Whose side are you on? NAACP sues charter schools

By ChoiceMedia.TV
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The Story of How the NY NAACP Sued Charter Schools Serving Black Kids
As school choice becomes more integrated into the fabric of American public education, teachers unions have been using a new tactic to fight these reforms: the lawsuit.  And it’s making for strange bedfellows.
The United Federation of Teachers, the New York City [...]

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NY Gov Vows to ‘Put Students First’

ChoiceMedia.TV
In Wednesday’s State of the State address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to make education reform a key priority in 2012. “We must make our schools accountable for the results they achieve and the dollars they spend,” he said.
Cuomo explained how, in his first year as governor, he learned that everyone in public education – [...]

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NY Gov Vows to ‘Put Students First’

ChoiceMedia.TV
In Wednesday’s State of the State address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to make education reform a key priority in 2012. “We must make our schools accountable for the results they achieve and the dollars they spend,” he said.
Cuomo explained how, in his first year as governor, he learned that everyone in public education – [...]

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DOCUMENT: West Virginia Has Worst Funded Teacher Pension Plan in Nation

By Steven Allen Adams 
The West Virginia Teachers’ Retirement System is worst funded pension plan in the nation according to a new study released today by the Manhattan Institute and the Foundation for Educational Choice.
The study, titled “Underfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It’s Worse Than You Think,” estimates that only 31 percent percent of the the [...]

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State of the states? Broke and going broker

By Frank Keegan, Editor of Watchdog.org
Taxpayers, prepare to be extorted and robbed.
If the first two state-of-the-state speeches Wednesday are any indication, we are in for it.
Fiscal mismanagement leaders California and New York opened the hunting season on taxpayers.
Forty three other state legislatures convene soon to deal with the fiscal carnage they wrought through political profligacy [...]

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