Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Charter Schools, Choice, Education, Heritage Foundation, National Charter Schools Week, School Choice, School Vouchers, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
It’s National Charter Schools Week! Who knew? Well, the Heritage Foundation did of course.
School Choice is an issue still on my radar as you can see when I added this book to my GoodReads to-read list this weekend. (Hello, nerd? I read this stuff for fun you know.) I did my Senior Comprehensive Project at Allegheny on The Constitutionality of School Choice Programs. (Loved it! Got Honors! 5 years later, the Supreme Court agreed with my brilliant conclusion in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris.) And my law school seminar paper focused on school voucher legislation and public policy development. Oh and just in case you were wondering, the college thesis (100+pages) was much more work than the law school seminar paper (20+ pages.)
Anyhow… here are some “great resources for parents, lawmakers, and others who follow charter school issues” from the Center for Education Reform. You know to browse at your leisure. 
Like I will next week.
1. CER has published a review of the charter school laws in the 40 states and the District of Columbia.
2. CER has released both a map and a chart showing which states do the best job of equalizing the per-pupil funding received by charter schools and traditional public schools.
3. CER has published a new survey of public attitudes toward charter schools.
4. CER has just released a database of charter schools around the country. Powered by Google Maps, the database allows parents anywhere to search for a charter school in their area.
Go here for the full listing of charter schools in Western and Central New York
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