By ANDREA EGER The co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program called Tulsa and Oklahoma City "fertile ground" for expanding its national network of public schools of choice, which already includes one site in each city.

By Ericka Mellon, Houston Chronicle Jul. 26--Tori Dugar, a veteran elementary school teacher, recalls parents routinely asking when she would ascend into the principal's office. Maybe one day, she would say, but she was having fun in the classroom.

By Jennifer Radcliffe and Ericka Mellon, Houston Chronicle Mar.