Early ESSA plans don't do enough to signal that all students are important
By Brandon L. Wright
By Brandon L. Wright
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
Featuring Michael J. Petrilli, Richard D. Kahlenberg, and Kyle Spencer
In politics as of late, there’s been a lot of talk about “going nuclear” in order to accomplish a goal.
Featuring Michael J. Petrilli, Alicia Menendez, and Darren Walker
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
When news broke the other day that LeBron James was starting a school in his home town of Akron, some commentators assumed it was going to be a charter.
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. and Michael J. Petrilli
It’s well established that some charter schools do far better than others at educating their students. This variability has profound implications for the children who attend those schools. Yet painful experience shows that rebooting or closing a low-performing school is a drawn-out and excruciating process.
Note: This blog originally appeared in a slightly different form as a guest commentary in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
By Brandon L. Wright
A new report from the RAND Corporation examines trends across 27 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia where fracking is a booming business. Nine of these counties are in Eastern Ohio, including Mahoning, Stark, Belmont, and several others.
Last week, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) announced that the long-awaited Charter School Program (CSP) grant funds will soon be available. The federal program will provide $32 million in FY 2018 for high-quality charter startups and replications.
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Brandon L. Wright
By Victoria McDougald
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.