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First bell: 10-24-12

Tyson Eberhardt
10.24.2012

Fordham's latest

"When private schools and common standards collide," by Adam Emerson, Choice Words

Here's a quick look at today's most important education news:

Florida Governor Rick Scott wants to hold education spending at its current level but expand the number of charter schools in the Sunshine State. (McClatchy News Service)

Ohio’s state auditor found no evidence of student-data “scrubbing” by school districts reviewed in a second round of auditing, according to a report released yesterday. (Columbus Dispatch)

The Associated Press analyzes why the presidential race matters for education.

Idaho awarded Hewlett-Packard a $180 million contract to provide laptops to the state’s high school students and teachers. (AP)

The number of states and districts requiring that students take online courses in order to graduate is on the rise. (US News & World Report)

The Miami-Dade County schools won this year’s Broad Prize for Urban Education. (Education Week—District Dossier)

Tags: Idaho Miami-Dade County Rick Scott

Tyson Eberhardt is online editor and external relations manager at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. A 2008 graduate of Princeton University, Tyson completed the university’s Teacher Preparation Program as a student-teacher in Trenton, New Jersey. Tyson received a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in 2010, focusing his studies on variance among charter schools. Tyson…

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