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In Honor of Ayn Rand's Long Legacy: Rand on Tax Credits for Education

November 2, 2009, 12:14pm

Lisa Snell

The 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, 1:17pm

Lisa Snell

In 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, 11:49pm

Lisa Snell

After 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, 3:59pm

Lisa Snell

Garfield 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, 11:07am

Lisa Snell

With 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, 10:33am

Lisa Snell

New Orleans schools demonstrate that autonomy, budget control, and choice can turn around low-performing schools.

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