01.27.14 Daily News Clips - afternoon edition

Tweet of the afternoon

‪@LisaLeslie: Good morning, I can't wait to speak this week ‪@GOPLeader "Put Kids First" celebration, Jan. 29 at Friendship Chamberlain ‪#SCW ‪#AFC

Vouchers – Indiana

The Journal Gazette: Nearly 20,000 got private-school vouchers

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140127/LOCAL06/140129350

Vouchers – Tennessee

Associated Press: Opposing sides to vouchers speak out as lawmakers, governor work on compromise legislation

http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/56fc5baa8d044cf790510fba8e877eb9/TN--School-Vouchers

School Choice

Townhall: School Choice: A Powerful Lever to Increase the Quality of Education

http://townhall.com/video/aei-n1785371

Reason: Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Rally for School Choice

http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/01/27/sen-ted-cruz-and-rep-sheila-jackson-lee

Red Alert Politics: School choice: A war on poverty worth fighting

http://redalertpolitics.com/2014/01/27/school-choice-a-war-on-poverty-worth-fighting/

The Foundry: Is Your Child in the Right School?

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/27/child-right-school/

Education Reform

The Atlantic: Obama's Empty Rhetoric on Education

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/obamas-empty-rhetoric-on-education/283292/

The Huffington Post: Poverty and the Education Opportunity Gap: Will the SOTU Step Up?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-welner/poverty-and-the-education-sotu_b_4665211.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

Charter Schools

Clarion Ledger: MS charter school letters of intent detail initial plans for operations (Download letters)

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140127/NEWS/301270029/MS-charter-school-letters-intent-detail-initial-plans-operations-Download-letters-