School Vouchers News

In 1998, when 71 percent of Florida voters endorsed a constitutional amendment to make it a 'paramount duty' of the state to provide quality education to students in our public schools, it was anticipated that several years might pass before this well-intended concept had enough meat on its bones to be enforceable.

MEMBER of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern Tarn Peralto has introduced a computer-based programme in three schools to foster literacy among the 1,200 children in his constituency.

If states truly want to improve their education systems, they need to do away with the rules, regulations, and bureaucracies that stymie innovation.

Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie reiterated many of the themes of his campaign in an appearance at a suburban New Jersey high school yesterday, and offered glimpses of his personal life at the end of the campaign trail.

Amid this recession, families across New Jersey are struggling to keep up with basic needs, including securing the education of our children, yet the state chooses not to do all it can to assist private education in this crucial endeavor.

TUESDAY'S Christie victory can be traced back to former Gov. Tom Kean Sr. When Kean was still a state assemblyman he spoke at a high school in Livingston.

David Paterson is the fourth African American and only the second legally blind governor in U.S. history.

Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, basking in praise from Republicans who hailed him as the party's new star, said Wednesday that he would move quickly to suspend new regulations on business and find ways to lower crushing property taxes, the nation's highest.

The Republican Party has to move from a pro-business strategy that defends the interests of existing companies to a pro- market strategy that fosters open competition and freedom of entry.

The long, brilliant, troubled and controversial career of Hamilton's Michael A. Fox can only be called a case study in contradictions.

This story was filed on April, 1, 2009, as Michael Fox formally retired as director of Butler County Children Services.

Barry Funt is one of the Republican candidates for State Assembly in District 27, which has voted Democratic in four straight elections Three long-shot Assembly candidates today accused Gov.

The Salem County Branch of the NAACP will meet here Monday evening. The regular monthly meeting will be held 7 p.m. at Mt.

We'd really rather just not think about it , John Derbyshire says, referring to racial inequality: Fifty years ago it all seemed cut and dried.

A growing body of evidence indicates that much of the tremendous growth in special-education programs across the United States is the result of financial and other incentives, rather than a true increase in disabilities, say Marcus A. Winters and Jay P. Green, both senior fellows with the Manhattan Institute.

The District of Columbia's embattled school-voucher program, which lawmakers appeared to have killed earlier this year, looks like it could still survive.

On the morning of September 8 school choice advocates and education leaders gathered in front of the U.S. Department of Education building in an act of civil disobedience to show support for the endangered DC Opportunity Scholarship Program.

One of the strongest arguments against private school vouchers was that public money shouldn't fund private choices, particularly when public charter schools offer school choice within the government education system.

It's disappointing to see that Louisiana's voucher program is already being threatened with elimination after only one full school year .

Parents, teachers, and students vs. President Obama, Congressional Democrats, and teachers unions, in a fight over providing vouchers to students in the DC public schools so that they can go to a decent school and have a chance at an education.