Catholic v. charters: Where’s the God gene?
It may not be the Catholic school system that is in trouble, but the Church.
It may not be the Catholic school system that is in trouble, but the Church.
No accountability system is perfect, but we can all agree that one that gets it wrong as often as it gets it right is in need of serious reform. But is there any proof that is happening?
Catnip for the school-choice proponent
A rising school-choice tide for charters and vouchers alike
The National PTA shakes up its stance on charter authorizing
What the latest Cato study gets right...and wrong
A new study shows that black students who won a school-voucher lottery in New York a generation ago were more likely to attend college than students who didn’t win.
The nation’s oldest parochial school system starts fresh
Philadelphia was home to the nation’s first diocesan Catholic school system. Now it has the first Catholic school system run by a foundation of lay people.
Race, school discipline, and curriculum
An attorney general's audacious move may highlight the desperate need for an emergency manager.
Welcome to the Battle of Just-Right Texts
What the feds can and should do
An empiricist votes “yes” on tracking
In November, they're decide who has the power to authorize charter schools
Three new Fordham schools open their doors this month
Anthony Kim of Education Elements comes to Ohio
Louisiana's call for a practical accountability system for the state’s voucher program
The program, slated to expire at the end of this year, needs more time--and attention--to reach its full potential.
Michigan's Highland Park School District offers a worthwhile experiment in edu-governance
Instead of a helpful resource, their new book simply defends existing--and poorly aligned--curricular material.
A perfect storm of low enrollment, poor fiscal management, and some of the worst academic results in the state prompted Highland Parks Public Schools to take bold action.
Here's hoping that private schools in Louisiana won't be bullied out of their desire to serve disadvantaged students
The golden opportunity provided by the “K-8 Publishers Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.”
Who better to speak to contemporary American youth than one of the nation’s most prolific inventors and entrepreneurs?
The Louisiana teachers union can’t get the courts to stop private schools from enrolling voucher-bearing students this fall, so they’ve taken to threatening the schools with litigation.
Putting the sliding scale into practice
If it happens, thank E.D. Hirsch
Will the few critical but passing phrases that link the Common Core ELA standards to a content-rich curriculum be enough to drive instructional changes our students so desperately need?