SBC Charter Roundup 46

Nat’l — Leaving parents behind (The American Spectator)
Calif. — Lessons for LAUSD (Los Angeles Times)
Calif. — Education Alternatives: Charter Schools (KHSL, CBS Channel 12)
Colo. — New DPS plan: Make some charters behave like neighborhood schools (Denver Post)
Ga. — Learning Curve: Tough charter choices (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Ga. — Shouldn’t the goal be good schools, charter or not? (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Ill. — Detroit charter school offers 1 year college (Chicago Tribune)
La. — School choice is a real test for parents in New Orleans (New Orleans Times Picayune)
Mass. — Parents call on state to revoke charter (Boston Globe)
Mass. — No signs board will pull back school charter (Gloucester Daily Times)
Mass. — Charter school’s expansion should be welcomed (North Andover Eagle-Tribune)
N.J. — Christie’s election win heartening news for charter schools (Asbury Park Press)
N.Y. — To win over Albany, charter advocates begin organizing parents (Gotham Schools)
N.Y. — Union supports all schools, including charters (Buffalo News)
Pa. — Rewriting law could improve charter schools (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Va. — Va. unlikely to put charter schools on fast track (Washington Post)
Wis. — Doyle signs education reform bills (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
W.Va. — Charter school advocacy group small, passionate (Charleston Daily Mail)

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