Proud to be a private public school parent
There's public, and then there's “public.”
There's public, and then there's “public.”
Sage advice and news tidbits from Andy Smarick
Andy's picks, from Kansas City to CALDER
A new book from Sir Michael Barber, noted British education reformer, describes an effort to improve education in rural Pakistan
A collection of news and announcements
Andy Smarick's pick of the news
Keeping up with education headlines
Andy Smarick's pick of recent education news
The second of two posts on the past, present, and future of urban schooling
Earlier today on WAMU, Washington’s local NPR station, Kojo Nnamdi hosted a fascinating discussion on school boundaries, charter schools, and choice
The first of two posts on the past, present, and future of urban schooling
Many proponents of private school choice take for granted that schools won’t participate if government asks too much of them; but is this assumption justified?
It turns out that private schools are not vehemently opposed to academic accountability (including state testing and reporting requirements), according to a new Fordham report out today
Mike's new book, the Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent's Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools, continues to garner attention
This week, Mike Petrilli was a guest on "What’s the Big Idea?," a podcast hosted by Josh Starr
Options for students, not parents
News pieces from over the weekend that piqued Andy Smarick's interest
Andy Smarick's pick of the news, from PARCC to Zuckerberg
Mike has written a terrific book, and his ideas are always worth pondering. But this one ain’t so great.
Here’s a roundup of recent and forthcoming media attention that Mike Petrilli's new book, the Diverse Schools Dilemma, has garnered.
If Ms. Ravitch herself aimed to be self-critical and honest in the matter of the best interest of students, she would need to examine the public school model that she has, of late, been trumpeting
Guest-blogger Paul Basken's take on the Diverse Schools Dilemma
A picture is worth a thousand words--the bigger the dot, the bigger the charter-school market share
CREDO, a Stanford-based research center, concluded that New Jersey charter schools are among the highest-performing studied to date