Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Hope and Failure in America's Schools, Part One

Hope and Failure in America's Schools, Part One

. . . Three-quarters of the way through the 2009-2010 school year, schools are very much in the news, both in the good news category and the not so good.

Today, from the Good News Department offering hope for the future:

Virginia Senate Votes to Expand Charter Schools: Much to the chagrin of the National Education Association, President Obama recently endorsed the idea of charter schools as a way of improving and reforming education. The new Republican governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, favors charters as well and now Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Senate is on record as supporting their expansion following approval by the Republican-controlled House of Delegates. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1557)

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