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Associated Press
Charter Grade Scandal Could Slow Growing Movement
by Todd Richmond and Philip Elliott
August 13, 2013
Associated Press
School Turnarounds Prompt Community Backlash
by Christina Hoag
February 3, 2013
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reading Between the Lines: Florida’s Retention Program is Not Worth Replicating
by Maureen Downey
April 5, 2013
Boise Weekly
Infinite Campus
by Zach Hagadone
October 9, 2013
Bradenton Herald
Grade Divide Baffles Florida Parents
by Michael Vasquez and David Smiley
December 30, 2013
Christian Science Monitor
Online Charter School CEO Indicated for Misused Funds. Do Laws Need Tightening?
by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
August 23, 2013
Cincinnati.com
Is Rating Schools A to F a Better Gauge?
by Denise Smith Amos
July 11, 2013
Colorado Statesman
Court Reverses Lobato School Finance Decision
by Marianne Goodland
May 31, 2013
Daily Eastern News
Speaker from Holocaust Museum to Present at Eastern
by Robert Downen
September 4, 2013
Denver Post
Charters Not Outperforming Nation’s Traditional Public Schools, Report Says
by Zahira Torres
August 26, 2013
Denver Post
Minority Teacher Numbers in Colorado Lag Growth of State’s Minority Students
by Zahira Torres
June 30, 2013
Education Week
Ed. Companies Exert Public-Policy Influence
by Michelle R. Davis
April 22, 2013
Education Week
Chiefs for Change Confronts Political, Policy Tests
by Andrew Ujifusa
December 10, 2013
Education Week
Push For Charters Underway in Kentucky
by Katie Ash
August 22, 2013
Education Week
Charters Show “Slow and Steady Progress,” Multistate Study Finds
by Kate Ash
June 25, 2013
Education Week
For-Profit Experiment Plays Out in Two Mich. Districts
by Kate Ash
May 1, 2013
Education Week
Charters Struggle in Search for Affordable Space
by Katie Ash
July 25, 2013
Education Week
Group Urges Overhaul of Funding for Full-Time Virtual Schools
by Benjamin Herold
November 8, 2013
Fiscal Times
America’s Growing Inequality in Education
by Beth Braverman
June 19, 2013
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Virtual Schools are Spending Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Advertising
by Ashley Lopez
August 7, 2013
Gazette
Iowa’s First Virtual High School Grads Move On
by Jennifer Hemmingsen
May 26, 2013
Green Bay Press Gazette
Same Special Interests Pay for Voucher School Research, GOP Candidates
by Logan T. Carlson
June 11, 2013
Huffington Post
Does Your Neighborhood Suck?
by Marquis Cabrera
December 4, 2013
Independent-Mail
KIPP Charter Schools Show Gains; Critics Question Results
by Jane Roberts
March 6, 2013
Maryland County News Online
Prince George’s Considers Copyright Policy That Takes Ownership of Students’ Wo…
by Ovetta Wiggins
February 4, 2013
Maryland County News Online
Prince George’s Considers Copyright Policy That Takes Ownership of Students’ Wo…
by Ovetta Wiggins
February 4, 2013
Money News
Report: Unequal Education Spending Threatens US Global Competitiveness
by John Morgan
June 21, 2013
Nation
What International Education Rankings Don’t Measure
by Owen Davis
December 5, 2013
Nation
The Pointlessness of School Suspensions
by Tommy Raskin
June 25, 2013
National Journal
Education Tracking Continues to Stir Debate
by Eliza Krigman
May 29, 2013
New York Times
When Private Firms Run Schools, Financial Secrecy Allowed
by Morgan Smith
December 14, 2013
News-Herald Online
GILBERT: The Time is Now for School Funding Debate
by Glenn Gilbert
February 1, 2013
Philly.com
Uncertainty as New Teacher Evaluation Systems Near
by Sarah Garland and Rita Giordano
June 25, 2013
Pittsburg Tribune-Review
School Sponsorships Could Lessen Financial Burden for Students
by Tory N. Parrish
September 4, 2013
PolitiFact Florida
'Over 12,000 School Kids Were Arrested in Florida. It Makes Florida the Nation'…
by Unknown
July 22, 2013
Portland Press Herald
Democrats Take Steps Against Virtual Charter Schools
by Steve Mistler
May 14, 2013
Portland Press Herald
Maine Voices: To Embrace Virtual Schools Would Be To Shortchange Maine Students
by Sheryl Lee
May 10, 2013
Pro Publica
At Some Schools, Achievement Lags Behind Opportunity
by Jennifer LeFleur
January 24, 2013
Recorder
My Turn: Say ‘No” to K12
by Wesley Blixt
June 17, 2013
Santa Fe New Mexican
Senate Dems: Get Past Education Rhetoric
by Robert Nott
February 28, 2013
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