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The Graduates Charter school success   |
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July 14, 2008
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina The organization New Schools for New Orleans aims to create networks of schools to receive shared support services while avoiding the dysfunctions of a large urban district. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2000
Jonathan Schorr |
The charter school challenge Notes from two pioneering California charter schools -- one a success story, the other a failure. |
Reason
May 2004
Lisa Snell |
Capital Choices School voucher progress. |
Reason
December 2002
Lisa Snell |
No Dollars or Sense Behold Edison Schools' grim, dispiriting bottom line: The company has spent more money than it has taken in. It has nothing to do with the education industry or public education, and everything to do with too many top-level executives making six-figure salaries. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 30, 2006
Mallory Stark |
Lessons From Privately Managed Schools An interview with Steven Wilson, founder and former CEO of educational management organization (EMO) Advantage Schools on how -- and if -- professional business management practices can improve the performance of troubled American public schools. |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S. |
Reason
February 2002
Joanne Jacobs |
Threatened by Success One charter school's fight against the education establishment... |
Fast Company
September 2006 |
School Days Should for-profit companies run public schools? An entrepreneur and a principal weigh in. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010 |
Top Honors Business school students give a shout out to their schools. The Princeton Review's Student Opinion Honors for business schools. |
Reason
October 2004
Lisa Snell |
No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice. |
Reason
March 2004
Lisa Snell |
Waste Not, Why Not? The Web site for the Massachusetts State Auditor's Office proudly displays the motto, "The Cruelest Tax of All Is Waste." The same agency has agreed to audit 43 of the state's charter schools for saving too much money. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2011
Tierney Plumb |
Movie-House Investor Dives Into the Charter-School Space A real estate investment trust that works mostly in the megaplex movie-theater business is quickly learning that the charter-school industry is a smart place to put its money these days. |
Salon.com
October 29, 2001
King Kaufman |
Tuition-free, back-to-basics, inner-city private schools The new St. Louis Academies seem almost too good to be true. But their founders insist that failure is not an option... |
Reason
February 2002
Joanne Jacobs |
Watching the Numbers Unlike district schools, San Francisco's Edison Charter must succeed to survive... |
ifeminists
October 18, 2006
Todd Andrew Barnett |
It's Time to Abolish the Public Schools, Part 1 With all the problems associated with the public "government" schools, isn't it time to pull the plug on them and put an end to the pervasive evil that is the bedrock of the public "government" school monopoly? |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000 |
Becoming Good American Schools Book reviews on detracking, the "feel-good" curriculum, and charter schools |
T.H.E. Journal
October 28, 2009
David Nagel |
10.5 Million PreK-12 Students Will Attend Classes Online by 2014 More than 2 million preK-12 students take some form of schooling online right now -- whether attending a virtual school for all their classes or just taking one or more courses via the Internet. |
IDB America
June 2003
Paul Constance |
Public school, privately run A unique partnership between church and state brings high-quality education to impoverished Peruvian villages |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Unlocking College Data What good are the loads of data about colleges, if families can't access it? Here are four websites that are opening the vault. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2007 |
Healthy Vending by Horizon Software Horizon Software has announced Healthy Vending, a "smart" machine for schools that dispenses healthful snacks and meals. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2002
William Zaggle |
Producing Assessment-Savvy Educators The biggest thing going for the education technology industry today is the push toward standards-based assessment. |
Reason
January 2003
Brian Doherty |
Vouching for Vouchers School choice in Sweden: A new study by two Swedish economists examines whether the Swedish voucher program has hurt education in public schools. |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Molly Peterson |
KIPP: Learning a Lesson from Big Business The charter school powerhouse uses motivational techniques inspired by America's top corporations, to impressive effect. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
E-School Creates Virtual Education Hub E-schoolz.com links schools, teachers, parents and students in a virtual educational community through access to school- and student-specific information on classes, homework, calendars, newsletters, progress reports, and school and national news... |
InternetNews
July 19, 2010 |
Microsoft Lands Cloud Deal With NYC Schools As it continues efforts to entice large, public-sector organizations to sign up for its expanding portfolio of cloud services, Microsoft lands e-mail partnership with New York City schools. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2003
Wendol & King |
Technology for Charter Schools Too: A Team-Based Training Model Charter schools are a growing phenomenon in education. Because of the overwhelming start-up need to address curriculum, staffing, student recruitment, budget and so forth, technology planning and implementation are often forgotten. |
Science News
May 17, 2003
Janet Raloff |
School Lunches are Struggling to Earn High Marks In the nation's schools, the presence of sweet, high-fat snacks in vending machines and on cafeteria lines are undercutting efforts by those institutions to improve the nutrition of U.S. youngsters. |
ifeminists
November 18, 2003
Rex Curry |
Government Schools and Unconstitutional Searches As an attorney, I believe that government schools should be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment ban of unreasonable searches. The recent police-state raid in Goose Creek, South Carolina is another in the growing list of proofs. |
Inc.
