07.01.14 AFC Daily News Clips – morning edition

Good morning:

Filing today’s update from the National Charter School Conference. Yesterday, Kevin P. Chavous lead a panel titled, “Raising the Roots” which featured Ken Campbell from BAEO and Steven Michael Quezada, who played DEA agent Steve Gomez on Breaking Bad. Quezada also serves on the Albuquerque school board and is a charter school advocate.
Have a great first day of July!
Matt
 

Tweet of the morning:

Awesome session with @kevinpchavous and @SchoolChoiceNow at #NCSC14
— Jessica Cohen (@JessCohen18) June 30, 2014

School Choice News

Education Next: California’s districts of choice http://bit.ly/1m5t3hh
NUVO: 16 million reasons to hope vouchers work http://bit.ly/1nZkgL5
WTMV: Georgia Public School Choice Option (House Bill 251) http://bit.ly/TzGc6Z

Charter School News

The Boston Globe: Poll finds hunger for more charter schools http://bit.ly/1mgRJFc
EdWeek: Officials: Kansas City Charter school improving http://bit.ly/1pGOfOG
Detroit Free Press: Where students soar even without textbooks http://on.freep.com/1okypFF

Education Reform News

The Times-Picayune: Changing from Common Core would cost $25.2 million over five year, superintendent says http://bit.ly/1pSoqqH
Redefined: K12 Inc. anxiously awaits FL grade http://bit.ly/1okyBog
Aiken Standard: Column: The politics of education http://bit.ly/1vrQgvi

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