Indiana AG sets a precedent on school choice others should follow
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently published an opinion that should be good news for school-choice advocates who favor customized education for low-income students
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently published an opinion that should be good news for school-choice advocates who favor customized education for low-income students
The Washington Post (and many others) roundly
It has always puzzled me why the Rev. H.K. Matthews hasn’t drawn more attention for his support for private school choice. His name may not carry the weight of King, Randolph, or Rustin, but it’s doubtful that the civil-rights movement would have quickened in Florida at the pace it did without the sacrifices Matthews made.
The Justice Department may be the last major American institution that values racial integration for the sake of integration. Its lawyers have worked to encase aging federal school-desegregation orders in cast iron while families—both white and black—have sought more flexibility, quality schools, and choices as to where their children will attend.
Count me among the fans of school choice who looked favorably upon this year’s results of the Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)/Gallup poll.
Can you spell “C” as in “chemistry”?
Triangulating a trifecta of survey results
Andy Smarick interviews Neerav Kingsland, CEO of New Schools for New Orleans
Andy Smarick interviews Derrell Bradford, executive director of Better Education for Kids
One of three technical reports on retirement costs and school-district budgets.
...And only a few shameless Fordham plugs
Four years after the first report’s release, CREDO is out with an update
The second half of Andy's compilation of must-read recent publications
Andy Smarick interviews Mashea Ashton, CEO of the Newark Charter School Fund
Andy Smarick's latest interview is with Robin Lake, director of the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
One of three technical reports on retirement costs and school-district budgets.
When it comes to pension reform in the education realm, it’s hard to stay positive. Here, we’re saddled with a bona fide fiscal calamity (up to a trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities by some counts), and no consensus about how to rectify the situation. No matter how one slices and dices this problem, somebody ends up paying in ways they won’t like and perhaps shouldn’t have to bear. All we can say is that some options are less bad than others.
Observe what a low achievement bar these kinds of comparisons generally set
In favor of good old-fashioned school choice
Neerav Kingsland of New Schools for New Orleans outlines the basics of Relinquishment
Andy Smarick's picks of the week
Smith's new brief tells the story of the still-young Achievement School District in Tennessee
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