06.26.2015 AFC Daily News Clips – morning edition

Good morning:

Paul Dauphin, communications director for the Louisiana Federation for Children has a new blog posted, “10 years after Katrina: Louisiana’s landscape of school choice.” And, CBS Miami did featured a student and mother talking about the game changing impact of Florida’s Step Up for Students program.
Have a great Friday!
Matt

School Choice Tweet of the morning:​

ESAs in NV could help “kids who do not fit the one size fits all characteristic of gov’t run edu.” http://t.co/JRaWgFLeHH #SchoolChoice

— Adam Peshek (@AdamPeshek) June 25, 2015

American Federation for Children:

10 years after Katrina: Louisiana’s landscape of school choice http://bit.ly/1HjxGkC

​School Choice News:

CBS Miami: Focus On South Florida: Step Up For Students http://cbsloc.al/1KfBPF5
Sierra Sun: Jim Clark: What to make of education savings accounts http://bit.ly/1HkrU0m
Huffington Post: Every Parent Deserves School Choice http://huff.to/1LxiDEG
News & Observer: NC legislative leaders seek release of voucher funds for coming school year without NC Supreme Court ruling http://bit.ly/1GtUvwa
The Hill: An educational reform Republican candidates should support http://bit.ly/1Gx0vEz
Weld: MyView: Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund is a game changer http://bit.ly/1NiBotb
Watchdog: Governments at every level should encourage school choice for pre-school http://bit.ly/1GwMtmm

Charter School News:

Seattle Times: Charter-school panel learns lesson from troubles at First Place http://bit.ly/1BEsnty
Second Wave: Nature-based charter school to debut in Kalamazoo in 2016 http://bit.ly/1CwG4G4
Star Gazette: Still no lease for charter school, but hope looms http://stargaz.tt/1RA8B4p
MLive: Charter school offering hope to dropouts and at-risk youth graduates 32 http://bit.ly/1JmhlMz
Columbus Dispatch: Senate adds on to House’s reforms of Ohio charter schools http://bit.ly/1IhzYzK
Providence Journal: R.I. charter school bill in limbo http://bit.ly/1SPNUnI
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Gwinnett denies charter school bids http://on-ajc.com/1NlzDfg
Providence Journal: R.I. charter schools are too expensive http://bit.ly/1LtQEF7
South County Spotlight: Charter school to serve high-schoolers http://bit.ly/1Kh7zLB

Education Reform News:

TVNewser: Campbell Brown Vows to Take On ‘Everybody. The Entire Education Establishment’ http://bit.ly/1J9IP54
Education Week: Survey: Student Success Calls for More Than Academic Skills http://bit.ly/1KdvH02
Chalkbeat Indiana: Idea of one enrollment system for IPS, charters gaining traction http://bit.ly/1e6d8ib
Chalkbeat Tennessee: Decline in reading scores a dark spot in otherwise sunny test score trends http://bit.ly/1NiB25D
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Early childhood education is good for everyone http://bit.ly/1GNncqd