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Commentary
10.22.2020
Charter Schools, Governance

How charter supporters can win over Joe Biden

Michael J. Petrilli

On paper, it seems like Joe Biden would champion the cause of expanding high-quality charter schools, given his identity as a longtime centrist Democrat. Yet he doesn't. Thankfully for charter supporters, there pragmatic ways to bring him around, should he win the election next month

Commentary
10.22.2020
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Strategies to help schools navigate the Covid-19 cash crunch

Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright

In education, one of the more bizarre debates of the past quarter century has been over whether more money improves students’ outcomes. It’s tough to think of anywhere else in American life where we’d even have that discussion.

Commentary
10.22.2020
Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Creating autonomous schools in traditional districts

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

The Progressive Policy Institute’s indefatigable David Osborne, a long-time student of and advocate for quality charter schools, now joined by Tressa Pankovits, has penned a valu