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Feb 6, 2010
Obama's education rhetoric doesn't come close to reality
In a major address last March, , President Obama declared that his administration would "use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It's not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works."
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Feb 6, 2010
Charter schools have a new ally in Gov. Mcdonnel
With a pro-charter school administration at the helm, Virginia's relatively tough laws regulating the specialty schools could soon change.
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Feb 6, 2010
A BETTER CHOICE; GOOD FOR VIRGINIA'S NEW EDUCATION CHIEF IF HE BRINGS CHOICE. BUT ALL STUDENTS DESERVE GREAT SCHOOLS
If the new governor is sending messages via his appointments, one of the most interesting may be about what he wants to do with public education. Gov. Bob McDonnell's choice for secretary of education is a man who's all about choice.
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Feb 6, 2010
Lieberman, Collins To Announce Effort to Save DC Opportunity Scholarship Program
WASHINGTON, DC - At 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 4, Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) will hold a press conference on the importance of saving the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP).
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Charter School Performance in NYC
This report supplements the CREDO National Charter School Study Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States, released in June 2009, with an in-depth examination of the results for charter schools in New York City.
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Partners For Developing Futures
Partners For Developing Futures, is a new social investment fund that primarily invests in high-potential, early-stage minority-led charter schools and charter school networks that serve underserved students.
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The New Teacher Project (website)
In the fight to eliminate educational inequality, teachers matter most. The New Teacher Project works with school districts and states nationwide to ensure that poor and minority students get outstanding teachers
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2008 Annual Report (PDF)
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SY 2010 Program
Get a sneak peak of the exciting workshops and activities planned for SY 2010.
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Annual Seminar

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Annual Seminar on Education Policy & Parental Choice
Download presentations from the 5th Anniversary Seminar on Education Policy & Parental Choice.
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Off-Year Elections Signal Hope for School Choice
Much has been written about the political fallout from the unexpected victory of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown in last month’s Senate contest, and almost all of it has focused on the implications for health care reform. But it turns out that education policy will likely be affected as well.
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Let Me Rise
Let Me Rise– a 30-minute film produced by The Heritage Foundation about the school choice debate in our nation’s capital and around the country – offers a compelling look at the future of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program as told through the voices of the children whose educational futures continue to hang in the balance. The film features the personal stories and perspectives of District of Columbia families who are fighting to provide their children with a safe and effective education.
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