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1) Public good and private profit By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Research firm examines charter school operator.</span>
Published: April, 2010

2) Activist discusses unionizing charter schools By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">A Chicago community organizer who is leading a movement to unionize teachers in charter schools last week told a Cleveland audience that support and professional development for teachers is lacking.</span></p>
Published: September, 2009

3) Study finds preschool students in charters, magnet schools outperform those in district schools By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Children entering kindergarten in charter and magnet schools in Ohio's big cities appear to be better prepared to begin school than students in regular district schools, a study by Policy Matters Ohio shows.</span>
Published: September, 2009

4) Dayton educator wins $50k prize for urban innovation By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Ann Higdon, founder and president of ISUS Inc., a Dayton charter school operation, has received the prestigious Purpose Prize, a national award given to for social innovators over the age of 60.</span>
Published: September, 2009

8) Battle over school choice escalates By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland fired another shot in the long-running battle over school choice with his first two-year budget in March. It would have put a moratorium on new charter schools, barred for-profit companies from operating schools and eliminated a school voucher program for children in low-performing schools around the state. But Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives responded by stripping those items from the budget bill they passed in April.
Published: June, 2007

10) Sponsors seek to improve school-governing bodies By: Stephanie Klupinski See More Stories by this author.
In recent months, the independent, nonprofit boards that govern Ohio charter schools have received much attention from both state lawmakers and school sponsors.
Published: June, 2007

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