Differences in special education enrollment in Louisiana's charter and traditional public schools
Nicholas Munyan-PenneyBy Nicholas Munyan-Penney
NEW STUDY: Is There a Gifted Gap?: Gifted Education in High-Poverty Schools
The Education GadflySchools have long failed to cultivate the innate talents of many of their young people, particularly high-ability girls and boys from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds. This failure harms the economy, widens income gaps, arrests upward mobility, and exacerbates civic decay and political division.
Is There a Gifted Gap? Gifted Education in High-Poverty Schools
Christopher Yaluma, Adam Tyner, Ph.D.Schools have long failed to cultivate the innate talents of many of their young people, particularly high-ability girls and boys from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds. This failure harms the economy, widens income gaps, arrests upward mobility, and exacerbates civic decay and political division.
Charter schools are not the future of Catholic education
Kathleen Porter-MageeBy Kathleen Porter-Magee
School discipline reform in D.C.: Interviews with two practitioners
David GriffithBy David Griffith
Special School Choice Week edition
On this week's podcast, Mike Magee, CEO of Chiefs for Change, and Nina Rees, CEO and president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, join Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss where the choice movement stands on the occasion of National School Choice Week. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines a study on school discipline reform in Philadelphia, complete with a jaw-dropping teacher survey.
To spark a Catholic school renaissance, we need to put our faith in autonomous school networks
Kathleen Porter-MageeBy Kathleen Porter-Magee
Beware of faulty claims about Ohio’s Quality Counts ranking
Jamie Davies O'LearyEducation Week just released its 22nd annual report and rankings of state education systems.
America does not need 3 million curricula
On this week's podcast, Margaret Horn, an executive at CenterPoint Education Solutions, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how policymakers and philanthropists can help educators implement high standards. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines public preferences for universal and targeted preschool.
Seven takeaways from ECOT’s potential closure
Jamie Davies O'LearyAfter losing its sponsorship, ECOT, the largest e-school in Ohio, appears to be on the brink of closure.
When a district steps up, the state should step out of the way
Jeff MurrayAs reported by the Dispatch last week, Columbus City Schools has unveiled plans to expand selective admission among its magnet schools next year. This is a positive step in an often criticized district—an effort that should be applauded and helped to grow.
The "segregationist" attacks on charter schools are really attacks on black educational excellence
Derrell BradfordBy Derrell Bradford
Why disparate impact theory is a bad fit for school discipline
Michael J. PetrilliBy Michael J. Petrilli
How Ohio's walk back of graduation requirements is like overprotective parenting
Jamie Davies O'LearyBy Jamie Davies O’Leary
The link between the quality of high schools and their students' success in college
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
School features associated with student growth in New Orleans charter schools
Nicholas Munyan-PenneyBy Nicholas Munyan-Penney
A master class in state policymaking
On this week’s podcast, Benjamin Boer, deputy director at Advance Illinois, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss how a coalition of advocates succeeded in getting the Land of Lincoln to overhaul its inequitable school funding formula. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the relationship between high school value added and students’ college success.