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Curriculum & Instruction
Let's re-introduce competition into our classrooms
By Frank C. Worrell and Rena F. Subotnik
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Charter Schools
How far do D.C. students have to travel to get to a high-quality K–12 school?
By Daniel Cohen
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Charter Schools
The full Flypaper forum on charter school discipline
At the National Charter Schools Conference last month, Secretary of Education John King challenged U.S.
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Charter Schools
The sky won't fall if charter schools are discouraged from disciplining students
Editor's note: This is the seventh entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
Sinister Common Core conspiracy unmasked as pathetically earnest effort to help kids
The mental image most people have of career and technical education is taken directly from a mid-century General Motors training video: Enthusiastic young men in denim replacing serpentine belts and laboring over alternators. Failing that, the scenario might take place in a wood shop or a welding station.
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Charter Schools
How Ohio is meeting key milestones on the road to charter reform
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
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Curriculum & Instruction
Does Common Core Math expect memorization? A candid conversation with Jason Zimba
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Charter Schools
For starters, get the basics on charter discipline right
Editor's note: This is the fifth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
Dropout-recovery report cards: Are standards set appropriately?
In a previous blog post, we urged Ohio’s newly formed Dropout Prevention and Recovery Study Committee to carefully review the state’s alternative accountability system for dropout-recovery charter schools.
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Charter Schools
How chartering makes possible an entirely new approach to accountability
The purpose of my last post was to suggest that those frustrated with school “accountability” should consider the structural elements that gave rise to our present accountability systems.
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Charter Schools
On charter discipline, deny the premise and pivot to school climate
Editor's note: This is the fourth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
Charter boards need to understand school discipline
Editor's note: This is the third entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. Earlier posts can be found here and here.
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Charter Schools
The HB 2 effect: Ohio is meeting key milestones on the road to charter reform
Eighteen months ago, Ohio proved it was finally serious about cleaning up its charter sector, with Governor Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly placing sponsors (a.k.a. authorizers) at the center of a massive charter law overhaul.
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Charter Schools
Gadfly Bites 7/8/16 - Lots of folks evaluate our evaluation of the EdChoice Scholarship Program
In case you missed it, Fordham Ohio released a new report yesterday—Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program—a first-of-its kind rigorous examination of the state’s largest voucher program. Say what you will about the frankly disappointing findings but never say that Fordham is afraid to go where the data lead.
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Charter Schools
Suspending belief
Editor's note: This is the second entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. The first post post is here.
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Charter Schools
The accountability legacy of a hundred-year-old decision
Over the last few months, my work on ESSA implementation and my thinking about new systems of urban schools have come together. I have a new hypothesis. And I think it has some interesting implications.
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Charter Schools
Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program: Foreword
Shortly after Ohio lawmakers enacted a new voucher program in 2005, the state budget office wrote in its fiscal analysis, “The Educational Choice Scholarships are not only intended to offer another route for student success, but also to impel the administration and teaching staff of a failing school building to improve upon their students’ academic performance.” As economist M
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Charter Schools
Reforming disciplinary practices in D.C. and New Orleans charter schools
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Charter Schools, Advanced Education, Curriculum & Instruction
Little California love for charters
Darius Brown’s educational biography,
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Curriculum & Instruction
Becky with the good education: A Twitter hashtag offers a surprising lesson in cultural literacy
By Robert Pondiscio
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Charter Schools
Tradeoffs, not absolutes, on suspension and expulsion
Editor's note: This is the first entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. Mike Petrilli's introductory post is here.
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Charter Schools
Forum: Discipline practices in America's charter schools
At the National Charter Schools Conference last week, Secretary of Education John King challenged U.S.
