The Center for Public Integrity Less than a month before a school board race in Douglas County, Colo., the Koch-funded nonprofit Americans for Prosperity said it spent $350,000 on ads backing a conservative slate of candidates. Yet no public records exist of the spending. Read the story here.
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Do senators fear the Internet?
The Center for Public Integrity Despite millions in potential cost savings to taxpayers, the U.S. Senate has still yet to pass a requirement that it file campaign finance reports electronically. By Friday, presidential candidates, House candidates, political action committees and super PACs must file their fourth-quarter financial reports with the Federal Election Commission electronically. Senate…
Continue ReadingKoch-backed group gives big to Cuccinelli in Virginia
The Center for Public Integrity Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has raked in millions from out-of-state donors while at the same time hammering Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe for doing the same, campaign finance records show. Cuccinelli has received $8.1 million — more than 40 percent of funds raised by his campaign since Jan. 1…
Continue ReadingThe Chosen Charter
Washington City Paper At Sela, whose name is Hebrew for rock or foundation, school days will alternate between Hebrew and English. In math, for example, students will learn how to add and subtract in English one day, and the next day they’ll pick up where they left off in Hebrew. Language immersion programs aren’t new…
Continue ReadingMaya Angelou charter school wipes out zeros for students
A student at Maya Angelou Public Charter School can fail to complete any assignment or even not show up at school and still get a 40 percent for the quarter under a new grading policy. Read the story here.
Continue ReadingStudent applicants swamp District’s charter schools
As the city’s public charter school grow more popular, the difficulty of securing a spot in top-performing schools has become exasperating for parents.
Continue ReadingSchool Without Walls principal tries to hire wife
The principal of one of Washington’s highest-performing high schools agreed to also oversee a struggling elementary and middle school on the condition that he be allowed to hire his wife.
Continue ReadingD.C. school closings push parents to charter schools
D.C. Public Schools’ proposal to close 20 schools at the end of the academic year has parents looking at charter schools.
Continue ReadingFear of firearm ban spurs gun sales
Just two weeks after 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., firearm merchants reported unusually high sales of guns similar to the one Lanza used. Gun enthusiasts were stocking up, worried that Congress would soon ban the popular AR-15 rifles.
Continue ReadingReport: Maryland districts among most spread out in U.S.
Four of Maryland’s recently redrawn congressional districts are among the 25 least-compact congressional districts in the country.
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