Local taxpayers say yes to charter schools
All politics, and some revenues, are local
All politics, and some revenues, are local
Six days after the election, and by a miniscule margin, Washington State became the
Bravely voyaging to a new world
A symbiotic relationship
The trials and tribulations of one Fordham-sponsored charter school
Annual report on Fordham-sponsored charter schools, with Ellen Belcher's article, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Edison Story in Dayton."
Six days after election day, 50.81 percent voters in the Evergreen State finally said yes to charter schools, after having said no three times before.
The Charters & Choice Digest will guide readers through the triumphs, the quarrels, and the political foibles that accompany the growth of school choice and charter schools—and no cows will ever be sacred.
Why Michiganders repeal of the state's emergency-management law is a serious setback to education in the state
Charter school supporters can claim victory in at least one high-profile ballot initiative (Georgia) and perhaps one other (Washington) but each state has a different story to tell—and lessons to teach.
Correcting Diane Ravitch's mischaracterization of new Wisconsin voucher legislation.
The real lesson from a Florida charter school principal's $519,000 golden parachute
Politicians in the Keystone State fail again
Anyone who cares about Catholic education ought to watch what’s happening in Philadelphia, not just because the archdiocese there has turned twenty-one of its schools over to a private foundation, but because that foundation is applying business principles to schools that sorely need them
A warning bell for private-education continuation
A silent competitor
ESAs, meet WSF
Even charter opponents have ideas worth hearing
A battle brewing over school boundaries
The lesson from the UFT Charter School's recent struggles
Why charter school advocates can't afford to ignore their critics
Coming next year: two new KIPP schools in Columbus
The Hamilton Project weighs in on what differentiates high and low performing charters
Ben Austin's flawed stance on the role that for-profit educators might play in school-turnaround efforts
Innovation’s next frontier: Getting to scale
Arguing otherwise is, at best, disingenuous
As recent events in Los Angeles and New Hampshire show, so long as there are laws that limit charter authorization to one public body, promising charter applicants risk being held hostage to the whims of a political board