#863: How charter schools affect district resources, with David Griffith and Paul Bruno
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast,
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast,
Opponents of public charter schools claim that they drain resources from traditional public schools. This brief argues that this assertion misses lesser-known realities and ignores obvious truths.
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Michael Horn joins Mike Petrilli
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast,
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith talk with
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith talk with
This study examines the role that high expectations should play in our nation’s academic recovery and how they operate in the traditional public, charter, and private school sectors.
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jennifer Alexander, Executive Director of the Policy Innovators in Education (
For-profit charter schools” are non-profit organizations that contract out some services to a for-profit organization—meaning the schools themselves are not for-profit. This study explores whether such contracting affects school quality.
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffit
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Karega Rausch, Pr
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, David Houston, assistant professor at George
Our host Mike Petrilli is on vacation this week, so we're republishing our most popular podcast episode for three years r
In the wake of the biggest education crisis in living memory, the need for transformational change is palpable and urgent. This report asks: Can a rising tide of charter schools carry students in America's largest metro areas—including those in traditional public schools?
"America’s Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality" is the first analysis to use nationally comparative data to evaluate the effectiveness of large and mid-size metro areas on school quality. Use our interactive data tool to see how your metro area stacks up.
This report examines parents’ opinions on SEL and pitfalls in communicating about it. It finds overwhelming support for the essence of SEL and its place in schools, but differences by political party and challenges in getting the terminology right.
On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mik
In school districts and charter school networks nationwide, instructional leaders are developing plans to address the enormous challenges faced by their students, families, teachers, and staff over the past year. To help kick-start their planning process, we are proud to present The Acceleration Imperative, an open-source, evidence-based document created with input from dozens of current and former chief academic officers, scholars, and others with deep expertise and experience in high-performing, high-poverty elementary schools.
Opponents of charters contend that they drain district coffers, while proponents argue that it is charters that are denied essential funding. Yet too often, the claims made by both sides of this debate have been based on assumptions rather than hard evidence.