Voters making education more local
Charter school supporters can claim victory in at least one high-profile ballot initiative (Georgia) and perhaps one other (Washington) but each state has a different story to tell—and lessons to teach.
Charter school supporters can claim victory in at least one high-profile ballot initiative (Georgia) and perhaps one other (Washington) but each state has a different story to tell—and lessons to teach.
Correcting Diane Ravitch's mischaracterization of new Wisconsin voucher legislation.
Tennessee has been quietly developing what might be the most thoughtful, cohesive, and outcome-driven state CCSS implementation plan in the nation.
Our data show that students frequently change schools. Should public policies try to slow student mobility? Encourage it? Or make policies better attuned to it?
The real lesson from a Florida charter school principal's $519,000 golden parachute
Innovation in education: that's how to prepare people for the jobs of tomorrow
Mayor Coleman steps into the education waters
Nate Levenson presents ideas on special education reform
Researchers measure effect Project STAR has on student literacy
The implications of adopting Common Core standards
Politicians in the Keystone State fail again
Anyone who cares about Catholic education ought to watch what’s happening in Philadelphia, not just because the archdiocese there has turned twenty-one of its schools over to a private foundation, but because that foundation is applying business principles to schools that sorely need them
A warning bell for private-education continuation
Grit is not a four-letter word
A silent competitor
ESAs, meet WSF
Even charter opponents have ideas worth hearing
A battle brewing over school boundaries
The lesson from the UFT Charter School's recent struggles
Why charter school advocates can't afford to ignore their critics
Coming next year: two new KIPP schools in Columbus
The Hamilton Project weighs in on what differentiates high and low performing charters
Ben Austin's flawed stance on the role that for-profit educators might play in school-turnaround efforts
Innovation’s next frontier: Getting to scale
Arguing otherwise is, at best, disingenuous
As recent events in Los Angeles and New Hampshire show, so long as there are laws that limit charter authorization to one public body, promising charter applicants risk being held hostage to the whims of a political board