Celebrating National Charter Schools Week: Village Preparatory School :: Woodland Hills Campus adds a new school leader
Miles Caunin, J.D.Village Preparatory School: Woodland Hills Campus (VPWH) is located in the Kinsman-Woodland Hills area of Cleveland and serves about 300 students in grades K–3. VPWH is a part of the incredibly successful Breakthrough Schools network.
Celebrating National Charter Schools Week: KIPP Columbus boosting the academic success of needy kids
Aaron ChurchillColumbus is the proud home to the Buckeye State’s lone KIPP charter school.
Celebrating National Charter Schools Week: Growth is in the works at Phoenix Community Learning Center
Miles Caunin, J.D.Phoenix Community Learning Center is in the midst of a structural renaissance. The school, Fordham’s only sponsored school in Cincinnati, has plans to expand their current school building, which would eventually add three classrooms and a media center.
Celebrating National Charter Schools Week: Sciotoville Elementary Academy
Kathryn Mullen Upton, Jeff MurrayAs noted in our intro blog to this week’s series on National Charter Schools Week, no two charter schools are alike. An excellent case in point is the two charter schools that Fordham sponsors in the Southern Ohio town of Sciotoville.
Fordham celebrates National Charter Schools Week
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayPresident Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation naming May 4 through May 10 “National Charter Schools Week.” This reflects the growing bipartisan support enjoyed by charter schools across the nation.
The 'Year of School Choice' bears fruit
Chad L. AldisThe Wall Street Journal dubbed 2011 “The Year of School Choice” after more than a dozen states enacted school-choice legislation that spring.
Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands
Brandon L. WrightHigher-quality products justify greater investments. Full stop. Unfortunately, when it comes to charter schools, states almost universally reject this logic.
An unprecedented and welcome step for ODE
Jeff MurrayAdditional scrutiny reveals weakness in some sponsors' processes.
Charter paean disguised as a donors’ guide
The Philanthropy Roundtable recently released an exceptional publication produced by an exceptional author.
The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar
Juliet SquireIn recent years, policymakers and reform advocates have viewed State Education Agencies (SEAs) as the lead organizations for implementing sweeping reforms and initiatives in K–12 education—everything from Race to the Top grants and federal waivers to teacher-evaluation systems and online schools.
Next for Neerav, NSNO, and NOLA
Today, New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO) announced that longtime CEO Neerav Kingsland will transition out of the organization this summer.
From Promising to Proven: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Expanding on the Success of Charter Schools
Aaron ChurchillFor two decades, path-breaking philanthropies have propelled the growth of charter schools. Today, more than 2.5 million American children attend a charter school, and research has shown that, done well, charters can produce impressive academic results.
Does School Board Leadership Matter?
Arnold F. Shober, Michael T. HartneyAre the nation’s 90,000-plus school board members critical players in enhancing student learning? Are they part of the problem? Are they harmless bystanders? Among the takeaways are the following:
The outer limits of school choice
Jeff MurrayWhen we talk about educational choice on these pages, we are mostly speaking of charters, vouchers, digital learning, and the like. But in Fordham’s home state of Ohio, educational choice encompasses several other options, of which many families regularly avail themselves. Two of those “outer-limits” options have been in the news recently.
E-schools drive Ohio’s charter-school growth
Aaron ChurchillOnline charter schools have been the primary driver of sector growth; with a number of implications
The Effect of Co-Locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools
New York mayor Bill de Blasio has made clear his aversion toward charter schools, singling out in particular his predecessor’s policy of allowing charter schools to co-locate with the city’
The de Blasio paradox: Private money and public schools
By now, education observers are aware of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s incursion on the Big Apple’s charter sector.
One Million Lives, Year One
Aaron ChurchillThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has emerged as one of the nation’s staunchest proponents of charter-school quality.
A school choice proposal with legs…in New York State?
Michael BrickmanAs legislative sessions across the country continue to wind down, it's worth keeping tabs on some of the big private-school-choice proposals still under consideration.
Missouri Charter Schools and Teacher Pension Plans: How Well Do Existing Pension Plans Serve Charter and Urban Teachers?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.How well do existing pension plans serve charter and urban teachers? The unsurprising answer: not well. At all. Economist Cory Koedel and his colleagues study teacher-pension plans in Missouri, which has three teacher pension plans—Kansas City Public Schools (which covers 3 percent of Missouri teachers), the Public School Retirement System for the City of St.
A chance for Mississippi to get out of the educational basement
Michael BrickmanWhich state ranks last of the fifty in fourth-grade math on the NAEP, last in eighth-grade r
School choice keeps families in the city
Jeff MurraySchool choice marketplace in one Columbus neighborhood, all in the name of urban stability.
A new campus for KIPP
Theda SampsonFantastic things are happening for students in central Ohio's KIPP school.
Groundhog Day: The only thing missing is Bill Murray
Chad L. AldisRepeated failures of charter schools around Ohio seem endless; some hope may be around the corner.
School choice keeps families in the city
Jeff MurraySchool choice marketplace in one Columbus neighborhood, all in the name of urban stability.
Universal enrollment and the potential for a perfect school-choice marketplace
Jeff MurrayCharter High Schools’ Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings
Andrew McDonnellIn the midst of short-term and mostly small-scale snapshots measuring charter quality, this new Mathematica study brings a more panoramic portrait. Using longitudinal data, the authors sought to determine whether charter-school enrollment is indeed related to student success.