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Los Angeles charter-school advocates are questioning the legality of a proposed moratoriu
Los Angeles charter-school advocates are questioning the legality of a proposed moratoriu
Peanut-butter sandwiches, drum circles, and where education took a wrong turn
Voucher-movement leaders have found purpose in the notion that parents know what is best for their children. The charter movement can learn from that, and the Chicago strike has made that lesson relevant.
Students create and produce their own vision of education
The pros and cons of state policies that require retention of third-grade students
An IBM-style question to schools: what are you doing to utilize data to improve performance?
The case for a solid liberal arts education beyond high schools
A brief history lesson
A look at Paul Bambrick-Santoyo's new book, "Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools"
Matriculating is not enough
It may not be the Catholic school system that is in trouble, but the Church.
This paper uses systems thinking to provide common sense ideas for saving money while improving special education services to the more than 275,000 Ohio students with special needs.
No accountability system is perfect, but we can all agree that one that gets it wrong as often as it gets it right is in need of serious reform. But is there any proof that is happening?
Catnip for the school-choice proponent
A rising school-choice tide for charters and vouchers alike
The National PTA shakes up its stance on charter authorizing
What the latest Cato study gets right...and wrong
A new study shows that black students who won a school-voucher lottery in New York a generation ago were more likely to attend college than students who didn’t win.
The nation’s oldest parochial school system starts fresh
Philadelphia was home to the nation’s first diocesan Catholic school system. Now it has the first Catholic school system run by a foundation of lay people.
Race, school discipline, and curriculum
An attorney general's audacious move may highlight the desperate need for an emergency manager.
Welcome to the Battle of Just-Right Texts
What the feds can and should do
An empiricist votes “yes” on tracking
In November, they're decide who has the power to authorize charter schools
Three new Fordham schools open their doors this month