SBC Charter Roundup 40

Nat’l — Turning around bad schools with blended restarts (Huffington Post)
Ariz. — Tucson charter school wins big (KOLD, CBS Channel 13)
Calif. — Policy skirmishing puts LAUSD reform at risk (Los Angeles Times)
D.C. — Rhee is right — summer learning is vital (Washington Post)
D.C. — Use schools for kids, not condominiums (Washington Examiner)
Fla. — Palmetto Christian to become public charter school (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
Ga. — Charter school association: Districts have no case (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Ga. — Charter schools under false attack (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Ind. — Who’s minding the charters? (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Ind. — Company’s compliance to tax policy in question (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Ill. — Chicago’s first unionized charter school contract (Chicago Now)
Mass. — Mixed results as confidence in schools appears to erode (Boston Globe)
Mass. — Here’s a radical idea: Use the school as a school (Cape Cod Times)
Mich. — Flint ranks No. 8 in nation for percentage of students in charter schools (Flint Journal)
Mo. — In KC, charter schools are a favored choice (Kansas City Star)
Pa. — Pa. charter school overhaul legislation proposed (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pa. — Pa committee proposes sweeping reforms of charters (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Texas — Texas’ School Fund might invest in charter facilities (Austin American Statesman)

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