Stand and deliver
This article originally appeared in Carnegie Mellon Today. It is reprinted with permission.
This article originally appeared in Carnegie Mellon Today. It is reprinted with permission.
In recent weeks, however, the anti-charter crowd has been working the state’s newspapers to spread half-truths and canards about Ohio’s charter school program.
Districts' traditional boundary lines continue to blur
Mathematica doesn’t find the magic formula for KIPP’s success. But, there are a few tantalizing results.
In which Mike addresses the left's main concerns with voucher programs
But because charters and Catholic schools share similar traits and comparable missions in serving inner-city, low-income youth, there ought to be equal opportunities for each sector to thrive
As charters evolve, so must the rules
The New York Times published a semi-balanced story today on the growth of the private school-choice movement
Much has happened in the charter sector in the last twenty years, but the laws ruling its governance largely remain the same
Review by Terry Ryan of Fordham's latest report
Fordham’s new policy brief by Adam Emerson, “Governance in the Charter School Sector: Time for a Reboot,” tackles the governance issue head-on.
This Q&A with T.J. Wallace, the executive director for Dayton Liberty Academies, is the sixth of our seven-part series on school leadership.
The Fordham Institute has been engaged in a wide range of conversations recently, ranging from gifted-student education to Common Core to charter school quality.
Virtually no accountability measures exist in most of the nation’s special-education voucher programs, including the largest such program in the United States, Florida’s McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Senate Bill 243, while a step in the right direction, does not go far enough
Terry Ryan was a guest of the Ohio League of Women Voters today during their annual Statehouse Day, participating in a panel session on education funding in Ohio with Dr. William Phillis, Executive Director of The Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding.
Strong authorizers can improve charter school quality
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) publishes an annual report that collects self-reported survey data from authorizers, which indicate the extent to which they comply with the “Index of Essential Practices.”
Whatever happens next, and however disappointing that litigation may be, at least the Alabama Supreme Court corrected what was a mockery of the legislative process
A five-city, cross-state comparison of charter school quality
The definitive story of New Orleans school reform
A fierce school-choice debate rages in Alabama—but the threat to the Common Core standards has receded, for now.
Farce doesn’t even begin to describe it
Conducted jointly by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Public Impact, the new research study Searching for Excellence: A Five-City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter School Quality sheds light on charter performance — in Albany, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, and Indianapolis.
The AEA decided to lawyer up before Alabama's new tax-credit law even reached the governor’s desk
Sibling rivalry
Alabama teacher unions and school boards have, for now, defeated what should be the state's first private school choice plan
Mathematica Policy Research released report about student performance of those who attend KIPP middle schools
Yesterday was the first day of public testimony on Governor Kasich’s budget proposal before the Ohio House Finance Primary and Secondary Education Committee.
With the results from this latest CREDO study, it’s clearer now than ever that lawmakers should lift the state's cap on charters