Rethinking the high school graduation age
The “godfather of charter schooling” pushes us to reimagine adolescence. Kate Stringer
The “godfather of charter schooling” pushes us to reimagine adolescence. Kate Stringer
We mustn’t let other countries surpass us in producing tomorrow’s inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, and scientists. Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Brandon L. Wright
In the age of charter schools, Common Core, test-based teacher evaluations, and other hot-button education reform issues, Catholic schools have largely taken a backseat in our public conversations. When we do read about them in the media, it is often bad news: financial struggles, declining enrollment, closures.
When trying to improve educational outcomes, it is hard not to feel the need for urgency. We want to figure out what works now and implement changes immediately—because if we wait, kids who are in schools now will miss out.
Information, options, and access needed for school choice accountability. Jeff Murray
Mixed results, at least in the short term. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
KIPP doubled in size and maintained its quality. Can this continue? Robert Pondiscio
More on the fate of U.S. Catholic schools. The boom in college affordability indices. And hopeful signs that the DOE is getting reasonable on teacher evaluations.
D.C.’s gender gap at top schools, mission statements, neighborhood school attendance boundaries, and test-based retention.
The goals of specific collaboration activities are too often fuzzy. David Griffith
Do zone-based priority admissions to charter schools affect home purchases? Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
When school boards describe their missions, they often overlook citizenship. Robert Pondiscio and Kate Stringer
The first few weeks of September make up a sweet spot between seasons, with summer's last days of warmth and play mingling with the beginning a new school year. All that beauty and excitement can make it easy to forget the significance of today's date: Fourteen years have passed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.
In Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance, Linda K.
One of the biggest debates raging in education policy today is whether schools of choice are serving their fair share of the hardest-to-educate students or abandoning them to traditional public schools.
The Washington State Supreme Court's attack on charters, New York State’s Common Core review, mindfulness in education, and charter schools' impact on Georgia property values.
An awkward name for a great idea; Dan Willingham on teacher training; and an education idea so good it needs to bust out of jail.
High-performing charters earn the approval of policy commentators and researchers alike. Kevin Mahnken
Surprisingly, parent dissatisfaction with neighborhood schools doesn’t contribute to charter school location. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
The Washington State Supreme Court clung to antiquated ideas at the expense of our most vulnerable kids. Robin J. Lake
Today marks the first class in a yearlong seminar in civics and citizenship I teach at Democracy Prep Charter High School in Harlem. My goal is for students to see America as their own, a country worthy of their dreams and ambitions. I will assign readings and papers, lead discussions, and design tests. I should take them all to see Hamilton on Broadway as well.
Education in New Orleans, school governance, Common Core-aligned assignments, and charter school openings in NYC.
The charter sector’s reach should not exceed its grasp. Robert Pondiscio
In the CRPE debate between Paul Hill and Robin Lake on the issue of charter back-fill, Paul's right. Robin, as always, makes excellent points and raises legitimate concerns.
New Orleans’s schools ten years after Katrina, a new low for NYC’s infamous rubber rooms, and an education hunger strike.
Six themes for 2016, and the candidates most likely to embrace them. Robert Pondiscio
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at InsideSources.
Eight years ago, I offered my first public commentary about New Orleans’s post-Katrina reform strategy. In the spirit of personal accountability, I’m putting those words to the test, and I’ve asked six very smart, tough graders to check my work.