The right decision from Ball State
Indiana’s Ball State University has delivered on its pledge to end contracts with the worst-performing charter schools in its portfolio, and its action will strengthen the charter movement
Indiana’s Ball State University has delivered on its pledge to end contracts with the worst-performing charter schools in its portfolio, and its action will strengthen the charter movement
Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) thrives and its school leader plays a major role
Fordham’s Terry Ryan talks on the record about charters and seclusion rooms
For low-performing charters, yes, we need tough charter closure laws. But let’s not overlook great charters either
There is a reason why, after months of resistance, the Adelanto School Board this week voted unanimously to adopt the parent-triggered charter conversion of Desert Trails Elementary: It’s not the same board
How school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
Achieve released the second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards this week.
Profiles of six public high schools that serve poor and minority students to high levels of excellence.
How school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
In the biggest non-surprise of 2012, the U.S.
The findings would have been better if not for the performance of schools overseen by one authorizer—Ball State University
This week, Student Achievement Partners—the group co-founded by Common Core architects David Coleman and Jason Zimba—announced a partnership with the NEA and AFT to develop and disseminate Core-aligned curriculum at no cost to teachers, thanks to a three
D.C. charter schools, the task force decided, should remain open to all comers in the city, but charters that move into closed district schools should voluntarily give admissions preference to children who live nearby
Our annual analysis of school performance in our home state's major urban areas, plus a projection of proficiency rates when the PARCC exams arrive in 2014-15.
Executive compensation must be transparent and carefully considered.
Highly effective superintendents and charter school operators deserve to be paid well, but 'how much is too much’ is a question school boards have to grapple with as they also have to help make the case for school levies every couple of years
Governor Rick Scott has garnered attention for suggesting that all schools receiving public funding, including private schools accepting voucher-bearing students, be held to Common Core standards
New Orleans sets the pace
The Brookings Institution's second Education Choice and Competition Index released yesterday
Despite its popularity, however, there is a reason that a program like this is controversial: A tax credit scholarship is tantamount to a voucher.
And the public loses
Newark hits it out of the park
NACSA's call for states to be more proactive in closing failing charter schools and opening great new ones.
The NACSA's Parker Baxter on charter accountability and the "One Million Lives" campaign
According to Judge Timothy Kelley, the state was wrong to fund its new voucher program by the same revenue stream that provides a “minimum foundation” to its public elementary and secondary schools.
Closing troubled schools and opening great new ones
CRPE argues a statewide difference in charter and district special-education enrollments is too simplistic of a comparison