Holding Public Charter School Authorizers Accountable: State Experiences and Policy Recommendations
Commonsense reforms to rein in misbehaving authorizers. Michelle Lerner
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
The Education Gadfly
Poor kids need social capital; schools can help to provide it. Michael J. Petrilli
AEI just released a very good, short report on charter authorizing, “The Paperwork Pileup: Measuring the Burden of Charter School Applications.”
How to identify and promote good CTE programs. Michelle Lerner
We’ve learned a lot since 2001. Andy Smarick
A new AEI report raises the right questions—and promulgates some of the wrong answers. Kathryn Mullen Upton
Last week, Fordham hosted Robert Putnam for a discussion of his new book Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, which argues that a growing opportunity gap is leaving many American children behind.
Leaders of high-performing schools address charter law reform efforts
For Nashville charters, funding disparities endanger progress. Kevin Mahnken
When bad schools close, families usually get something better.That’s what the Thomas B. Fordham Institute asserts in its April 2015 study School Closures and Student Achievement, using new research conducted in both traditional and charter public schools located in Ohio’s large urban school districts.
Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up
Rewarding parents who make informed decisions. Matthew Levey
Like pretty much everyone who is passionate about closing the achievement gap, I’m interested in Success Academies.