State ESSA plans: More than just pretty words?
On this week's podcast, special guest Chris Minnich, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss the seventeen ESSA plans that have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, and what the other thirty-four states can learn from them. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines Kentucky’s promising approach to school improvement.
Keep investing in charter schools that sustain results
NOTES: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
Tear down these walls: How suburban districts could help more needy kids
Aaron Churchill , Chad L. AldisBy Aaron Churchill and Chad L. Aldis
Given the chance, half of adults would change something about their education
Robert PondiscioBy Robert Pondiscio
Foreword: Interdistrict Open Enrollment in Ohio
Aaron Churchill , Chad L. AldisIn April, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos toured the Van Wert school district in rural northwestern Ohio along with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. In such sparsely populated communities, private and charter schools are usually scarce.
What Betsy DeVos should say about vouchers, LGBT rights, and religious liberty
Michael J. PetrilliBy Michael J. Petrilli
Mike Petrilli vs. Liz King on setting utopian goals in education reform
Michael J. PetrilliThe education reform movement is a big tent, which is particularly true when it comes to the idea of holding schools accountable for results. And, I would argue, the organizations that represent the extreme poles of that tent are the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on the right, and the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights on the left.
How should Ohio seek to improve its lowest achieving public schools?
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
A discussion of where states are headed on ESSA accountability
Featuring Michael J. Petrilli, Linda Darling-Hammond, Liz King, Chris Minnich, and Caitlin Emma
The effects of a district receivership in Massachusetts
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Advice for Secretary DeVos from five public relations professionals
Michael J. PetrilliBy Michael J. Petrilli
The politics & partisanship of America's education reform debate: A growing blue-red divide
Derrell BradfordBy Derrell Bradford
Three ways to have a more honest debate about school choice
Jamie Davies O'LearyPosted just six hours after the close of Mother’s Day, this eerily titled article, “Some school districts tail parents to check where family actually lives,” discussed the lengths to which some parents go to enroll their child in a “desirable school
House Bill 176: Stealing the playbook won’t lead to results
Jessica PoinerBack in February, U.S. News and World Report named Massachusetts the top state in its Best States rankings.
Charter School Funding: Inequity in the City
Jamie Davies O'LearyInequity in the City—the work of veteran authors of charter-school funding studies, including Inequity’s Next Frontier, Inequity Persists, and <
Join us for an important panel discussion: New research on interdistrict open enrollment
Ohio Education GadflyThe Thomas B. Fordham Institute is releasing a first-of-its-kind statewide analysis of interdistrict open enrollment. Using anonymous student-level data, Ohio State University professor Stéphane Lavertu and Deven Carlson of the University of Oklahoma examined the background characteristics of open enrollees along with their academic outcomes as gauged by state exams and graduation rates.
Three ways charters reform and improve our schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno, Brandon L. WrightBy Chester Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon Wright
The politics & partisanship of America's education reform debate: Time for a suburban strategy?
Derrell BradfordBy Derrell Bradford