How to solve the school closure conundrum
Politicians are wise to pay attention to public opinion data, but they are also responsible for crafting sound policies based on research and evidence.
Politicians are wise to pay attention to public opinion data, but they are also responsible for crafting sound policies based on research and evidence.
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) announced that it would release the $71 million Charter School Program (CSP) grant awarded to Ohio last September, but with additional restrictions attached. The letter outlines "high-risk" special conditions for how Ohio's award can be spent.
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump recently visited Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy, a charter school educating predominately minority and low-income children. I write not to comment on Mr.
By Kathryn Mullen Upton
By Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon L. Wright
By Michael J. Petrilli
There are emerging signs, as I’ve written, that Ohio’s charter law overhaul (HB 2) is working.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther is passionately outspoken about Columbus City Schools. He is an alumnus of the district, and his first experience as an elected official came as a member of its board of education. He has regularly praised Columbus City Schools and publicly bemoaned those who have spoken negatively about them.
By Andrew Scanlan
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) epitomizes the relentlessness and vision necessary to close achievement gaps in urban education.
By Robert Pondiscio
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
By Dara Zeehandelaar and Michael J. Petrilli
By Kathleen Porter-Magee This week, results from the 2016 New York State ELA and math test prove just how promising new approaches to urban Catholic education can be.
By Daniel Cohen
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
At the National Charter Schools Conference last month, Secretary of Education John King challenged U.S.
Editor's note: This is the seventh entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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.
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
Editor's note: This is the fifth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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.
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.