Fordham Ohio Panel Discussion: Facilities Challenges Facing Ohio Charter Schools
Ohio charter schools have long reported struggling in their efforts to secure school facilities.
Ohio charter schools have long reported struggling in their efforts to secure school facilities.
One of the few education promises President-elect Trump made on the campaign trail was to launch a major new federal initiative on school choice. By nominating choice advocate Betsy DeVos to be his secretary of education, he indicated that he was serious about it.
A quarter-century ago, Minnesota passed America’s first charter school law. While charters have veered from the expectation that they would act as “incubators of innovation,” they have become a transformative force in education that has racked up notable successes when serving disadvantaged inner-city kids.
It’s been twenty-five years since Minnesota introduced chartering to America.
Educational choice is a strategy to provide children with opportunities to receive the education that works best for them. In recent years, private-school-choice programs have blossomed, doubling (since 2010) both the number of such initiatives and the number of children benefiting from them.
Education reformers have taken to the blogosphere and social media to debate the tensions inherent in an ideologically diverse movement. Much of the discussion has focused on our differences; what's been overshadowed is what we still have in common.
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Mike Petrilli and Rick Hess take a tipsy trip from 1789 to 2016.
There’s little doubt that education and opportunity are tightly joined in the twenty-first-century economy. Almost every week brings a new study demonstrating that highly skilled workers are being rewarded with stronger pay and excellent workingconditions, while Americans with few skills are struggling mightily.
The Spring 2016 issue of Education Next is dedicated to revisiting on its 50th anniversary James S. Coleman’s 1966 report “Equality of Educational Opportunity” better known as the Coleman Report.
In 2015, nearly 13 million schoolchildren across the country took a brand new “next generation” assessment: PARCC, Smarter Balanced, or ACT Aspire. These tests promised parents, teachers, and community members a better understanding of their students’ preparedness for college and career.
Under the newly enacted Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states now face the challenge of creating school accountability systems that can vastly improve upon the model required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The bill is signed, the law is enacted, the debates are a fading memory. Now a new phase of the fight begins. Join Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B.
With almost half of its students attending charter schools, Washington, D.C. is one the leading school-choice cities in the nation.
When underprepared students enter postsecondary education, they face steep odds; Ninety percent of individuals who start community college in remedial courses leave without any sort of credential. And for low-income students, who make up 70 percent of those taking remedial courses, the odds are truly devastating.
Fordham President Mike Petrilli moderates a panel with the leaders of turnaround districts operating in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Michigan.
Fordham President Mike Petrilli talks with the TNTP helmsman about the organization’s future and the role of teacher evaluation in education reform.
The Harvard political scientist discusses his new book and how education reform can help disadvantaged kids.
A panel of experts discuss our recent study on school closures.
Gregg Toppo talks about his new book The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter.
Jonathan Plucker, Rena Subotnik, and Tricia Ebner discuss what the new standards portend for high achievers.
Testing, accountability, and the new ESEA.
A daylong investigation into the role education can—and must—play in promoting upward mobility.
What does school leadership development in England look like, how is it changing, and what can other countries learn from the English approach?
Twenty-six state-by-state rankings of charter school quality, growth, and innovation.
Fordham's Mike Petrilli and AEI's Mike McShane discuss the growth of Vergara-like fights nationwide and the pros and cons of taking the tenure debate to the courts.
This is a conversation and discussion with Elizabeth Green on new book, Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone).