School finance needs love too
The cause of school choice took a major step forward in Florida last week when Governor Rick Scott signed a bill codifying open enrollment and increasing funding for charter schools.
The cause of school choice took a major step forward in Florida last week when Governor Rick Scott signed a bill codifying open enrollment and increasing funding for charter schools.
By Michael J. Petrilli
Bolder action is required
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
By Kathleen Porter-Magee
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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
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
Listening to some of the most important voices in the charter school debate