Last year, the Ohio Legislature set high standards for charter school authorizers and broadened the Department of Education's ability to take necessary steps toward eliminating mismanaged and failing schools. The Columbus Dispatch writes in this editorial that Ohio children now need Governor Strickland to ensure that these accountability measures are given a chance to work without placing a moratorium or other limitation on the growth of high-quality charter schools.

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TX: One way to save San Antonio's private Catholic schools facing lower enrollment or financial difficulty from closing is to convert them into public charter schools. Express News reporter Eva Ruth Moravec writes that while the decision to remove religion from the school can be difficult, similar conversions have already been successful in other parts of the state here.

MA: Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton is the state's first charter school to take on negotiations with the American Federation of Teachers. James Vaznis of the Boston Globe writes that these negotiations could promote stability in the school, but could also compromise the freedoms inherent to the charter school model if not handled carefully here.

IL: Rockford's local CBS news station, WFIR, has featured Chicago International Charter School in their four part series on how to choose a charter school. Watch the latest clip by Alice Barr here.