Tag: school choice and teachers unions

02/04/2013 | By Ron Matus

Arlene Ackerman, superintendent and school choice supporter, dies at 66

 Sad news: Arlene Ackerman, a big-city superintendent who became a vocal supporter for expanded school choice, died over the weekend. Ackerman headed the school districts in Washington D.C., San Francisco and Philadelphia before retiring in 2011. In her wake, she left a stunning announcement in an op-ed for the Philadelphia... READ MORE
01/24/2013 | by Ron Matus
School voucher mom: ‘This is going to help my children come out of poverty’
The school choice movement is growing because of real parents...
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