Sunshine and school vouchers: How Louisiana gets it right
With the exception of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, no other school-voucher program has endured so many growing pains as the Louisiana voucher program
With the exception of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, no other school-voucher program has endured so many growing pains as the Louisiana voucher program
The provision allocates 1 mil or approximately $42.5 million over 5 years to pre-K programs.
Despite the tireless efforts of Common Core opponents and their acolytes and funders, few states that initially pledged their troth to these rigorous new standards for English and math are in divorce mode
StudentsFirst has made a thoughtful contribution to the burgeoning literature on school governance with its new policy brief Change the Leadership, Change the Rules: Improving Schools and Districts through Mayoral and State Governance.
Whole-child statistics
The first entry of our Common Core series features a discussion with Chad Webb from Village Preparatory Academy::Woodland Hills Campus.
A new era dawned today for Columbus’ public education system.
A strong business acumen is needed for charter school board members.
It’s time to talk more about how multi-school networks are governed
The power of high expectations
Think of the children!
Ohio’s State Board of Education made student privacy a priority in yesterday’s education data hearing.
There are scads of misinformation being tossed about when it comes to the Common Core Academic Standards.
The global competitiveness of the U.S. education system continues to drive much of the school reform dialogue.
Ohio governor John Kasich's guest post celebrates the state’s newest school-choice initiative, the Income-Based Scholarship Program
A recent press release from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools estimated that 920,007 students are currently on a waitlist to attend charter schools, a jump from the previous year’s 610,000.
Charter school authorizers in Ohio must review the school financials of all authorized schools monthly. But too often authorizers either don’t do this or they do not do it well.
A guest column on school choice by Governor Kasich, which highlights some achievements in the recently signed state budget.
Ohio is the newest state with an income-based scholarship, joining Indiana, Washington DC, and Wisconsin.
In the past year, charter school naysayers have successfully convinced some media outlets to question the actual demand for charters
The Dayton Public Schools, like so many other urban districts, has been in a state of decline.
An Atlantic article by sociology professor Richard Greenwald examines Mayor Michael Blo
A better approach to “affirmative action”
Ohio’s Department of Education talks a lot about academic rigor in the K-12 continuum, but does not define it on its own.
While the overall news is good for charters, it’s clear that some states are not moving fast enough to adopt quality control
Columbus' mayor, soon to enter the charter school authorization business, should check out this data viz
The NGSS gave undue prominence to scientific skills and practices, ultimately underemphasizing content knowledge