It is in the hope of stemming the loss of families and children that the mayor has proposed his bold school reform plan that seeks to turn the city’s educational fortunes around.
Chris Christie and Cory Booker may have been the headliners at a school choice policy summit last week, but it was a largely unknown corporate representative who provided some sobering perspective.
There is a student whose needs often go unmet by the schoolhouse and the statehouse—high-achieving, but not quite gifted, one who receives less attention from principals and policymakers focused on bringing the bottom up to proficiency.
It’s primary season in statehouses nationwide, and that means that teachers unions will pit Democrat against Democrat by using the support of school vouchers as a wedge.
Housing policy is education policy
The Philadelphia school district’s plan to lift itself out of financial and academic distress may have overshadowed a profound development this week for Catholic education in the City of Brotherly Love.
The opt-out charter school lottery proposed in Connecticut would only discourage effective charter applicants who will see a burdensome and costly mandate getting in the way of their mission.
A new Brookings report argues that zoning regulations are segregating cities by income and race and leaving quality schools available to mostly higher income families.
Today we continue our analysis of the impact of Governor Kasich’s mid-biennium education policy proposals with a look at how it would change the state’s charter school academic death penalty. (See our previous analyses of how schools
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's explanation of her decision to veto an expansion of the state's publicly funded savings account to help more disadvantaged students pay for private education rings hollow.
Rural and small-town schools face unique challenges. We could use more creative programs like the USDA's Community Facilities lending initiative for easing the burden of inadequate facilities, helping schools develop realistic enrollment projections and obtain affordable space.
David Brooks, E.D. Hirsch, and why the status quo persists
An urban wasteland in the industrial Midwest shows how a portfolio approach to public education can inspire even the most disadvantaged families to “shop” for the right school.
Passing a set of historic reform bills last week, the Louisiana legislature handed Gov. Bobby Jindal and his new education chief, John White, the keys to reform city.
Schools everywhere: Steal these ideas!
The mainstream resistance to school choice is increasingly characterizing the education reform debate as students versus profits.
The Evergreen Education Group gives us more evidence that districts may be unwilling to give up their authority over online learning easily.
As bold as Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's plan is, even more audacious is the political coalition that seems to be coalescing around it.
Governor Bobby Jindal’s school voucher proposal for Louisiana has been dragged into the familiar politics of parental choice.
The Left likes choice—just not too much choice
Guest blogger John Kirtley, chairman of Step Up for Students, answers Board's Eye View's BIG question: "What's the most important governance issue?"
