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Commentary

11.12.2020

Governance, Advanced Education, Teachers & School Leaders

The racial-justice war on merit-based schools is an injustice against excellence, critics say

Vince Bielski

At a virtual town hall in Brooklyn about how the pandemic will change admissions to high-performing selective schools, New York City officials got a lecture on systemic racism.

Podcast

11.5.2020

Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Governance

The Education Gadfly Show: What the election means for education reform

Commentary

11.5.2020

Charter Schools, Private School Choice

For better or worse, religiously-affiliated charter schools are on their way

Michael J. Petrilli

A U.S. Supreme Court decision is introducing a new type of charter school that’s likely to cheer conservatives but alarm many progressives: the religiously-affiliated charter. Those of us in the charter movement need to figure out how to keep them from splitting the charter coalition.