Creating New Leaders in the Charter Sector
Chester E. Finn, Jr.The charter community in the Buckeye State recently received some welcome news (see here and here ).
KIPP Columbus Seeks Founding Cluster Executive Director
Passionate about increasing excellent schooling options for all children? Here's a chance to work with one of the leading charter school networks in the nation. The KIPP Foundation is seeking an accomplished leader to create a cluster of KIPP schools in Columbus, Ohio.
Making the Grade (or Not)
Too many of America's youngsters--Ohioans among them--are still being left behind.
Charter School Achievement: What We Know
Bryan Hassel, Charter School Leadership CouncilFebruary 2005
Double the Numbers for College Success: A Call to Action for the District of Columbia
Coby LoupDC College Access Program, DC Education Compact, DC Public Schools, DC State Education OfficeOctober 2006
Tests, elections, and achievement
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Any number of things can be said about next week's election and I will forbear from most of them. But one issue has surfaced that is genuinely alarming for education reformers: indications that some Democratic candidates (and office holders) are turning against standards-based reform and moving to roll back the assessment regimen that plays a crucial role in it.
No Springtime for Hitler
Student Walter Petryk must have known when he donned a Hitler costume this past Tuesday morning that administrators at Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences wouldn't be pleased. Probably for that precise reason, or because he had grown a mustache for the occasion, he did it anyway.
Courting disaster
Schools in Garfield, New Jersey, boast the latest in high-priced amenities, including a spanking new $40 million middle school.
Make new friends, but keep the old
I appreciated last week's Gadfly editorial ("Urban tragedy," Oct.
Moe money for performance
"Makes no sense at all.... A truly dumb idea." A commentary on Mike Tyson's recent announcement that he wants to fight women? Nope.
A right to single-sex education?
Martin A. Davis, Jr.Last week the Department of Education announced new rules that clear the way for public school districts to open single-sex schools and classrooms. Since then, a flood of criticisms from women's groups and some civil rights organizations has spewed forth.