?My students have just as much potential as every other student in the country, regardless of what ZIP code they were born into, regardless of what social-economic level they were born into'' *
?Megan Zor, Co-founder of Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
?Despite successes, charter school takeovers draw protests,? (CNN)
$650 mil
Amount that would be cut by the House GOP overall spending bill from the USDA & FDA budgets for healthier school lunches
?GOP Questions Federal Rules on Healthier School Lunches,? The Associated Press
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute