A court decision only the Kremlin could love
The Washington State Supreme Court clung to antiquated ideas at the expense of our most vulnerable kids. Robin J. Lake
The Washington State Supreme Court clung to antiquated ideas at the expense of our most vulnerable kids. Robin J. Lake
Education in New Orleans, school governance, Common Core-aligned assignments, and charter school openings in NYC.
The charter sector’s reach should not exceed its grasp. Robert Pondiscio
In the CRPE debate between Paul Hill and Robin Lake on the issue of charter back-fill, Paul's right. Robin, as always, makes excellent points and raises legitimate concerns.
New Orleans’s schools ten years after Katrina, a new low for NYC’s infamous rubber rooms, and an education hunger strike.
A new report can’t see the forest for the trees. Robert Pondiscio
Six themes for 2016, and the candidates most likely to embrace them. Robert Pondiscio
Eight years ago, I offered my first public commentary about New Orleans’s post-Katrina reform strategy. In the spirit of personal accountability, I’m putting those words to the test, and I’ve asked six very smart, tough graders to check my work.
NOLA is one chapter in a much bigger story about the remaking of American urban public schooling. Andy Smarick
Diversity is important, but school quality ought to come first. Robert Pondiscio
If it becomes law, the federal government will have much less power than it does today. Michael J. Petrilli
Increasing quality seats for Queen City students
Teaching success, one school leader at a time
School districts across the land are contending with rising education costs and constrained revenues. Yet state policies for assisting school districts in financial trouble are uneven and complex. Interventions are often haphazard, occur arbitrarily, and routinely place politics over sound economics.
The example of a D.C. partnership that shows promise but needs more data. Clara Allen
The Education Gadfly
For years, I worried that I was auditioning to be the Edward Gibbon of urban Catholic schooling, chronicling the decline and fall of an invaluable, sprawling institution.
Let’s not break those things about Catholic schools that make them effective. Kathleen Porter Magee
Charter reform in the state budget
The Education Gadfly
A great way to get kids knowledge, skills, credentials, and work experience. Robert Schwartz
As my colleague Sara Mead has written, we recently completed an analysis of state policies that affect charter/pre-K collaboration. In the analys
Sara Mead and Ashley LiBetti Mitchel have done a great public service by providing a detailed study of how the early care and K–12 education policy landscape creates barriers to collaboration. It is good to see the Thomas B. Fordham Institute focusing its considerable knowledge and prestige on thinking about this opportunity.
Last week, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a new report authored by my colleague Ashley LiBetti Mitchel and me on charter schools and pre-K.
The end is near. Hooray! Michael J. Petrilli
Editor’s note: Last week, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) sponsored an amendment that would have allowed Title I dollars to follow low-income children to the schools of their choice. It failed, 45–51.
Editor’s note: Chris Barbic announced today his decision to step down as the head of Tennessee’s Achievement School District, a position he has held since 2011.
Most of Gotham’s charters are already “backfilling” empty seats. Robert Pondiscio