White claims Indy charters steal money from IPS, but numbers reveal the problem is small
By Victor Skinner
EAG Communications
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Public Schools officials this week called for an investigation into the enrollment practices of the city’s charter schools, alleging that they turn away children with disabilities.
In a letter to state Superintendent Tony Bennett, IPS [...]
By Steve Gunn
EAG Communications
CHICAGO – American public schools are in trouble, both financially and academically.
One might expect the nation’s teachers unions to be focused on addressing those problems and creating better opportunities for our nation’s students.
But the unions spend little time or money addressing the decline of public education. Instead they dig [...]
Additional charters would help counterbalance the 28% of Michigan high schools that produce zero college-ready graduates
Saying that Michigan families need more charter schools (as suggested in Senate Bills 618 and 619) is about as controversial as saying Justin Verlander deserves to win the Cy Young award. It’s a complete no-brainer.
According to a recent [...]
When President Obama once again addresses public school students today, he will likely offer all the poll-tested phrases (“The future of America depends on you”) and other warmed-over pablum (“There is no excuse for not trying”) which will leave the kids reaching for their contraband ear buds.
At the risk of being too cynical, [...]
Education reform leader has been through the fight for choice, and won
In Indiana, students can chose to attend whatever public school they want. They can also transfer to a charter school or apply for a private school voucher if their local public school doesn’t suit their needs.
Those educational options are key to a [...]
NAACP and teacher unions will no longer be allowed to keep kids trapped in failing schools
School choice advocates and New York City families were handed a major victory late Thursday evening when a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled that 22 failing public schools must close and 15 charter schools must be allowed to share space [...]
Union leaders want to keep kids trapped in public schools as guaranteed clientele for union teachers
This morning, the Indiana State Teachers Association filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court to block the implementation of the state’s new school voucher program.
ISTA is hoping to block the program on grounds that it violates the separation [...]
State leaders should ignore the unions and give families the school choice they deserve
Teachers unions hate charter schools because they threaten their monopoly on the public education system and the revenue they generate from teacher paychecks.
But parents and taxpayers love the innovative teaching methods and student-focused programs employed by charter schools. That’s why [...]
A decision to dissolve union at a Brighton charter school is the best option for teachers frustrated with the union’s doubletalk, misplaced priorities
The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts wants it both ways.
AFT officials have continuously badmouthed the state’s charter schools, and fought unsuccessfully to block their expansion because they contend charters are no [...]
More taxpayers realize that it’s the system itself, not the funding for it, that is inadequate
Nearly three out of every four American taxpayers believe that they are not getting their money’s worth out of the country’s public education system.
The stinging indictment on public schools comes from a new Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely [...]
