Does Character Matter?
Of course it does, but don’t expect common standards anytime soon. Robert Pondiscio
Of course it does, but don’t expect common standards anytime soon. Robert Pondiscio
John Dickinson, probably our nation’s most underappreciated founder, argued at the Constitutional Convention, “Experience must be our only guide. Reason may mislead us.”
June marked the end of my first year as superintendent of Partnership Schools, a nonprofit school management organization that (thanks to an historic agreement with the Archdiocese of New York) was granted broad authority to manage and operate six K–8 urban Catholic schools.
Putting anti-poverty programs under one roof is a promising approach. Jessica Poiner
Everybody knows charters make up funding shortfalls with philanthropic dollars. And everybody’s wrong. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
It wasn't cool to be a "no-excuses," tough-love teacher for poor minority kids in the 1970s. That was the era of access centered "equity" for one and all, and most educators fretted more about kids struggling in school than about boosting their achievement.
An insightful and nuanced take on a unique school district. Ellen Alpaugh
A study of specialized schools reveals a mixed legacy of success. Alyssa Schwenk
Reasons to be hopeful for the next twenty-five years. Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Bruno V. Manno
Commonsense reforms to rein in misbehaving authorizers. Michelle Lerner
Concrete ideas for empowering traditional public schools. Chad L. Aldis and Aaron Churchill
In Redefining the School District in America, Nelson Smith reexamines existing recovery school districts (RSDs)—entities in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Michigan charged with running and turning around their states’ worst schools—and assembles the most comprehensive catalog of simil