On the road to better accessibility, autonomy, and accountability in charter schools
Fourteen states have seen positive policy changes since NACSA’s inaugural report last year. By Jamie Davies O’Leary
Fourteen states have seen positive policy changes since NACSA’s inaugural report last year. By Jamie Davies O’Leary
In time for Christmas, a how-to book for philanthropists who want to bring new life to Catholic schools. By Kate Stringer
The best compliment I can pay a fellow education blogger is to confess professional jealousy. By Robert Pondiscio
Celebrate National School Choice Week in Columbus on January 27
Rankings against policy recommendations
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of visiting Success Academy Harlem 1 and hearing from Eva Moskowitz and the SA staff about their model. I’m not going to venture into the thorny stuff about SA here. What I will say is that their results on state tests are clearly impressive, and I doubt that they’re fully (or even largely) explained by the practices that cause controversy.
Attending a religious school might reduce bigotry. Kevin Mahnken
More myth-busting evidence about serving kids with special needs. Jamie Davies O'Leary
The creation of Brooklyn Ascend charter school, textbooks in Texas, and substitute teachers in impoverished schools.
For school choice advocates, victory is inevitable. David Griffith
Interstate test comparability, teacher absenteeism in high-poverty schools, special education in charter schools, and school choice in thirty American cities.
More than twelve million American students exercise some form of school choice by going to a charter, magnet, or private school——instead of attending a traditional public school.
There’s something about the sight of an abandoned school that tears at your heart.
The dominant narrative about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is that it shifts authority over schools back to state governments. But this belies a key feature of the legislation.
How do charters stack up next to district schools?
How new and innovative financing structures might fix the private school supply chain. Damien Schuster
Undoing damage inflicted by the blunt axe of test-driven accountability. Robert Pondiscio
Earlier this year, when it looked like ESEA finally had a chance of being reauthorized, I came up with a graphic for assessing the accountability provisions of the various proposals.
In refusing to reconsider its September ruling that public charter schools are unconstitutional and not entitled to receive public funds, the Washington State Supreme Court is bringing the state one step closer to shutting the door on promising educational opportunities for disadvantaged Washington students.
The ESEA reauthorization conferees delivered some good news for America’s high-achieving students last week.
The uncertain future of school choice, Louisville’s school discipline crisis, and the passing of one of reform’s brightest lights.
The action is moving to the state level. It’s about time. Michael J. Petrilli
A threat to accountability for both charters and district schools Vladimir Kogan
Editor's note: Politics K-12 reports that House and Senate negotiators have reached a preliminary compromise on reauthorization of No Child Left Behind.
How Ohio currently regulates online schools and how it can do better
Untangling a particularly convoluted strand of funding in the charter school realm
Uncomfortable questions about school discipline, suspension, and expulsion Robert Pondiscio
When Hillary Clinton recently told an audience that the purpose of charter schooling is to “learn what works and then apply (it) in the public schools,” she made the obvious mistake of implying that cha
Whether you think the end game of the current “mixed economy” of district and charter schools should be an all-charter system (as in New Orleans) or a dual model (as in Washington D.C.), for the foreseeable future most cities are likely to continue with a blend of these two sectors. So we wanted to know: Can they peacefully co-exist? Can they do better than that?