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Report
11.13.2012
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Teachers & School Leaders

Moving Up: Fordham's 2011-12 Sponsorship Accountability Report

"Moving Up" is The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's charter school sponsorship accountability report for 2011-12. Through it, we hope to help readers understand the complexities of charter schools and better appreciate the hard work of the teachers, school leaders, and board members who serve not only the schools we sponsor but also the schools around the state and nation that are working to make a difference in the lives of children. This year's report features an in-depth look at the struggles of two Fordham-sponsored schools in Dayton; it is researched and written by former Dayton Daily News reporter and editor Ellen Belcher.

Commentary
11.12.2012
Charter Schools

Sign up for the Charters and Choice Digest

Adam Emerson

The Charters & Choice Digest will guide readers through the triumphs, the quarrels, and the political foibles that accompany the growth of school choice and charter schools—and no cows will ever be sacred.

Commentary
11.9.2012
Charter Schools

Don’t claim victory in Michigan yet

Adam Emerson

Why Michiganders repeal of the state's emergency-management law is a serious setback to education in the state

Commentary
11.8.2012
Charter Schools

Voters making education more local

Adam Emerson

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.

Report
11.7.2012
Evidence-Based Learning, Charter Schools

Student Nomads: Mobility in Ohio's Schools

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?

Commentary
10.18.2012
Charter Schools

A new business model for Catholic schools amid tough times

Adam Emerson

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

Commentary
10.10.2012
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction

Do we need a new charter revolution?

Kathleen Porter-Magee

Why charter school advocates can't afford to ignore their critics

Commentary
9.28.2012
Charter Schools

With near-monopoly power, two charter authorizers flout the law

Adam Emerson

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

Commentary
9.25.2012
Charter Schools

The twilight of the unionized charter school?

Adam Emerson

The demise of the first teacher union at a Massachusetts charter school raises questions about whether unions and charters are ever a good fit

Commentary
9.18.2012
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction

Show ponies and workhorses

Aaron Churchill

While the education show goes on in Chicago, Ohio's workhorses plow ahead