The politics & partisanship of America's education reform debate: A growing blue-red divide

By Derrell Bradford

Three ways to have a more honest debate about school choice

Posted just six hours after the close of Mother’s Day, this eerily titled article, “Some school districts tail parents to check where family actually lives,” discussed the lengths to which some parents go to enroll their child in a “desirable school

House Bill 176: Stealing the playbook won’t lead to results

Back in February, U.S. News and World Report named Massachusetts the top state in its Best States rankings.

Charter School Funding: Inequity in the City

Inequity in the City—the work of veteran authors of charter-school funding studies, including Inequity’s Next Frontier, Inequity Persists, and <

Improving accountability measurement under ESSA

By Matthew Di Carlo

Join us for an important panel discussion: New research on interdistrict open enrollment

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is releasing a first-of-its-kind statewide analysis of interdistrict open enrollment. Using anonymous student-level data, Ohio State University professor Stéphane Lavertu and Deven Carlson of the University of Oklahoma examined the background characteristics of open enrollees along with their academic outcomes as gauged by state exams and graduation rates.

Three ways charters reform and improve our schools

By Chester Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon Wright

Guest commentary: In loco parentis

By David Burns

A union's abhorrent snub of the National Teacher of the Year

By Erika Sanzi

The politics & partisanship of America's education reform debate: Time for a suburban strategy?

By Derrell Bradford

Linda Darling-Hammond: Inapplicable insights

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Child-centered school proposals should prompt rigorous authorizing—not lazy denials

By Alex Medler

Whether the Common Core is working, and what research is needed

By Victoria McDougald

How school lunch quality affects student achievement

By Jessica Poiner

Can We Bridge the Research-to-Policy Divide?

The politics & partisanship of the education reform debate: Why being 'right' isn't enough

By Derrell Bradford

Fancy private schools swim in Lake Wobegon

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Unless they want to flunk virtually all high-poverty schools, policymakers should go for growth

By Aaron Churchill

Preparing students for work is the job of every educator—even English teachers

By Jeff Murray

Resuscitating the science of reading

By Robert Pondiscio

Are we asking charter schools to do too much?

By Jason Crye

Don't let personalized learning become the processed food of education

By Michael J. Petrilli

Fixing today's school transportation problems

By Jeff Murray

Go for growth: How Ohio lawmakers can fix the school grading system

In its version of the state budget bill, the Ohio House included language that would place more weight on student growth measures when calculating charter sponsor ratings.

High-quality high schools: The next frontier for Ohio’s charter sector

Each year, school choice advocates celebrate National Charter Schools Week. This year, they had an extra reason to break open the champagne: U.S.

How authorizers can approach a promising charter school that raises a few flags

By Kathryn Mullen Upton

The divide between charter and private schools is destructive and misguided

By Jason Crye

The role of public charter schools in career preparation

By Justin Baer and Julie Strawn