9/30/08
Plain Dealer
Scott Stephens
A judge has nixed an effort begun by former Attorney General Marc Dann to close two Dayton-area charter schools that have produced terrible ac ademic marks.
In sepa rate law suits filed in a Mont gomery County court a year ago, Dann tried to snatch the nonprofit status of New Choices Community School and […]

9/24/08
Education Week
Erik W. Robelen
The final report from a three-year study of a batch of KIPP charter schools in the San Francisco Bay Area probes key issues that have sparked debate about the national network of independently run public schools, including student achievement and attrition.
The independent analysis , issued Sept. 16, comes amid wide acclaim for […]

9/24/08
Plain Dealer Editorial
CLEVELAND — For a Cleveland charter school on a shoestring budget, the increase in federal funding this year looked too good to be true.
Turns out, it was.
Those Title 1 dollars — extra money that Washington gives schools to help boost the reading and math skills of children from poor families — allow principals […]

9/24/08
Columbus Dispatch Blog
Simone Sebastian
A string of Columbus leaders stood at the podium in a Weinland Park Elementary School classroom today to push Issue 75 - Columbus schools’ Nov. 4 ballot measure.
The 45-minute press conference kicked-off the school tax campaign by publicizing the support of several high-profile community members, including Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, […]

9/24/08
New York Times
Jennifer Medina
Efforts by the Bloomberg administration to add accountability to the public school system have included moving quickly to shut down schools deemed beyond repair, and rewarding those that make significant progress on standardized tests. Those initiatives seemed to collide last week, when teachers and principals at five of the failed schools earned […]