Arizona School Voucher Plan Upheld by County Judge

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In Arizona, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Maria del Mar Verdin “upheld a new law giving some parents access to state funds to send their children to private and parochial schools, paving the way to make vouchers available for all of the more than one million children now in public schools.” This is a great step forward for school choice.

Continues the story: “The plan that Verdin upheld is a relatively small program, designed to help only students with special needs, such as children who had been in foster care and those with disabilities. But Sen. Rick Murphy, R-Glendale, conceded that once all the legal hurdles are overcome, he wants the program to become the template for providing the same option for children statewide.”

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Video: Poster Child (By Stuart Shepard)

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Stuart Shepard’s Stoplight video series has become a bit hit around the office. When he releases a video that’s especially profound (and amusing) to us, we’ve taken to posting it on our blog. Mr. Shepard’s most recent video called “Poster Child” is no exception. Watch it above to find out what a California school teacher was ordered to remove from the classroom.

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Lessons in Leadership: Noah Webster

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Today, Noah Webster (1758 – 1843) may be among the least-known early Americans, but many of those familiar with him believe him to be one of the fathers of education in this country.

If you haven’t already guessed it, Noah Webster is the same man whose name is printed on the cover of the dictionary; he wrote it, and spent many long hours—and a great deal of his money—researching the etymology, uses, and definitions of each word in it. Webster’s work on the dictionary is extensive enough as it is, but he also worked a great deal toward improving childhood education in early America, and for that reason we look to him for this week’s Lessons in Leadership.

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