LFC Daily News Clips | February 17, 2016

Good Morning

A school choice victory in Oklahoma – as the the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld the state’s special needs voucher program, the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program, which has been serving special needs students since 2010. http://bit.ly/1omplV7

Enjoy your day! – Paul

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American Federation for Children

Oklahoma State Supreme Court sides with special needs students, upholds constitutionality of state special needs voucher program http://bit.ly/1omplV7

School Choice

CATO.org: Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds School Choice http://bit.ly/1TnGvgN

Education Week: In Districts With Lots of Choice, Simplifying Enrollment Is Not So Easy http://bit.ly/249VQ9T

The Journal Gazette: Data show students benefit from choice http://bit.ly/1mFOtVy

Charter Schools

The Advocate: New Orleans charter school groups to hire outside testing monitors, amid Landry-Walker test cheating scandal http://bit.ly/1RMMdJj

Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: New Orleans schools tighten test security amid investigations http://bit.ly/1Wrio06

Education Reform

HoumaToday.com: School officials, teachers lobby state lawmakers for education money http://bit.ly/1opCq0p

The Advocate: John Bel Edwards says Louisiana school aid should remain at current levels http://bit.ly/1VmQBhd

The New Orleans Advocate: Our Views: Mixed report on master plan for Orleans schools http://bit.ly/1Og3mEy

The News Star: Union Parish Schools have 10 audit findings http://tnsne.ws/1LtnByy