October 2007
Do Charter Schools Improve Behavior? »
The Washington Post
Tuesday, October 2, 2007; 9:40 AM
By Jay Mathews
More than 1.2 million students are attending more than 4,000 charter schools in 40 states and the District, up from 200,000 students in just 600 charter schools a decade ago. Charters are hot commodities, the public school equivalent of hybrid cars or left-handed relief pitchers. But […]
Teachers behind Dann’s strategy? »
E-mails with union show charter-school debate
The Columbus Dispatch
10/2/2007
By Catherine Candisky
The novel legal strategy used by Attorney General Marc Dann to go after failing charter schools was suggested by Ohio’s largest teachers union.
When Dann’s office followed the advice of the Ohio Education Association in legal filings last month against three of the privately operated, tax-funded schools […]
What You Can Do For Kids in the Columbus City Schools »
KidsOhio.org, the Columbus Urban League and the YWCA, teamed up to encourage the community to thoughtfully pay attention to and actively participate in the November 2007 school board elections.
