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Charter Schools and School Choice

October 7, 2008

• Would DECA really have closed?

October 2, 2008

• AG candidates spar over charter lawsuits

September 29, 2008

• Charters win first round vs. Marc Dann

September 9, 2008

• Obama to tout charter schools, performance pay

September 8, 2008

• Should low scoring schoools have to close?

September 4, 2008

• I'm trying to check this out

August 30, 2008

• On average, charters went up and DPS went down

August 29, 2008

• Where's DECA?

August 18, 2008

• Dayton: New Orleans without the storm?

July 1, 2008

• Finn unloads on education in Ohio

May 20, 2008

• Ruskin to house former charter school

May 14, 2008

• Luckie wants new limits on charter schools

May 4, 2008

• Will Dann have time for charter suit?

April 24, 2008

• What's that mushroom cloud over Dayton?

April 21, 2008

• Marc Dann's in a tough spot on charter suit

April 15, 2008

• Charter funding lawsuit headed to Supreme Court

April 7, 2008

• Charter schools: Benefit or bane?

April 5, 2008

• PACE leaders built bridges

April 4, 2008

• 10 years ago, PACE sparked change in Dayton

March 17, 2008

• Kids Count is first sanctioned charter sponsor

March 6, 2008

• Five charters cited for fiscal missteps

February 24, 2008

• Ohio teachers: Where is Obama on vouchers?

February 18, 2008

• Is Obama for or against vouchers?

February 15, 2008

• Life is like a box of chocolates

February 5, 2008

• They won't like this at Stivers

January 4, 2008

• Attorney: Dann overstepped authority

November 8, 2007

• NY Times is back in town

November 3, 2007

• Latest front in the voucher war: Utah

November 1, 2007

• Did charters drive up graduation rate?

October 27, 2007

• Dann's tactic: Is it working?

October 26, 2007

• Colin Powell charter school to close

October 18, 2007

• Dayton still near the top for charter schools

October 12, 2007

• Labor secretary lauds ISUS charter school

October 6, 2007

• Issacs: Bad charters harm all schools
• Milwaukee is to vouchers as Dayton is to charters

October 4, 2007

• Charter suits suggested by unions?

October 3, 2007

• Peterson out as charter superintendent

October 2, 2007

• Catholics: Charting the way forward for all schools?

September 24, 2007

• A little secret about Dann's war on charters

September 21, 2007

• Moraine school next target for Dann

September 13, 2007

• Dann sues two charter schools

September 12, 2007

• Dann sues two Dayton schools
• Sources: Marc Dann to challenge charter schools

August 25, 2007

• Dayton charters: A sign of hope

June 13, 2007

• NY Times notes DECA charter change
• Editorial: Education summit failed kids

June 8, 2007

• Dayton Public loses DECA

June 1, 2007

• City Day board forced out

May 31, 2007

• Sponsor may close school or fire board

May 30, 2007

• Board defies order to fire superintendent

May 29, 2007

• Goff stays; schools and teachers go

May 22, 2007

• Husted, DPS to convene summit

May 21, 2007

• ERCO to City Day: Fire Goff or else

May 16, 2007

• City Day sponsor urges firing

May 6, 2007

• Why Dayton's levy comes now
• Officials say House actions cost millions

May 4, 2007

• Dayton vouchers make front page news in Chicago

May 3, 2007

• Private school ups and downs

April 28, 2007

• Husted: This doesn't help DPS with charters

April 25, 2007

• DPS: Where are charter bids for schools?

April 18, 2007

• Husted: I'll support Dayton's levy IF ...

April 10, 2007

• City Day on "probation"

April 9, 2007

• City Day gets probation on test concerns

March 18, 2007

• Why we are better off (and worse off)

March 14, 2007

• Strickland goes after school choice

March 7, 2007

• Are charters worth the money?

February 24, 2007

• Not all rules are bad

February 23, 2007

• State to investigate City Day testing

February 14, 2007

• Big education stories around the nation

February 11, 2007

• City Day scores raise questions about state monitoring

February 4, 2007

• City Day's practice tests
• City Day: Practice test raises questions

February 2, 2007

• Utah: First state to go all voucher?

December 23, 2006

• Last minute school law changes

December 22, 2006

• Voucher program expands (again)

December 19, 2006

• Does this guy influence your eduthinking?

November 27, 2006

• Education's future: Will we do what works?

November 17, 2006

• The father of vouchers, charters

November 2, 2006

• Fordham cracks down

October 25, 2006

• Breaking News: Ohio charters constitutional
• Fordham Foundation: "We were naïve"

September 20, 2006

• Charters gobbling Columbus

September 9, 2006

• We're No. 2!

August 24, 2006

• Elsewhere in the education world ...

August 21, 2006

• Charters and the district — Siamese twins?

August 19, 2006

• Charter sponsors play "not it!"
• Rhea Academy expected to close

August 1, 2006

• Omega's principal problems

July 31, 2006

• Charter school exceptions .. or loopholes?
• Fine print in cap allows for more charters

July 25, 2006

• "Our School" review on deadwood

July 24, 2006

• The "School of Rock" approach to education
• Reading, writing and video games

July 23, 2006

• The hard way to save a school

July 21, 2006

• Dixie Allen, vouchers and politics

July 20, 2006

• NY Times Tierney picks the wrong study

July 18, 2006

• The complete list of schools accepting vouchers

July 9, 2006

• My review of Joanne Jacobs' "Our School"
• Our School: Chasing dreams by rewriting the rules

June 17, 2006

• Charters: Only on the chain gang?

June 15, 2006

• Top charter DuBois saved
• One less charter in Dayton

June 13, 2006

• Ohio's voucher eligibility rules
• Voucher spin vs. reality

May 31, 2006

• Charters, money and new taxes in Dayton

May 27, 2006

• Cash crunch to close charter school darling

May 19, 2006

• Charters not following the law?

April 6, 2006

• Dayton gets noticed in education

April 4, 2006

• The death of a school

March 30, 2006

• Voucher rule changes pass
• A win for voucher supporters
• Ohio's new school watchdogs

March 18, 2006

• A $1.4 billion experiment

March 17, 2006

• Lessons from Dayton

February 28, 2006

• The plight of private school parents

January 31, 2006

• So what's up with vouchers?

January 24, 2006

• Hold the phone on vouchers ...

January 23, 2006

• Hope, then dispair

January 18, 2006

• Chat with a teachers' union leader

January 12, 2006

• Scarlet fever closes school

January 6, 2006

• Ohio now the place to watch

December 27, 2005

• Rebuilding New Orleans with choice

December 20, 2005

• Will vouchers save private schools?

December 12, 2005

• What educators can learn from football

December 2, 2005

• Catholic schools: Victims of choice

November 29, 2005

• Charters go on trial

November 21, 2005

• Do ad dollars make sense?

November 19, 2005

• Covering education in Ohio

November 18, 2005

• Middle school mess

November 17, 2005

• The school reform divide
• Making charter schools better

November 12, 2005

• The charter debate
• The case for charter schools in Dayton
• The case against charter schools in Dayton

November 1, 2005

• Welcome to Dayton, ed blogosphere!

October 9, 2005

• Seeing the parent as a customer

September 17, 2005

• The Hurricane Voucher

September 7, 2005

• Money battle may go to court

August 29, 2005

• Public schools outdo charters

July 27, 2005

• What about suburban choice?

July 25, 2005

• State gives up charter control

September 15, 2003

• Error bedevils charter schools

August 19, 2002

• More choices put parents in study hall

June 28, 2002

• Ohio school voucher program constitutional