Why so some people consider private schools and charter schools notches above public schools?  I have personally known teachers who moved from one setting to the other, so I don't think it's the teachers. When parents support a school and its teachers, the sky is the limit.  I watched over the weekend as my grandson received ...

With plans to start the Utah voucher program this fall, it will be interesting to see how many worm their way into court to put a lid on making vouchers available for all public school students.  Payout for the first year is estimated to be $9.3 for about 3,000 interested in moving from public to private ...

My mother always used to say, ''Open the jar, and the worms will come out.''  This seemed to apply to almost any controversial situation.  Bloggers are having a field day with a ''jar opening'' decision about school vouchers. On cnn.com we learn that Utah lawmakers have okayed vouchers for all students currently ...

See the video posted on dallasnews.com showing a group headed to Austin to participate in a rally for vouchers. Several private school parents said they need public funding so they don't have to skimp on other things to cover education costs. Public school parents at the rally said vouchers could help their children bail ...

Most of us think of private schools when we think of students being separated by sex.  Our thinking might change in the future.  On cnn.com we learn that schools in Milwaukee, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. are giving same sex classes a chance.  More public school systems are looking at separating ...

You can recommend your middle school for a place on the top list of middle schools that is being compiled for The Washington Post Magazine by contacting Jay Mathews at washingtonpost.com and letting him know why you think your school is one of the best.  Although he is mainly focusing on the D.C. area, he is hoping to identify ...

I knew it would happen.  Yet another committee has decided that teachers are the ones to blame when students don't do well.  After all, they can't do anything about the parents or living situations that some of these children might have, so according to dallasnews.com a new report stresses the improvement of ...

An article on washingtonpost.com gives us insight to the history of Montessori Schools.  Started in January 1907, they are ready to celebrate their 100th birthday.  Maria Montessori,  an Italian physician, started her school by allowing students the freedom to approach learning as individuals using a variety of ...

Are magnet schools worth the commute?  An article on washingtonpost.com gives us reasons to believe that they are.    For Jamahl Stokes of Prince William County, the decision to attend the Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology 30 miles away in Fairfax County came down to this quandary.  Suffer more than two ...

An article on dallasmorningnews.com discusses the option (started in the late 1990's) provided by the Public Education Grant program to transfer a child to another school if his or her school is one of the state's lowest performing schools. The Texas Education Agency identified 924 campuses across the state Monday ...