The saga of VLT Academy continues
Supporting parents and students must be uppermost in any discussion of charter school authorization reform in Ohio. So far, their concerns seem to be last in consideration.
Supporting parents and students must be uppermost in any discussion of charter school authorization reform in Ohio. So far, their concerns seem to be last in consideration.
Do private schools taking "cherry pick" their voucher students?
The closure of a charter school in Cincinnati shows that Ohio's accountability system can work, but needs some tweaks.
Ohio’s new teacher-evaluation system requires evaluators to conduct two, formal thirty-minute classroom observations. Yet these legally prescribed observations seem ripe for compliance and rote box-checking; in fact, they may not be quite the impetus for school-wide improvement that policymakers had hoped for.
Short review of a new report from the University of Arkansas, with an Ohio perspective.
This new report from the University of Arkansas compares the productivity of public charter schools and district schools, both in terms of cost effectiveness and return on investment (ROI).
Will highly-touted (and heavily-funded) STEM skills translate into STEM jobs for graduates?
Parents make educational choices in the best interests of their children, but to many school districts involved in open enrollment, it's only about numbers on a spreadsheet.
When it comes to educational options, there are sundry open doors available to the nation’s more affluent kids—and far fewer for their poorer peers to walk through.
Voucher program data is starting to emerge in Ohio, and everyone is taking notice.
The Rocketship charter network, founded in San Jose in 2006, has had a growth trajectory worthy of its name: it already operates nine schools, and its goal is to educate 25,000 students by 2017.
We take a look at the School Choice Demonstration Project's latest examination of charter funding across the country.
Although they’ve long been a favorite of working-class parents in search of safe, structured, morally solid environments, inner-city Catholic schools have struggled with finances and enrollment numbers for decades.
Why do many high-achieving students struggle to sustain their academic performance over time? Eric Parsons, an economist at the University of Missouri, takes a crack at finding the answer—and unearths a paradox. In this study, he follows a single cohort of high-performing students in Missouri from grade 3 through grade 9 to see which school factors influence their academic success.
Hot off the presses: sometimes even a signed and sealed deal can't secure a facility for charter school.
Repeated failures of charter schools around Ohio seem endless; some hope may be around the corner.
The State of the Union was unusually light on education, though President Obama did touch on early-childhood education, ed tech, college access, and (of course) Race to the Top. However, the real action came the next morning, when the U.S.
Ohio ranked 28th out of 43 states and the District of Columbia on NAPCS' most recent ranking of charter school laws in the U.S. Ohio's kids and parents deserve better and now is the time.
Nearly three decades ago, 320 students below the age of thirteen took the SAT math or verbal test and placed in the top 1 in 10,000 for their math- or verbal-reasoning ability (some called them “scary smart”).
The appointment of former educator and experienced administrator Carmen Fariña as the new chancellor of New York City’s one-million-student public school system has been met with cautious optimism from several fronts, spanning from those who hope she will
Earlier this week, the New York Times featured an editorial on gifted education, noting that even our best students were in the middle of the pack in the recent PISA results.
Open enrollment options abound across Ohio - in cities, suburbs, and rural areas. It is often the school choice option of first resort. But is it bane or benefit for students?
I’ve been in Asia for other reasons (looking into the education of gifted students), but while on the ground in Tokyo, I learned of a fascinating policy dispute that, in the U.S., would be even more controversial.
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Sometimes winning the school-choice lottery is the only thing you care about as a parent.
It should not be a sworn enemy of vouchers
City-County Council members in Indianapolis convened a panel of experts Thursday evening to discuss the impact of charter authorizers on school quality.
This is why it was important for Georgia voters to create an independent authorizer for charter schools
A Chicago public school and public library will begin to share space on Thursday, breaking ground for a new “library-within-a-school” model that may be “copied and mimicked all across the city,” according to an