with them... Full Story
NEW ORLEANS CHARTERS SCORE BETTER ON LEAP THAN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS The Times-Picayune [7/31/2007] "At Sophie B. Wright, one of many New Orleans charter schools that outperformed most traditional public schools on this year's L... Full Story
AT&T CEO SAYS HARD TO FIND SKILLED U.S. WORKERS Reuters [3/26/2008] "The head of the top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Wednesday it was having trouble finding enough skilled workers to... Full Story
"CLINTON, OBAMA GO EASY ON SCHOOL REFORM TALK; APPROACH REFLECTS APPEAL TO UNIONS FOR ENDORSEMENTS The Boston Globe [8/7/2007] "Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been among the strongest voices in the Democratic Party for education reform. An... Full Story
NEW YORK CITY CHARTERS OUTPERFORM The New York Sun [6/29/2007] "The most recent round of reading tests show students attending charter schools in the city outperforming other public schools o... Full Story
PERDUE SIGNS BILL FOR SPECIAL-NEEDS KIDS (GA) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [6/19/2007] "It's not exactly manna from heaven, but for Cumming parent Jenny Ergle it's pretty close. Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into ... Full Story
POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS EMBRACES CHARTER SCHOOLS The Associated Press State & Local Wire [4/19/2007] "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana-- Jared Lamb knew his students were feeling the pressure. The math teacher spent months preparing them f... Full Story
BUSH STILL LIKES IDEA OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS Times-Picayune [4/14/2007] "WASHINGTON -- Despite opposition from congressional Democrats, President Bush said Friday he isn't giving up on his proposal to... Full Story
VOUCHERS EYED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Education Week [3/28/2007] "More than half a dozen states are considering legislation to offer private school vouchers for students with disabilities. <... Full Story
SENATORS LANDRIEU AND ALEXANDER ANNOUNCE SENATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS CAUCUS [3/2/2007] "WASHINGTON – United States Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today announced the creation of the ... Full Story
MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE FINDING A BETTER FIT AT A CHARTER SCHOOLS (OH) Dayton Daily News [2/19/2007] "TROTWOOD — For high school senior Carson Byrd, finding the right place to prepare for college meant passing on Dayton's public ... Full Story
SCHOOL-CHOICE FOES SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE [2/4/2007] "FIFTY-SEVEN years later, the Sumner Elementary School in Topeka is back in the news. That city's board of education is still wr... Full Story
SCHOOL-REFORM MOVEMENT; D.C. NOT ONLY JURISDICTION GAINING MOMENTUM The Washington Times [2/2/2007] "The various battles over education reform that are occurring across our great land are often lumped into two camps: The one in ... Full Story
BUSH PROPOSES ADDING PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS TO 'NO CHILD' LAW The Washington Post [1/25/2007] "The Bush administration yesterday unveiled an education plan that would allow poor students at chronically failing public schoo... Full Story
VENTURE FUND FUELING PUSH FOR NEW SCHOOLS; "A NONPROFIT GROUP IN CALIFORNIA IS PLOWING MILLIONS OF DONATED DOLLARS INTO NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH UNEVEN BUT LARGELY PROMISING RESULTS. Education Week [1/17/2007] "The NewSchools Venture Fund, launched nine years ago to support educational entrepreneurs, recently hit a milestone: It has rai... Full Story
"CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH NUMBER OF MINORITY, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS (IN) The Associated Press State & Local Wire [1/12/2007] "Most of Indiana's charter schools have high numbers of minority students and children from low-income families, a new report fo... Full Story
SCHOOL CHOICE GROUP GROWS AS FORCE IN STATE ELECTIONS ALL CHILDREN MATTER TARGETS CANDIDATES OPPOSING SCHOOL CHOICE. Education Week [9/27/2006] "When Utah state Rep. David N. Cox persuaded fellow Republicans to vote against a school voucher bill last year, he did more tha... Full Story
"STUDENTS DO BETTER IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, RESEARCHERS FIND; STUDY COUNTERS FEDERAL REPORT BLOOMBERG NEWS [8/3/2006] "A Harvard University study concluded that private schools perform better in 11 of 12 categories when compared with public schoo... Full Story
