Liberal arts vs. technical training
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Peter MeyerChecker and Peter square off
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.
Send in the clowns: Common Core implementation advice just keeps getting worse
Kathleen Porter-MageeWhen it comes to organizations peddling Common Core implementation resources and strategies, the buyer should beware.
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.
Teach Like a Champion versus the Common Core: Do pre-reading activities help or hurt struggling students?
Kathleen Porter-MageeTwo competing perspectives on reading instruction.
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.
How will reading instruction change when aligned to the Common Core?
Kathleen Porter-MageeThe Common Core emphasis on "close reading" challenges teachers to focus reading on actually reading.
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.
Will Steve Jobs finally conquer the classroom?
Chris TessoneThe education sector remains an elusive prize for Apple, but the company is making a big move to change that.
Preparing for Change: A National Perspective on Common Core State Standards Implementation Planning
Kathleen Porter-MageeAct now, align later
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.
An Apple on every desk?
Kathleen Porter-MageeWhy iPads won't replace textbooks in every classroom anytime soon.