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Virtual Schooling Faces Pushback

April 12, 2013 vspatz

Virtual charter schools — schools which provide education entirely or primarily on-line — are facing increasing challenges around the country. Listen to this story and

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Vouchers: Empowerment or Diversion?

April 4, 2013 vspatz

“Opportunity Scholarship” programs, otherwise known as private school vouchers, have become a complex battleground. An opportunity scholarship proposal in Tennessee was withdrawn yesterday, for example,

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School-to-Prison Pipeline: ACLU-NCA on The Education Town Hall

March 29, 2013 vspatz

In-studio guest: Seema Sadanandan, organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union-National Capital Area on countering the school-to-prison pipeline

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K12 Settles Lawsuit, “DC Flex Was Denied”

March 7, 2013 vspatz

A court case involving the for-profit education company K12 is closer to an end this week. “Today, K12 Inc. was pleased to announce the resolution

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DC Council: We Expect You to Ask the Chancellor

January 17, 2013 vspatz

Education Town Hall Participants Want to Know Citizens want Councilmembers to demand answers from the Chancellor, when she shares her “final consolidation” plan with the

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