GOP UNVEILS SCHOOL VOUCHER PLAN $100 MILLION PROPOSAL TARGETS LOW-INCOME STUDENTS Washington Post [7/19/2006] "The Bush administration and Republican legislators yesterday proposed a $100 million national plan to offer low-income students... Full Story
REPUBLICANS UNVEIL SCHOOL VOUCHER PLAN Associated Press [7/18/2006] "WASHINGTON --Congressional Republicans on Tuesday proposed a $100 million plan to let poor children leave struggling schools an... Full Story
GIULIANI PROMOTES SCHOOL CHOICE New York Post [7/14/2006] "A small gathering in Mid town yesterday got a sneak peek at Rudy Giuliani's formula as he gears up for a likely 2008 presidenti... Full Story
THE NAACP'S FIGHT AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS Scripps Howard News Service [5/12/2006] "Why would an organization that calls itself the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whose motto is "Mak... Full Story
CORY BOOKER CALLS FOR MAYORAL CONTROL TO REFORM NEWARK SCHOOLS; CANDIDATE VOICES STRONG SUPPORT FOR VOUCHERS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS Business Wire [5/9/2006] "With Newark poised to elect its first new mayor in two decades, attention is turning to front-runner Cory Booker's promises to ... Full Story
ROTTEN APPLES Wall Street Journal [5/4/2006] "If there were lingering doubts that teachers unions are the worms in the apple of the American education system, take a look at... Full Story
FEDERAL PROGRAM ON VOUCHERS DRAWS STRONG MINORITY SUPPORT New York Times [4/6/2006] "As a student at Shaw Junior High School here, Amie Fuwa strained to shut out the distractions of friends cutting up. She strugg... Full Story
VOUCHERS SACRIFICED TO AN ODD UNIFORMITY [3/26/2006] "WHAT Florida's teachers unions consider a menace, and what Florida's Supreme Court considers an affront to the state's Constitu... Full Story
CITY SCHOOLS THAT WORK; "IN MILWAUKEE, VOUCHERS HAVE BEEN AN UNDENIABLE SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [3/10/2006] "At first glance, the near north side of Milwaukee can be a bleak place, now that it has lost the department stores, factories a... Full Story
2005 BEST LEGISLATIVE YEAR EVER FOR SCHOOL CHOICE PHXnews [6/30/2005] "PHOENIX-In the midst of the best legislative year yet for the national school choice movement, more children than ever before w... Full Story
FREE TO CHOOSE "AFTER 50 YEARS, EDUCATION VOUCHERS ARE BEGINNING TO CATCH ON Wall Street Journal [6/9/2005] "Little did I know when I published an article in 1955 on "The Role of Government in Education" that it would lead to my becomin... Full Story
MYTHS ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE The American Enterprise [6/1/2005] "Public-school teacher unions and other opponents of school choice have repeated certain falsehoods over and over to discourage ... Full Story
SCHOOL CHOICE: LEARNING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES Cato Institute Daily Commentary [5/31/2005] "Debates about how to reform American education seldom consider the experiences of other nations. In the United States, the fede... Full Story
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DO THEY OUTPERFORM PRIVATE ONES? THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS THAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE BETTER THAN PUBLIC. BUT A NEW STUDY CASTS A BIT OF DOUBT ON SUCH ASSUMPTIONS. Christian Science Monitor [5/10/2005] "The crumbling neighborhood public school down the block or that gilded private school on a hill? There's a tendency to imagine ... Full Story
POWER OF THE VOUCHER The New York Sun [4/10/2005] "School vouchers are making a comeback. Under legislation championed by Governor Bush, the number of Florida students using vouc... Full Story
HARVARD STUDY: FLORIDA VOUCHER THREAT CAUSES SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE Associated Press [4/5/2005] "Gov. Jeb Bush's education accountability plan is working a lot better than his brother's is in getting low performing schools t... Full Story
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO STEM ENROLLMENT DECLINE Associated Prses [3/30/2005] "Enrollment in Roman Catholic schools has been declining nationwide over the past five years, a trend that can be attributed par... Full Story
SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM STILL ON THE TABLE SUCCESS MAY HINGE ON D.C. PROGRAM New Orleans Times-Picayune [2/20/2005] "WASHINGTON -- Early in his first term, President Bush proposed a plan to provide federally financed vouchers to give low-income... Full Story
