Topics :: charter schools

• Teachers' union criticizes Obama on schools stance

  WRIC 8 News | 08/22/2009 03:05 pm

  The National Education Association pointedly criticized the Obama administration, saying the president is relying too heavily on charter schools and standardized tests in his attempt to overhaul the nation's schools.

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• Are charters schools a price of entry to reform?

  WRIC 8 News | 08/17/2009 06:45 pm

  Eleven states have said no to charter schools, one of the education reforms President Barack Obama backs. They may soon be paying a penalty for that choice.

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• McDonnell pushes charter schools; Moran attacks rivals

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 06/05/2009 01:10 am

  Republican Bob McDonnell talked schools. Democrats who want to take him for governor talked about each other. While McDonnell backed independently run public schools called charter schools, today the Democratic ...

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• School Board Soapbox

  richmond.com | 07/15/2008 12:13 pm

  There are nine spots on the Richmond School Board . Yet 18 people , not including the write-in candidates, are seeking those seats.   On Tuesday night, all but two ...

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• Agree to Disagree

  richmond.com | 05/28/2008 05:06 pm

  Norman Leahy In spite of an organized, if not exactly coherent and sometimes deeply bizarre, opposition, the Patrick Henry charter school won tentative approval from the Richmond school board.   ...

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• Did You Know?

  richmond.com | 04/09/2008 12:33 pm

  Did you know that every Monday on Richmond.com we have a feature called "20 Questions"? In the past month or so, we've occasionally changed the format to feature 20 different ...

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