Charter Schools News
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TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
5:00 AM on 03/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Tim King was, in his words, the "stereotypical bourgie black kid"...
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Obama seeks $1.35 billion more for schools to "Race to the Top"
4:35 PM on 01/19/2010
From The Baltimore Sun - WASHINGTON - President Obama, delivering a schoolhouse pitch for a $1.35-billion expansion of his signature educational plan, promised to "raise the bar'' for what public schools expect of students and teachers...
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'Team in Africa' program connects students a continent apart
7:02 AM on 01/11/2010
VIDEO - Rwanda and Kenya might as well be on another planet for most middle-school students. But not at Team Academy in Newark, New Jersey...
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YES, inner-city prep school can succeed
9:50 AM on 01/04/2010
HOUSTON (AP) -- This year, North Central, which opened in 2003 and serves 6th through 12th grade, will become the second YES Prep campus to graduate seniors...
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Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich launch school tour in Philly
4:37 PM on 09/29/2009
The Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich don't agree on much, but a meeting with a group of inner-city charter school students on Tuesday...
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Charter schools are not the answer to failing public education
7:26 AM on 09/16/2009
OPINION - Do charter schools live up to the hype? The truth is they don't. There is no real distinguishable academic effect on children...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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