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Commentary
3.18.2021
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

School choice proves no match for wokeness

Robert Pondiscio

School choice proponents argue that when parents vote with their feet—and dollars—schools listen. But choice is no match for the pandemic of wokeness that has seized K–12 education. The most advantaged, privileged, and powerful parents in America have been cowed into submissive silence when elite schools of choice adopt neoracist practices masquerading as “anti-racism.”

Commentary
3.18.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

A challenging funding future for schools—made worse by the pandemic

Brandon L. Wright

Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series that puts the themes of 2020’s Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck into today’s context, with particular attention to the effects of the pandemic and federal relief dollars.

Commentary
3.18.2021
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

Beware the calls for post-Covid innovation

Dale Chu

Now that Uncle Sam’s check is in the mail, one of the biggest hopes for schools is that they will be able to leverage the massive infusion of cash to be more creative, imaginative, and innovative.