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Charter Schools
NPR's Rocketship exposé fizzles on the launchpad
2016 is providing ample opportunities for the charter sector to take stock.
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Charter Schools
The next twenty-five years of charter schools: Bigger, broader, and bolder
By Chester E. Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon L. Wright
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What teachers really think of Common Core math: Lessons from a new Fordham study
By Amber M. Northern and Michael J. Petrilli
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Charter Schools
The Brexit edition
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli and Robert Pondiscio discuss Fordham’s new Common Core math study, NPR’s questionable coverage of Rocketship charter schools, and the summertime widening of the achievement gap. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines efforts to reform disciplinary practices in D.C. and New Orleans charter schools.
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Charter Schools
Ohio’s implementation of report cards for dropout-recovery charter schools
On June 22, the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Study Committee met for its first of three meetings this summer.
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Charter Schools
Time for Detroit charter schools to lead—not just fight to protect turf
Dan Quisenberry’s recent piece in Fordham’s Gadfly suggested that newly enacted legislation in Michigan represents a “victory for charter quality in Detroit.” Dan is great, and it’s true that the legislation will likely help a little with charter quality.
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Charter Schools
Under the radar: The surprising role of school districts in charter sponsorship
Traditional districts that serve as charter school sponsors are often glossed over in the debate over Ohio’s charter sector. But given their role in two recent reports, it’s an opportune time to take a closer look at their track record.
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Fisher II: A win for wealthy students
This week’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, supporting racial preferences at the University of Texas at Austin by a four-to-three margin, was a shocker.
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Charter Schools
Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery
School choice advocates have long agreed on the importance of understanding what parents value when selecting a school for their children. A new study from Mathematica seeks to add to that conversation and generally finds the same results as prior research.
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Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey
In Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey, Jennifer Bay Williams, Ann Duffett, and David Griffith take a close look at how educators are implementing the Common Core math standards in
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Curriculum & Instruction, Standards, Teachers & School Leaders
Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey
In Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey, Jennifer Bay Williams, Ann Duffett, and David Griffith take a close look at how educators are implementing the Common Core math standards in classrooms across the nation.
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The common ground edition
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk discuss education reform’s common ground, the diversity of selective public high schools, and Ohio’s new charter law. During the Research Minute, David Griffith examines the effects of D.C.’s citywide charter school lottery.
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Measuring the success of the country's first urban, public, college-preparatory boarding school
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. and Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D.
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Charter Schools, Advanced Education
Charter accountability works in Ohio
Elite public academies like Boston Latin, Stuyvesant High School, and San Francisco’s Lowell High School have long been acclaimed for the top-flight academics they offer to applicants who pass their rigorous entrance exams.
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Charter Schools
How to restart a charter school
School districts across the country are asking high-quality charter school operators to restart failing public schools. In New Orleans, nearly every public school has been relaunched as a charter school. In Tennessee, the new Achievement School District is focusing its attention on a range of school improvement options, including charters, to boost the state’s lowest-performers.
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Transcript of the Education Reform's Common Ground webcast
Editor's note: On June 20, 2016, the Thomas B.
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Advanced Education
Locked out of learning
Earlier this month, the Department of Education released new data exposing the uneven suspension rates and limited learning opportunities faced by students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Education Reform's Common Ground
Education reformers have taken to the blogosphere and social media to debate the tensions inherent in an ideologically diverse movement. Much of the discussion has focused on our differences; what's been overshadowed is what we still have in common.
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Charter Schools
A Call to Action to Improve the Quality of Full-Time Virtual Charter Public Schools
On the heels of national research studies that have uncovered troubling findings on the performance of virtual charter schools, a
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Charter Schools
Jeanne makes it manifest
It isn't perfect, but Jeanne Allen's new education reform "manifesto" makes a number of valuable points and powerful suggestions for the future.
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Charter Schools
Fordham Institute media statement on today's virtual school quality report release
Today, a consortium of charter school supporters released a new report containing solid, commonsense policy recommendations aimed at improving virtual schools. This report comes on the heels of national research studies that have documented the dismal performance of virtual schools across the country.