This week, Student Achievement Partners—the group co-founded by Common Core architects David Coleman and Jason Zimba—announced a partnership with the NEA and AFT to develop and disseminate Core-aligned curriculum at no cost to teachers, thanks to a three
D.C. charter schools, the task force decided, should remain open to all comers in the city, but charters that move into closed district schools should voluntarily give admissions preference to children who live nearby
Our annual analysis of school performance in our home state's major urban areas, plus a projection of proficiency rates when the PARCC exams arrive in 2014-15.
Executive compensation must be transparent and carefully considered.
Highly effective superintendents and charter school operators deserve to be paid well, but 'how much is too much’ is a question school boards have to grapple with as they also have to help make the case for school levies every couple of years
Governor Rick Scott has garnered attention for suggesting that all schools receiving public funding, including private schools accepting voucher-bearing students, be held to Common Core standards
New Orleans sets the pace
The Brookings Institution's second Education Choice and Competition Index released yesterday
Despite its popularity, however, there is a reason that a program like this is controversial: A tax credit scholarship is tantamount to a voucher.
NACSA's call for states to be more proactive in closing failing charter schools and opening great new ones.
The NACSA's Parker Baxter on charter accountability and the "One Million Lives" campaign
According to Judge Timothy Kelley, the state was wrong to fund its new voucher program by the same revenue stream that provides a “minimum foundation” to its public elementary and secondary schools.
CRPE argues a statewide difference in charter and district special-education enrollments is too simplistic of a comparison
By embracing some modest measures of standards and accountability, the D.C. program might set in motion effects that could ripple beyond its boundaries
Terry Ryan writes about student nomads, picky parents, and feelings of cognitive dissonance
The different dilemmas facing choosy parents and struggling parents
And Smarick is excited about the release of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ annual “Market Share” report, which shows the percentage of students in major cities that are educated by charters
The trials and tribulations of a Fordham-sponsored charter school.
All politics, and some revenues, are local
Six days after the election, and by a miniscule margin, Washington State became the
Bravely voyaging to a new world
A symbiotic relationship
The trials and tribulations of one Fordham-sponsored charter school
Annual report on Fordham-sponsored charter schools, with Ellen Belcher's article, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Edison Story in Dayton."
Six days after election day, 50.81 percent voters in the Evergreen State finally said yes to charter schools, after having said no three times before.