TRIBES TURN TO CHARTER SCHOOLS TO HELP TROUBLED STUDENTS Associated Press [12/21/2004] "TRIBAL CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTING EDUCATION: Tribal officials are turning to charter schools -- publicly funded schools that a... Full Story
STUDY FINDS THAT SCHOOL VOUCHERS PAY OFF Rocky Mountain News [10/22/2004] "Milwaukee's school voucher program for low-income students has been running for 14 years, long enough for some eligible childre... Full Story
A VOUCHER BY ANY OTHER NAME... Wall Street Journal [9/27/2004] "…Apparently smells sweeter depending on the wording. That's the gist of a new Wirthlin Worldwide study finding America's attitu... Full Story
"12 MILLION LANGUISH IN FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REPORT SAYS NEARLY HALF IN D.C. MISS TARGETS Washington Times [9/27/2004] "More than 12 million children are stuck in low-performing public schools nationally as the new academic year gets under way.Full Story
UNION STUDY OF CHARTER SCHOOLS FAILS IN ACCURACY Akron Beacon-Journal [9/23/2004] "School has not yet started for most of the nation's children, yet the American Federation of Teachers sent home a failing repor... Full Story
PUBLIC SCHOOLS NO PLACE FOR TEACHERS' KIDS Washington Times [9/22/2004] "More than 25 percent of public school teachers in Washington and Baltimore send their children to private schools, a new study ... Full Story
PAIGE CALLS AFT CHARTER SCHOOLS REPORT 'FLAWED' TEACHERS UNION HAD CITED POOR PERFORMANCE BY STUDENTS Washington Times [9/21/2004] "Education Secretary Rod Paige this week denounced a teachers union's report that says charter school students perform worse aca... Full Story
REPORT: U.S. SLIPS IN EDUCATION RATINGS AMERICA FALLS BEHIND IN NUMBER OF THOSE WHO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. Associated Press [9/14/2004] "WASHINGTON - The United States is falling behind other countries in having a high school-educated public, with the gap widening... Full Story
CHARTER SCHOOLS SHINE IN SURVEY Wall Street Journal [9/10/2004] "BOSTON -- Grade-school students enrolled in charter schools are likely to be more proficient in reading and math than their pee... Full Story
CHARTER SCHOOLS DO BETTER THAN REPORTED "TEACHERS UNION STUDY FINDS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS OUTPERFORM NEW KINDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT THE DISPARITY DISAPPEARS WHEN CHILDREN'S RACE IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT [9/1/2004] "When the American Federation of Teachers unveiled its analysis of new federal education data on charter schools, it looked at f... Full Story
SCHOOL CHOICE: AN ELECTION ISSUE Townhall.com [8/27/2004] "For years supporters of educational options have heard that school choice is not a winning election issue. Candidates are afrai... Full Story
BIAS AGAINST VOUCHERS Washington Times [8/26/2004] "Phi Delta Kappa, an organization of professional educators, and the Gallup Organization just released their annual poll on educ... Full Story
ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS A SOUND EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVE? "YES. ANALYSIS OF RECENT DATA IS FLAWED, GIVES INACCURATE PICTURE OF SCHOOL CHOICE St. Paul Pioneer Press [8/23/2004] "School has not yet started for most of the nation's children, yet the American Federation of Teachers sent home a failing repor... Full Story
DOG EATS AFT HOMEWORK A TEACHERS UNION'S DISHONEST STUDY OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. Wall Street Journal [8/19/2004] "It is not unusual for interest groups to issue misleading reports that further their political agenda. And for this reason, new... Full Story
EDUCATION SECRETARY DEFENDS CHARTER SCHOOLS New York Times [8/18/2004] "The federal secretary of education issued a statement Tuesday saying he stood by charter schools and challenged the conclusion ... Full Story
MAKING EDUCATION SPENDING REALLY PAY OFF RESEARCHER OUTLINES TWO BROAD REFORMS THAT MIGHT LET RESULTS MATCH EXPENDITURES Rocky Mountain News [8/12/2004] "Educational researcher Jay P. Greene believes the great crisis in American schools is that for several decades the United State... Full Story
WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY "EDUCATION SPENDING GOES UP, PERFORMANCE DOESN'T. Wall Street Journal [7/30/2004] "Reg Weaver, President of the National Education Association, took to the podium in Boston this week to say that John Kerry was ... Full Story
