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Comment on Charter School Interest Grows Despite Barrier by Charter School Expansion May Be Propelled by Race to the Top | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:25:49 +0000

[...] like to charter so that parents of all income levels could have a chance to attend. One private French language immersion school in Columbia testified last legislative session for expansion so that they could change to a charter [...]

Comment on Open Enrollment Would Help Special Needs Students by Open Enrollment Top Reform Issue as Legislature Returns | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:18:18 +0000

[...] Children’s Education Alliance has previously discussed how open enrollment can benefit special needs students. In addition to being able to move their child to a district with better services, the parent would [...]

Comment on US Supreme Court IDEA Decision a Landmark Win for Special Needs Students by Options Lacking for Parents of Special Needs Students | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:37 +0000

[...] when their assigned local districts are not educating their children. Districts should look at this recent United Supreme Court case as evidence that the law gives parents great powers when seeking the appropriate education for [...]

Comment on Reforms Kids Need Most by Options Lacking for Parents of Special Needs Students | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:10 +0000

[...] they quickly find that it is very difficult to move their child. In St. Louis and Kansas City, public charter schools may be one option. Unfortunately, there are no charter schools that focus only on special needs. [...]

Comment on Open Enrollment Would Help Special Needs Students by Options Lacking for Parents of Special Needs Students | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:14:03 +0000

[...] Parents who call our office usually know that the law requires a free, appropriate public education to be afforded to their child. Therefore, they ask “can’t I just transfer my child to another district with better services?” The answer is unfortunately “no.” This ideal is called open enrollment and Missouri has yet to join the 40 other states in the country who have some form of open enrollment. Open enrollment simply allows parents to transfer their child to a school outside of their assigned district if the receiving district has room. For more on open enrollment, check out our previous post on how open enrollment would help special needs students. [...]

Comment on Why Missouri Should Care About D.C. Scholarship Cuts by Rallies Continue to Save DC Opportunity Scholarship Program | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:16:23 +0000

[...] CEAM has previously blogged about why Missouri should care about this fight in Washington, D.C. and the benefits of the program to the students. This program, and other efforts in Washington, D.C., has been the epicenter of the education reform and school choice movement in recent history. [...]

Comment on Bipartisan Effort to Save School Choice Underway in Washington, DC by Why Missouri should care about D.C. Scholarship cuts | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:22:35 +0000

[...] may seem like a far-off problem: students in Washington D.C. public schools losing scholarship funds seems like small potatoes when Missouri has enough education challenges to concern itself with. But [...]

Comment on School Districts Must Rethink Funding and Resources by Adequacy Trial Ruling Ushers in New Era of Responsibility for Missouri School Districts | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:00:34 +0000

[...] The ruling sends a loud message to school districts in the state, and across the country, to rethink their funding and resources. In ruling against the suing school districts the Missouri Supreme Court stated that the [...]

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Comment on Charter School Interest Grows Despite Barrier by As Starting Gun Sounds, Is Missouri Ready to Run the Race to the Top? | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:38:09 +0000

[...] Furthermore, the state has imposed geographic caps on charter public schools, considered an “artificial cap,” which Secretary Duncan has spoken negatively about. Present legislation authorizing charter public schools limits them to the St. Louis and Kansas City Public School Districts. This is despite the fact that some districts, like Riverview Gardens, near these two districts are failing and unaccredited or provisionally accredited. Residents in other Missouri cities, like Columbia, in the state are also calling for charter public … [...]

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