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In Honor of Ayn Rand's Long Legacy: Rand on Tax Credits for Education
November 2, 2009, 12:14pmThe essentials of the idea (in my version) are as follows: an individual citizen would be given tax credits for the money he spends on education, whether his own education, his children's, or any person's he wants to put through a bona fide school of his own choice (including primary, secondary, and higher education).
Record Charter School Enrollment Growth in California
October 28, 2009, 1:17pmIn California 88 new public charter schools opened their doors for the first time this fall, bringing the total number of California charter schools in operation to 809 schools, serving approximately 341,000 public school students.
"Money Following the Child" Working in Baltimore
October 21, 2009, 11:49pmAfter implementing student-based budgeting,Baltimore schools are seeing steady progress in student achievement and recently were released from 'corrective action' status by the state.
"Stand and Deliver" High School First to be Bid to Outside Operaters in LA Unified
September 25, 2009, 3:59pmGarfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film “Stand and Deliver,” will be among the first group of local schools eligible for takeover because of persistent academic failure, a high-level district source has told The Times.
Los Angeles School Competition Update
September 16, 2009, 11:07amWith the release of state test scores, 39 more schools in Los Angeles were identified as low-performing schools that can be bid out to be run by charter and other school operators.
In New Orleans School Choice and Autonomy Drive School Improvement
September 16, 2009, 10:33amNew Orleans schools demonstrate that autonomy, budget control, and choice can turn around low-performing schools.
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- In Honor of Ayn Rand's Long Legacy: Rand on Tax Credits for Education
Lisa Snell
November 2, 2009, 12:14pm - Record Charter School Enrollment Growth in California
Lisa Snell
October 28, 2009, 1:17pm - "Money Following the Child" Working in Baltimore
Lisa Snell
October 21, 2009, 11:49pm - "Stand and Deliver" High School First to be Bid to Outside Operaters in LA Unified
Lisa Snell
September 25, 2009, 3:59pm - Los Angeles School Competition Update
Lisa Snell
September 16, 2009, 11:07am - In New Orleans School Choice and Autonomy Drive School Improvement
Lisa Snell
September 16, 2009, 10:33am - Parents Like Charter Schools: 2009 School Year Edition
Lisa Snell
September 14, 2009, 12:43pm - Los Angeles Charter School Competition: School for the Arts Smackdown Edition
Lisa Snell
September 11, 2009, 11:49am - President Obama's Speech and Civil Disobedience for School Choice
Lisa Snell
September 8, 2009, 1:11pm - D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's School Choice
Lisa Snell
August 27, 2009, 6:32pm - Teachers Unions Object to Obama's Education Agenda; Invest in Obama's Healthcare Plans Instead
Lisa Snell
August 27, 2009, 4:58pm - School Choice and More in Los Angeles
Lisa Snell
August 27, 2009, 4:33pm - Los Angeles Unified School Competition Round-Up
Lisa Snell
August 24, 2009, 12:49pm - D.C. Parents' Questions for the Obama Administration on DC Voucher Program
Lisa Snell
August 21, 2009, 11:23am - Special Education Vouchers Reduce Special Education Label
Lisa Snell
August 21, 2009, 11:02am - Rose Friedman, R.I.P.--The Friedmans Left Families a Real School Choice Legacy
Lisa Snell
August 19, 2009, 2:00am - Texas State Education Commissioner Calls for a Ban on Hiring High School Dropouts
Lisa Snell
August 6, 2009, 1:28pm - Los Angeles Drop Out Rate is Good News and Very Bad News
Lisa Snell
August 4, 2009, 6:21pm - Bipartisan Effort in U.S. Senate to Save D.C. Voucher Program
Lisa Snell
July 30, 2009, 4:01pm - Listen Mr. President! D.C. Residents Want School Vouchers
Lisa Snell
July 29, 2009, 10:10pm - Mayor Villaraigosa Calls for Competition for Los Angeles Schools
Lisa Snell
July 27, 2009, 6:51pm - Please Go To Bed, Dear Lawmakers
Shikha Dalmia
July 8, 2009, 1:23pm - The Great Charter School Debate: Final Round
Lisa Snell
June 12, 2009, 2:58pm - The Great Charter School Debate Continued
Lisa Snell
June 11, 2009, 9:39pm - The Great Charter School Debate
Lisa Snell
June 10, 2009, 7:02pm - School Choice Expansion: Florida and Iowa Edition
Lisa Snell
June 2, 2009, 4:05pm - American Indian Public Charter School: The Ironic Charter School
Lisa Snell
June 1, 2009, 4:11pm - Arizona Supreme Court Overruled: Arizona Passes New School Choice Tax Credit for Disabled Students
Lisa Snell
May 29, 2009, 3:01pm - Special Education Outsourcing in San Diego Charter Schools
Lisa Snell
May 29, 2009, 11:38am - New Jersey Supreme Court Backs Statewide Student-Based Budgeting
Lisa Snell
May 29, 2009, 10:55am - The World's a Charter School
Lisa Snell
May 21, 2009, 4:43pm - Make School Budgets Detailed and Transparent
Lisa Snell
May 21, 2009, 4:02pm - Free to Teach: What America's Teachers Say About Teaching in Public and Private Schools
Lisa Snell
May 21, 2009, 3:16pm - Obama Takes the Easy Out: Leaves Thousands of DC Children Behind
Lisa Snell
May 7, 2009, 1:29pm - Teacher Horror from Los Angeles and New York Demonstrate Need for Collective Bargaining Reform
Lisa Snell
May 7, 2009, 11:58am - Reason.tv on Barack Obama and the D.C. Voucher Program
May 4, 2009, 9:43pm - Teacher Seniority Practices: New York Edition
Lisa Snell
April 28, 2009, 3:22pm - School Vouchers Do Lift All Boats: Summary of the Evidence
Lisa Snell
April 28, 2009, 2:29pm - Los Angeles Unified School Board Challenges Teacher Seniority Practices
Lisa Snell
April 24, 2009, 12:54pm - Address as Education Destiny
Shikha Dalmia
April 22, 2009, 2:22pm - Members of Congress Send Their Children to Private School
Lisa Snell
April 21, 2009, 1:19pm - Obama's Hypocrisy on DC Vouchers
Lisa Snell
April 17, 2009, 1:21pm - Los Angeles Charter Schools are the Way to Go
Lisa Snell
April 15, 2009, 1:18pm - Democrats Revoke Scholarships for 200 DC Families
Lisa Snell
April 13, 2009, 1:51pm - Charter School Demand in New York City Far Exceeds Available Seats
Lisa Snell
April 8, 2009, 11:47am - Hiding the Evidence on the DC School Voucher Program
Lisa Snell
April 6, 2009, 12:10pm - School Vouchers Under Assault: Arizona Edition
Lisa Snell
March 26, 2009, 11:49am - Charter School Competition Works in New Jersey
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2009, 2:03pm - Under Stimulus Rich School Districts Get Richer
Lisa Snell
March 23, 2009, 5:37pm - Sacramento School District Restricts School Choice
Lisa Snell
March 5, 2009, 11:41am
Out of Control Policy Blog - Education
- For Real Equity: Give Schools the Money Instead of Staffing Positions (11/13)
- Preschool Hype: National Security Edition (11/2)
- Ayn Rand Preschool Action with Barack Obama, Preschool Advocates as Comprachicos, and "Maggie Roark" Standing Alone Against the Daycare Worker of Her Time... (11/2)
- In Honor of Ayn Rand's Long Legacy: Rand on Tax Credits for Education (11/2)
- Tennessee's Gold-Standard Preschool Not Effective After 2nd Grade (11/1)
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