NEW GROUP TO PUSH FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS Education Week [7/28/2004] "Hoping to lend renewed momentum to a movement whose growth has slowed in recent years, charter school leaders are stepping up e... Full Story
MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK: 'PELL GRANTS FOR KIDS' The Hill [7/15/2004] "If we have the best colleges, why don't we have the best schools? One reason is the different way we spend federal dolla... Full Story
"50 YEARS AFTER BROWN, BLACK SCHOOLS STILL LAG. CAN WE CHANGE THAT? Roll Call [6/17/2004] "Fifty years after the Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling, education for African-Americans is still woe... Full Story
VOUCHERS AND EQUAL EDUCATION Boston Globe [6/3/2004] "FIFTY YEARS AFTER BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION STRUCK DOWN THE DOCTRINE OF "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL," GENUINE EQUALITY OF EDUCATION R... Full Story
A DREAM YET TO BE FULFILLED Miami Daily Business Review [5/24/2004] "We celebrate this month the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and its sacred constitutional promise of equal educ... Full Story
"INCREASINGLY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS TAKE FLIGHT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS New York Times [5/19/2004] "Early on weekday mornings, as Lesley-Anne Jones implores her three sons to button their shirts and knot their ties and tie thei... Full Story
PUTTING PARENTS IN CHARGE Education Next (Summer 2004) [5/1/2004] "In 1990, as the new president of the University of Tennessee, I was trying to understand what had made American colleges and un... Full Story
COMPETITION PASSES THE TEST Education Next (Summer 2004) [5/1/2004] "Do public schools respond to competition from private schools by improving the quality of instruction? This is one of the key q... Full Story
BLACKS ARE VICTIMS OF FRAUDULENT EDUCATION Syndicated Columnist [4/28/2004] "Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom's new book "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning" shows that the government education ... Full Story
WORK RULES BUST HOLES IN SCHOOL BUDGETS Los Angeles Times [4/7/2004] "As shrinking revenue forces public schools across the country to slash budgets, superintendents are searching for ways to cut w... Full Story
BUSH REPEATS SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS Associated Press [2/13/2004] "WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, celebrating the nation's first federally funded school voucher program set up in the Distric... Full Story
LATINOS ARE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN PROMOTING SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAMS: LOOKING FOR A BETTER CHOICE Hispanic Magazine [12/24/2003] "Colorado and Wisconsin are the lands of ski resorts and Oktoberfests, places with majority populations as white as the snowy sl... Full Story
POSITIONS ON EDUCATION WIN DEAN SUPPORT "THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TEACHERS UNION ENDORSES THE DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL, WHO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST VOUCHERS AND BUSH'S NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LAW. Los Angeles Times [12/11/2003] "On a day when he received the backing of the New Hampshire teachers union, Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean on ... Full Story
LEAVING BLACK KIDS BEHIND Townhall.com [10/10/2003] "If there is any area in American public life where liberals hold nearly total sway, it is public education, which is sacred to ... Full Story
COMPLAINT: TEACHER'S UNION EVADING TAXES World Net Daily [9/5/2003] "A legal group has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Justice Department alleging the nation's lar... Full Story
"FROM IRAN, THE 'THOMAS PAINE OF SCHOOL CHOICE' Washington Post [9/3/2003] "Nina Shokraii Rees, the Bush administration's point woman in the effort to start a school voucher program in the District, had ... Full Story
VOUCHERS WILL HELP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Christian Science Monitor [8/29/2003] "Few question whether school vouchers are beneficial for the students who use them to leave failing schools. Rather, the debate ... Full Story
THE PAIN OF BLAINE (AMENDMENTS) IS ON THE WANE? U.S. Freedom Foundation [8/15/2003] "The so-called "Blaine Amendments," began with an attempted constitutional amendment proposed by Congressman James Blaine in 187... Full Story
