An Accident of History: Breaking the District Monopoly on Public School Facilities
Ben BennettIt’s time for some trust-busting
How do charters do? Depends on the standard
Aaron ChurchillIt matters to whom charters are compared
Voucher transparency in the Hoosier State
Adam EmersonStates like Louisiana could learn a lesson from Indiana's approach to reporting performance.
To whom do the schools belong?
Adam EmersonCharter schools may be celebrating twenty years of existence, but the milestone gets most of them no closer to the surplus classroom space and facility financing controlled by local school boards.
A single-sex school for Prince Hal
Adam EmersonOne more valuable option for students and parents
Friedman Foundation calls for research proposals
Adam EmersonThe folks at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice have put out a call for research proposals that explore the effects that choice and competition have on K-12 education.
The Economist calls out Ohio charters
Aaron ChurchillOhio charters have earned a global reputation.
An unfair contest: charter school athletics
John HortonDespite persistent hostility to charter school expansion in most states, there remains one aspect of charter schooling that fails to get the attention it deserves: athletics.
Unchecked and unbalanced in North Carolina
Adam EmersonLazy governance hurts charter innovation.
Time to focus on the other half of the charter-authorizer marriage
Adam EmersonWhat is the nature of the relationship between a charter school authorizer and a charter school board?
Education gets its day in court
The Education GadflyHealthcare stole the show, but don’t forget that the Supreme Court handed down a decision this session with education implications.
Improving Charter School Accountability: The Challenge of Closing Failing Schools
Terry RyanCharter authorizers: No longer taken for granted
Authorizers matter, in Ohio and across the nation
The Education GadflyTerry Ryan on the importance of charter authorizers
A different case for social justice in special education
Adam EmersonThere has been a lot of hand-wringing in the last week about whether charter schools are doing enough to enroll students with disabilities. But are we looking closely at who is among the learning disabled?
Highlights from Fordham-sponsored charter schools (2011-12)
Bianca SperanzaA look back at Fordham sponsored schools for the 2011-12 school year
Managing Talent for School Coherence: Learning from Charter Management Organizations
Theda SampsonFor almost five years now, the Center for Reinventing Public Education and Mathematica have teamed up to assess the
Evaluation of Denver’s SchoolChoice Process for the 2011-2012 School Year
Matt RichmondDemand for a school was highly correlated with its quality. Baking a successful school-choice soufflé is challenging. The ingredients are hard to come by: Schools must be high performing while simultaneously offering options to a diverse parent base. And the recipe is fussy: Navigating the system should be easy and fair. There can be no inherent incentives to game the system.
GAO and George Miller don’t understand how special education works
Michael J. PetrilliNo public school serves all disabilities
Ending Ohio’s charter-district feud
Terry RyanChildren across Ohio will benefit if charters and school districts can end their feud and find ways to maximize resources across their schools.
Highlights from Fordham-sponsored charter schools (2011-12)
Bianca SperanzaAs the 2011-12 school year ends, we want to highlight the unique events and successes that happened in our schools this year.
The Greenfield School Revolution and School Choice
Hanif AbdurraqibThe report challenges the choice system as it currently stands, saying that existing school choice programs, while delivering slightly better outcomes, are not challenging the public school sector as they need to be.
Louisiana should consider a common-sense approach to accountability
Adam EmersonA few suggestions for voucher accountability
Rejecting 'perverse incentives' to label kids
Adam EmersonWhy Eva Moskowitz is right to challenge New York's enrollment quotas for students with special needs.
The Greenfield School Revolution and School Choice
Adam EmersonInnovation demands investment
McKay supporters serve up more strident opposition to accountability
Adam EmersonImagine, for a moment, a policy that allows learning-disabled students to take their share of federal IDEA funds to the public or private schools of their choice. It’s outlandish to suppose that we would discontinue the use of state assessments given to most of these students. But that’s the reality in Florida.
Charter schools increasingly tapping bond markets
Chris TessoneThe growth in capital available to schools from private investors is an underrated success story for the charter movement.
Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential
Lisa GibesWhat Harlem Village Academy and Finland have in common
Creating a charter management organization: Q & A with founder and executive director Andrew Boy
Bianca SperanzaColumbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) opened in 2008, and it has now launched the newly-formed United Schools Network, a nonprofit charter management organization (CMO).