February 2006
Carl Schramm |
Five Universities You Can Do Business With When it comes to technology transfer, smart schools resist the temptation to treat every entrepreneur's new idea like it's the next Google. |
Reason
February 2004
Tim Cavanaugh |
Bad Report Card Does private management of failing public schools make a difference? A recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report looked for a consistent trend, but with little success, as the data the had to work with weren't of high quality. |
InternetNews
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Google Targets Education With New Apps Section Google builds on established partnerships with schools and universities to develop a separate category for education applications in its Apps Marketplace. |
Job Journal
July 29, 2007
Rich Heintz |
Valuable Lessons on Teaching in Private Schools For those considering a career in the classroom, private schools offer teachers an inspirational choice. |
IDB America
May 2002
Paul Constance |
First, help the neediest By targeting assistance to the worst-performing public schools, Chile has helped to narrow the learning gap between rich and poor |
Salon.com
April 5, 2001
Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Green eggs and irradiated ham Could President Bush's short-lived plan for irradiated school burgers bring nutritional salvation? |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Savings Don't Hurt Chances For Financial Aid Clients will be in a far better position and enjoy more college options if they've saved for their child's college education. Here's why. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2004
John Sonnenberg |
Technology Integration: Building Support for Illinois' 'Digital Age Learning' Technology Plan The "Digital Age Learning" five-year state technology plan is the cornerstone of the Illinois State Board of Education's effort to restore momentum to its technology programs and initiatives. |
Reason
December 2005 |
Let a Thousand Choices Bloom Fifty years after Milton Friedman first proposed the idea of education vouchers, school choice proposals come in all shapes and sizes. Here, 12 experts debate the future of American education reform. |
CIO
December 15, 2003
Matt Villano |
Portals to the Future Online college applications are not new. What has changed: Students (and their parents) are now much more comfortable submitting their qualifications online, with almost 60 percent of students applying without paper of any kind. |
Inc.
December 1, 2000
Edward O. Welles |
The ABCs of Profit To hear the head of Nobel Learning Communities tell it, U.S. public education amounts to nothing more than the last unprofessionally managed industry in America. Does that spell opportunity? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000
Chip Goodman |
The Home-School Connection Making the Right Choice for Students, Parents and Schools |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2008
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
President Ed Tech Following a rough ride with the Bush administration, only one candidate offers the policies and vision that can reinvigorate our industry and help our students gain a foothold on the future. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Paul Gullickson |
The Promise and Challenge of a Connected World Who will provide Internet curricula? Who will train teachers to use it?... |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Chuck Sudetic |
Reading, Writing, and Revenue From New York to San Francisco, Edison Schools Inc. has been selling the idea that for-profit management companies can do a better job of teaching kids than public-school districts. But a growing number of educators say the reality doesn't match the hype... |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005
Guy Pfeffermann |
Give Africa's B-Schools A Boost Africa's aid donors can relieve a critical shortage of skilled managers. |
Information Today
August 11, 2015 |
E-rate Program Update The Federal Communications Commission pushed back its Sept. 1 deadline for providing schools funding for wireless and internet upgrades as part of the E-rate program. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Lan Nugen |
Virginia: When Technology Met Accountability Virginia's decision to link the two programs has benefited the state's entire educational system. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Raise Funds as You Shop To help schools address their funding problems in a safe educational environment, the 4Anything Network has developed a new school fundraising program called Net Dollars 4 Schools... |
