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The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s* Stephen Bowen gives an update on how school choice is faring under reorganization: For generations, families living in communities without a high school were allowed to send their children to a public or private school of their choice, paid for with public funds under Maine’s “town tuitioning” system. The district [...] Noble Street College Prep is a remarkable example of what a school can do for kids who’ve never known success. The public high school in Chicago takes mostly poor and immigrant students. A hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation’s top colleges. So begins a report on [...] So sayeth Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, and a rising star in the party. From a report by the bulldog Mickey Kaus on an event at the Democratic Convention that was attended by 500 of the faithful. Best line in the report: One panelist–I think it was Peter Groff, president of the Colorado State Senate, [...] McCain endorses school choice, specifically the Education Equality Project. Apparently his opponent does not. If I am elected President, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of Opportunity Scholarships and alternative certification for teachers will all be part of a serious agenda of education reform. We will pay bonuses to teachers working in [...] |
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