The threat of the parent trigger and the change it begets
Adam EmersonThere is a reason why, after months of resistance, the Adelanto School Board this week voted unanimously to adopt the parent-triggered charter conversion of Desert Trails Elementary: It’s not the same board
Bold reforms in Cleveland and Columbus need new talent to fly high
Terry RyanHow school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
Reforms, shots, and brawls
The Education GadflyAchieve released the second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards this week.
Bold reforms in Cleveland and Columbus need new talent to fly high
Terry RyanHow school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
Healthy skepticism
The Education GadflyIn the biggest non-surprise of 2012, the U.S.
How good charter school outcomes in Indiana could have been better
Adam EmersonThe findings would have been better if not for the performance of schools overseen by one authorizer—Ball State University
Cause for hope
The Education GadflyThis week, Student Achievement Partners—the group co-founded by Common Core architects David Coleman and Jason Zimba—announced a partnership with the NEA and AFT to develop and disseminate Core-aligned curriculum at no cost to teachers, thanks to a three
A D.C. panel comes to a sensible conclusion for charter schools
Adam EmersonD.C. charter schools, the task force decided, should remain open to all comers in the city, but charters that move into closed district schools should voluntarily give admissions preference to children who live nearby
Should we care how much money charter school leaders make?
Terry RyanExecutive compensation must be transparent and carefully considered.
Should we care how much money charter school leaders make?
Terry RyanHighly effective superintendents and charter school operators deserve to be paid well, but 'how much is too much’ is a question school boards have to grapple with as they also have to help make the case for school levies every couple of years
On voucher transparency, Rick Scott is right
Adam EmersonGovernor Rick Scott has garnered attention for suggesting that all schools receiving public funding, including private schools accepting voucher-bearing students, be held to Common Core standards
The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012
Adam EmersonNew Orleans sets the pace
In ranking choice, little differences add up to big change
Adam EmersonThe Brookings Institution's second Education Choice and Competition Index released yesterday
Marco Rubio floats a federal tax credit scholarship
Adam EmersonDespite its popularity, however, there is a reason that a program like this is controversial: A tax credit scholarship is tantamount to a voucher.
A judge decides what “public education” is in Louisiana
Adam EmersonAnd the public loses
Charter School Performance in New Jersey
Andrew SarafNewark hits it out of the park
Changing One Million Lives
Terry RyanNACSA's call for states to be more proactive in closing failing charter schools and opening great new ones.
A call for quality charters
The NACSA's Parker Baxter on charter accountability and the "One Million Lives" campaign
Judge decides what “public education” is in Louisiana, and the public loses
Adam EmersonAccording to Judge Timothy Kelley, the state was wrong to fund its new voucher program by the same revenue stream that provides a “minimum foundation” to its public elementary and secondary schools.
Changing one million lives
Terry RyanClosing troubled schools and opening great new ones
Think before you write special-education quotas into charter law
Adam EmersonCRPE argues a statewide difference in charter and district special-education enrollments is too simplistic of a comparison
Tough scrutiny for the D.C. voucher program, but it deserves the attention
Adam EmersonBy embracing some modest measures of standards and accountability, the D.C. program might set in motion effects that could ripple beyond its boundaries
Diverse schools and student nomads
Pamela TatzTerry Ryan writes about student nomads, picky parents, and feelings of cognitive dissonance
Picky parents, Nomad Mary, and feelings of cognitive dissonance
Terry RyanThe different dilemmas facing choosy parents and struggling parents
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
And Smarick is excited about the release of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ annual “Market Share” report, which shows the percentage of students in major cities that are educated by charters
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Edison Story in Dayton
Ellen BelcherThe trials and tribulations of a Fordham-sponsored charter school.
Local taxpayers say yes to charter schools
Adam EmersonAll politics, and some revenues, are local