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05.05.2009 6:47 am

Charter schools in Chicago, New York better serving disadvantaged students, Hoxby says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stanford University Professor Caroline Hoxby is speaking at St. Louis University tonight about her research comparing charter school students to district students in New York and Chicago.

Her talk will focus on what she’s learned from her study of over 100 schools…

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04.16.2009 12:53 pm

Groups still pressuring St. Louis Public to lift deed restrictions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Several area groups are still pressuring the St. Louis Public board to allow charter schools to buy their former school buildings.

Here’s yet another video from the Children’s Education Council of Missouri, a group supported at…

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04.01.2009 11:52 am

Sinquefield, Schock sue St. Louis Public Schools to lift building sales deed restrictions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Missouri millionaire and a local attorney have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to force St. Louis Public School leaders to sell closed city school buildings to charter schools.

Millionaire Rex Sinquefield and attorney W. Bevis Schock, both school reform…

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01.20.2009 2:45 pm

Charter school video start of school-choice movement this year?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The school-choice engine is already warming up this year.

In just one of many indicators to come, please see Exhibit A: this new video from The Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri.

The Alliance is run by Laura…

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10.01.2008 3:45 pm

Sinquefield praises Mayor Slay’s “commitment” to charter schools, gives $100K to his campaign

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rex Sinquefield, the conservative activist who promotes school choice and seeks an end to Missouri’s income tax, has given $100,000 to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay’s re-election campaign.

Technically, the money comes from the “Public Charter Schools of MO - East,”…

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