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Commentary
7.29.2021
Charter Schools, Governance, Private School Choice

Biden’s anticompetitive moves on charters and choice

Dale Chu

Earlier this month, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order encouraging federal agencies to undertake a series of initiatives aimed at increasing competition in the U.S. economy. But there’s a mismatch between his approach to competition in the private sector and his support for monopoly when it comes to public education.

Commentary
7.29.2021
Charter Schools, Teachers & School Leaders

Charter school teachers are teachers, too

Henry Seton

I was excited to meet a fellow high school teacher at a neighborhood potluck, but when she found out I worked at a charter school, she immediately said, “I don’t support charter schools.”

Commentary
7.22.2021
Charter Schools, Advanced Education, Teachers & School Leaders

Boston is punishing its Asian American community for its educational success

Brandon L. Wright

Boston just approved sweeping changes to the process by which students are admitted to its three highly-sought exam schools. The idea was to free up more seats for disadvantaged children, some of whom have long been underrepresented at the institutions. Yet in one important aspect, the plan may do exactly the opposite: It’s likely to significantly reduce the number of seats that go to low-income Asian American students.

Commentary
7.14.2021
Charter Schools, Governance

Three hypotheses to explain this year’s big wins on school choice

Michael J. Petrilli

Despite much anti-choice talk in national politics and some Congressional pushback, 2021 has seen an impressive string of victories for school choice at the state level, which is where it matters most. Was it the pandemic? Has the salience of the anti-school choice argument weakened over the past year? Or does Donald Trump deserve a lot of the credit? Read more.

Commentary
7.8.2021
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

No, school choice is not the answer to critical race theory

Robert Pondiscio

Why fight over critical race theory when we can choose? You teach oppression studies; I’ll teach American exceptionalism. It’s a simple and obvious solution. But it’s also a naïve and unsatisfying one. School choice may “solve” the CRT problem for an individual family, but it can’t address the clear interest that every American holds in the education of the next generation.