Adam explains voucher cuts on WSJ.com
Tyson EberhardtChoice czar Adam Emerson recorded an interview with the Wall Street Journal on President Obama's proposed cuts to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
A bill targets the charter inequities wrought by political compromise
Adam EmersonAllowing local dollars to follow local students is an important first step in addressing unfair funding systems.
Obama turns his back on a deal for the D.C. voucher program
Adam EmersonThe president's new budget proposal quashes last year's compromise to resurrect the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
The fight over mandated contraceptive services has lessons for school choice
Adam EmersonThe struggles between the Catholic Church and the Obama Administration reveal the fault lines that surface when Washington tries to tinker with the complex machinery that administers our health, social services...and education.
Turning on a successful charter in the Keystone State
Adam EmersonCharters are the answer, not the enemy.
Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Break the ESEA stalemate
From the Cuyahoga to CT, charters had a good week
The Education GadflyTardiness and school construction are among the education issues keeping courts busy.
Turning on a successful charter in Chester Upland
Adam EmersonA lot of negative forces contributed to Chester Upland’s present circumstance, and it will take an equal or greater number of positive forces to turn it around. That should include a successful charter school.
A cautionary note for D.C. charter-district collaboration
Adam EmersonHere's hoping that collaboration doesn’t co-opt educational diversity.
New evidence on vouchers and “cherry-picking”
Adam EmersonA new study of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program should render a persistent critique of school vouchers and tax credit scholarships irrelevant.
A dissenting voice muddies the charter school debate
Adam EmersonWith friends like these, the growing coalition of support for charter schools will have a harder time coalescing around a common purpose.
Why MBAs won't save district schools
Chris TessoneSchool choice, not business degrees, offers the best shot at improving the K-12 sector.
The State of Charter School Authorizing 2011
Adam EmersonAre authorizers losing their nerve?
High-quality customizable learning options should be the rule, not the exception
Terry RyanOne could argue that 2011 was the year of “digital learning” in Ohio and across the nation. In September, the White House announced its “Digital Promise” campaign, while a number of states have been embracing initiatives and campaigns in this realm, aided and encouraged by national groups like the Digital Learning Council and the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Ohio’s biennial budget launched the Ohio Digital Learning Task Force and charged it with ensuring that the state’s “legislative environment is conducive to and supportive of the educators and digital innovators at the heart of this transformation.”
Can a small program in Mexico inform parental choice in the U.S.?
Parents, even those a step above poverty, are ready to exercise more control over their children's education.
Survey: charter school closure rates dropping
Adam explains why charter school applications must be subjected to closer scrutiny.
Scaling up by scaling down
Peter MeyerReal reform must embrace choice—choice at the individual level.
Ranking reform, embracing audacity
As the recent ALEC report card on American K-12 education shows, it's been a brazen year for school reform.
School choice options abound in Ohio
Bianca SperanzaAs you are likely well aware, we are in the midst of School Choice Week, not only here in Ohio but nationwide. Numerous events have been going on all throughout the Buckeye State to help commemorate.
The feds find a way to stem the tide of STEM innovation
The Education GadflyCatching up on the week's news.
What history can teach our school choice debates today
It's worth looking back at the bipartisan roots of the school choice movement.
Ohio’s “unique” approach to charter-district collaboration
Terry RyanOhio is unique in its ability to turn the best of charter school theory and practice on its head. The most recent example comes from an Ohio school district that set up a charter school to offload test scores of low-performing students while making money for the district.
The State of Charter Schools: What We Know – and What We Do Not – About Performance and Accountability
Bianca SperanzaSince the first charter school opened its doors in Minnesota in 1991, over 6,700 charter schools have set up shop in 40 states and DC. Unfortunately, not all of these schools have been successful and a number of them have since closed.
Raising Job Quality and Skills for American Workers: Creating More-Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in the States
Adrienne KingThe U.S. economy has shed more than eight million jobs since 2008, and has created only two million new jobs in that same period of time, resulting in not only a high number of unemployed people, but also a high number of job vacancies.
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
Laura JohnsonUpdated, but still without names
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011
Lisa GibesIt’s not all kumbaya, even if you want it to be
Ms. Meier, tear down this wall
Chris TessoneWhile Chris Tessone takes issue with Deborah Meier's view of Russian history, he writes that they have more in common than she might expect when it comes to democracy in education.
What Can Ohio Learn from the Louisiana Recovery School District?
Terry RyanIs it time for Ohio to consider new forms of governance and management for its most troubled schools and districts, and, if so, what might alternatives look like?