Policy change is not the only path to school reform
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Michael J. Petrilli
Bolder action is required
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
By Kathleen Porter-Magee
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
On this week's podcast, Robert Pondiscio and Alyssa Schwenk discuss Sean "Diddy" Combs's new Harlem charter school, the fizzling out of the Friedrichs Supreme Court case, and America's lack of effective teacher training. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews the 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education.
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
Here’s the speech I wish Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser would give:
By Andrew Scanlan
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
If you’re at all interested in Washington, D.C. schools, you should read this excellent report by David Osborne. It serves as a quick and comprehensive history lesson on the city’s last two decades of reform.
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on July 21, 2015.
How is education money better spent?
By Andrew Scanlan
What can we learn from the leaders of Ohio’s high-quality charter schools?
Raising the voices of charter school leaders
Reformers: Keep building smarter policies. But keep your eyes on the politics, too. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., and Michael J. Petrilli
At CRPE, we believe strongly in taking a city-wide view of education. The reality of urban education these days is a complicated mash-up of schools run by districts, charter providers, independent private schools, and sometimes even state agencies.
By David Griffith and Kevin Mahnken
By Michael J. Petrilli
In this week's podcast, Mike Petrilli and Brandon Wright explain the schisms in the school choice movement, defend career and technical education programs, and discuss Eva Moskowitz’s big speech on school discipline. In the Research Minute, Amber Northern describes the effect of teacher turnover and quality on student achievement in District of Columbia Public Schools.
I’ve dedicated a big part of my career to expanding school choice. I think it’s the right thing to do for kids, families, educators, neighborhoods, civil society, and much else. In fact, I’m convinced that years from now, students of history will be scandalized to learn that we used to have a K–12 system defined by one government provider in each geographic area.
Fordham’s exceptional study illuminates school choice in thirty cities and how it can improve nationwide. By Frederick M. Hess