The Illinois Policy Institute has made great strides this past year in embracing the internet and the opportunities it offers for reaching wider audiences. Their Tweet Illinois project has brought greater transparency to legislators within the state, and this recent video, which discusses the impact charter schools have on students is beautifully done, and very [...]

Classes in D.C. public schools start Monday, but yesterday about 70 parents, children and activists gathered  in front of the U.S. Department of Education to encourage Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to award vouchers to help the students pay for private school.
According to a Washington Times article, the 216 students, who were offered vouchers worth [...]

The very dedicated (and photogenic) Parth Shah of the Centre for Civil Society in New Delhi is getting some much deserved press ink for his tireless work on behalf of India’s disadvantaged. His recent work to extend education to the poor was written up in Forbes India, complete with a two-page picture.
The work of Parth [...]

Here is a rundown of news items from friends of Atlas around the world:

Individualland in Pakistan will begin a weekly radio series on  several stations throughout Pakistan, on the topic of Freedom of Information. If you’d like to listen to the episodes they will be available online at individualland.com
This evening Executive Director of PERC, [...]

Last September, Pacific Research Institute’s (PRI) Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, Lance Izumi, was contacted by The New York Times to write a series of blogs on the education platforms of the presidential candidates. After the election, Lance discussed with  his editor at the Times PRI’s upcoming documentary film, Not as Good as You [...]

The Board of Directors of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice have unanimously named Robert Enlow president and CEO of the Foundation. Enlow currently serves as the Foundation’s executive director and chief operating officer and will succeed Gordon St. Angelo as president effective January 1, 2009. St. Angelo, has served as president and CEO since [...]

National Review Online features an interview with Jeb Bush, conducted by The Heritage Foundation’s Dan Lips. Bush talks about the education reforms implemented during his tenure as governor of Florida, and the founding of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, which he launched upon leaving office in 2007. Bush also‚ citesresearch by the Goldwater Institute‚ [...]

Today, the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) in Nigeria had an impressive roundtable discussion on education. The title of the discussion was Qualitative Education: Lessons from India. Thompson Ayodele, Executive Director of IPPA, expressed gratitude to Dr. Parth Shah of Center for Civil Society, India, who was the key speaker. As we mentioned earlier, [...]

The Centre for Civil Society of New Delhi, India, attracted 85 participants to an evening event in New York City to talk about its school choice campaign in India.

Washington DC’s School Choice program is in danger of being shut down. Todays Washington Post has a good editorial taking to task Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton: “While proclaiming a desire to protect children, she is seeking to eliminate a program that benefits them and that is valued by their parents.”
I hope that [...]