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  New York Archdiocese to Close 24 Schools By SHARON OTTERMAN Published: January 22, 2013   Repost on January, 28, 2013 The New York Roman Catholic Archdiocese announced Tuesday that it would close 22 elementary schools and 2 high schools, saying it could no longer afford to spend millions...

A Pioneer of Home Schooling Looks to Its Technological Future   By MARK OPPENHEIMER Published: January 18, 2013 Back in 1993, when Mary Pride...

Failing Public Schools: Should They Learn From Thriving Charters? Courtesy of Takepart.com – Sat, Nov 10, 2012 What makes a charter school succeed...

October 26, 2012 Repost November 3,2012 California now has more than 1,000 charter schools Enrollment in California’s charter schools increased...

Judge allows Texas cheerleaders to use “Bible banners” for now By Jim Forsyth | Reuters – 13 hrs agoEmailShare0PrintSAN ANTONIO (Reuters)...

Online schools enroll thousands of Ohio students By Patrick O’Donnell, The Plain Dealer on September 30, 2012 at  8:00 AM, updated October...

Ryan supports prayer in schools if states  agree STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES, Associated  Press                  Updated 2:03 p.m., PROVO, Utah (AP) — Republican  vice presidential nominee Paul  Ryan said Wednesday that he supports prayer in public schools. The Wisconsin congressman  addressed the issue during a brief...

Catholic schools have been bleeding enrollment and money for years, and many have been forced to close. But some, like St. Stephen of Hungary, on the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The high cost  of educating students with special needs is disproportionately falling on  traditional public schools as other...

August 17, 2012 By Martha Woodall A Philadelphia charter-school mogul and four of her administrators defrauded three taxpayer-funded schools of more than $6.5 million, according to a federal indictment announced Tuesday. The indictment, detailed by U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger in Philadelphia, also outlines how Dorothy June Hairston Brown allegedly attempted to...