02.25.14 Daily News Clips - afternoon edition

Tweet of the afternoon

‪@PEFNC: While NC scholarships are on hold, Florida lawmakers are working to expand scholarship program ‪http://ow.ly/tYSFG  ‪#schoolchoice

American Federation for Children

Nonprofit Quarterly: AZ Chief of Public Schools Plumps for Private School Vouchers

http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23736-az-chief-of-public-schools-plumps-for-private-school-vouchers.html

Vouchers – Mississippi

Clarion Ledger: Special-needs parents want voucher bill to pass

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140225/NEWS/302250047/Special-needs-parents-want-voucher-bill-pass

Vouchers – North Carolina

Associated Press: School voucher program put on hold

http://www.hpe.com/news/x112097296/School-voucher-program-put-on-hold

School Choice

CATO: Pounding the Table, Not the Facts, on School Choice

http://www.cato.org/blog/pounding-table-not-facts-school-choice

Town Hall: School Choice is the Only Choice for a Better Education

http://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2014/02/25/school-choice-is-the-only-choice-for-a-better-education-n1800001

Charter Schools

The Tennessean: Multiple charter school proposals clash with new MNPS guidelines

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140224/NEWS04/302240092/Multiple-charter-school-proposals-clash-new-MNPS-guidelines

Penn State: Probing Question: Do cyber charter schools help or hurt the educational system?

http://news.psu.edu/story/305458/2014/02/25/research/probing-question-do-cyber-charter-schools-help-or-hurt-educational